Caroleen’s Treasures

I had slight migraine last night, not too bad. Then today, I feel burning sensation in my back….I had 2 servings of spaghetti last night and another two today and I want some more but migraine scares me so much!

My two sisters went to Bankerohan to buy vegetables, it’s a lot cheaper there. It’s the place where you can find cheapest commodities straight from the farmers. Ella went with them excitedly. When they passed by a bookstore, she almost scream and told my sister Crislyn that she’d buy something. So they went in, my sister can’t resist this little girls charm, and she picked a notebook, a scissors, ruler, eraser set, sticker and water color. She aslo picked a skipping rope, she asked my sis if she can have it, then my sis answered she can have it but she if she will put back the other things she’d picked….she put the skipping rope back and said “Ay, ‘wag na lang, may tali pa man ako…” (She was saying she has a rope at home, a nylon twine, was untangled on both ends ) This is always we do to her, if she asks for two or more things, she has to choose ’cause she can’t have everything she wants. And she would choose her “projects” (art materials) rather than the toy. I think she has learned so much from what we are going through. She has learned not to insist what she wants.

We will soon be moving!!!! Yipey!!! I know I have posted many times about moving and the truck…the truck that wasn’t Now we are definitely be moving! The truck hasn’t come yet and there’s no point is waiting for it forever. A friend and a hero at WUAH (ihs1954) sent me money for the moving expenses. She’s soooo generous to help us move. Donald will talk again to a truck owner for the final arrangements of the date. She wanted us to get settled in the province as soon as possible. Also, another friend, Elisabeth and her husband will be sending the package soon. We are all excited!!! Elisabeth is a teacher in the US and her students and friends are sending us gifts too. And Beth asked me what do my sister, BIL and her parents-in-law need (my younger sis too) ’cause she wanted to send them stuffs too as a thank you for letting us stay here in their place. They are all wonderful. We have been blessed knowing them all.

Ella played until midnight. She had Carrot dressed in baby clothes that I have saved for her sister (if God will bless us with another bouncing baby girl) That’s what Ella wanted, a baby girl. I asked her what if it was a boy, she answered “Eh di palitan natin…” ( Let us exchange it) What?!! Was it a dress that you can exchange if it doesn’t fit? LOL My sister was teasing her that we will wait for the mall’s midnight sale so we can buy her a baby sister for a 50% OFF and she pouts saying she don’t want one that is bought. She wants one that is made. Well, with the rice shortage right now, we can’t afford to have another baby yet. We should be settled first with a home and food and with basic needs. I want her to send to a good school and not be deprived of her needs. In short, the truck should come soon.

Speaking of the truck…I hope next time we will be told that it will come, it will. We need really need to move and get settled in Agusan before June comes so we can have still time to find a school for Ella. We are told last time that the church can offer little amount for our help with the church work. And the rice too, which I can tell now that it would be a great help since the rice price increased drastically. We have actually accepted the work before even without the cash allowance, but with this offer we are more than grateful and who would resist such a blessing? So there would be a house where we would live, rice and allowance. While Donald will be off for church works everyday, I will be left at home. Good that I have this blog to keep me busy and at the same time earn. Being approved by PPP and PayU2Blog is such a blessing. And writing essay for Academi-Research too! I can have dollars and in time, we can get through with our struggle with finances right now.

I was infront of my pc when Ella went beside me and said “Tingnan ko nga mata mo Mommy. O, may dugo na….may mga crack na….’di ka kasi natutulog.” (Let me see your eyes Mommy. See there’s blood, there’s some cracks…it’s because you are not sleeping). The CRACK thing pertains to my blood shot eyes. It just made me laugh how she looked so worried about the CRACKS on my eyes. As if she’s seing cracks on eggs. LOL

Wondering what happened to the truck that we are waiting forever? Still it didn’t appear. *sighs* Although I am a really anxious on moving to Agusan, good that it didn’t appear A.G.A.I.N. as I was stuck on my newfound online job. 

Remember my first assignment as virtual assistant? I started the work last April 6, the next day my report was ready for submission. But then, my dilemma was how will I suppose to continue my job if we will be moving the next day? I just went on with my work and never bother about the move, silently hoping that they will give us another excuse for not having to come here to get us. As I expected, the truck hasn’t arrived. We are told that the somebody took the battery from the truck (I don’t know if it was stolen) Just a brief preview: that truck we are waiting for is owned by a couple who are members of the church in Agusan. We had an arrangement made with them regarding the truck. Since it travels to and fro Agusan and Davao, it would be best for us if we will have to wait for it. This way, we can save $150. Although I was very anxious to move and get settled in the province, I think it is good that we are still here in the city so I could still work online and earn before the big move.

Ella was super into her The Secret Garden cd and for  a week now, she plays as Mary Lennock (correct me if I mispelled it) almost all the time. She wore my sisters shirt and boots, bonnet and she ties a small valance around her neck as a scarf. Then she will carry this pooh bag on his back and march outside the yard. After feeling the heat; she will then go in and remove her “costume” and start on her “art attack” thing. She draws pictures and give it to us as a gift E.V.E.R.Y.D.A.Y and she never gets tired of doing that. If she sees me leave my seat infront of my pc, she gets settled here in lightning speed and beg me to let her play Penguin Diner which she discovered herself. We are into Penguin Diner too after we discovered it was fun! Most of her toys and books are packed already for the move and I am just very thankful that she knew how to entertain herself.

Ella grew without other kids and that’s why she has learned to play alone. Last night, she scared me to death. It was already dark and I was working with my pc, I knew she was just playing around. She knew it is a NO NO to go outside the gate (except when she is asked to go to the store in the corner) and she never did violate this rule. So we all go on about our things thinking that the little girl was just somewhere doing her own thing too. After a while my younger sister asked where Ella is, I stood up and looked outside the house but there was not even a shadow of her. We called her name many times but we got no answer. This frightened me because it was rule #1 for her to answer when we call  her name. I went to the corner store but she was not there. I looked around to where the kids are playing street games hoping that she was there, but no sign of her. I was about to go back to the house when I saw Donald with his worried and somehow amused face. That made me doubt him. He told me Ella was not in the house but I insisted that they were just playing a joke on me. They played that game many times before. He will tell Ella to hide underneath the pillows and will pretend to look very worried. I was relieved from the thought that it was one of their game. But when I got in the house, my sisters confirmed what Donald was saying is true. That instant, I can almost hear my heart pound. I went straight to the room to check and was relieved to find her curled up behind the door.  She was soaked in sweat! She must have been there for a long time waiting for us to notice her absence.  Maybe she was too bored playing alone and tried to play a game on me but this time she did it without her daddy’s help.

 Oh I pity my little princess, she played hide and seek ALONE. That was the worst part of having no siblings to play with, you got to hide and wait until mommy and daddy notice that you are gone and start looking for you

You can not just tell how kids can drive you crazy. I have some memories of Ella’s that really drove me crazy which I would like to share. I will write about it  if my mood permits :-) For now, I will recollect all those moments so I could have a good sequence. Ella’s Mischief…coming soon.