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Day 1 - Dish Washing

I woke up early (around 645am to check my mails hahaha) to prepare Pre's baon and to cook Dawter T's contribution at her school Christmas party. Fed the two girls with bacon and rice, surefire "ulam" for Dawter T (she managed to finish it in 30 mins!) Then, I coaxed her to take a bath early so that I can braid her hair. This is the only hair style that I can do decently coz I wore short hair until 5th grade. Di lang short hair ha, kulot pa! Hahaha!!! Manang na manang!

Prepared for Pre's lunch after the school bus picked Dawter T up. He had adobo, sunny side up and tomato hehehe (replay!) While he ate, I prepared the food for dinner. O di ba?

The thing that struck me today was dishwashing. I absolutely hate this chore. But, the whole day, I was washing pans, plates, glasses. No exaggeration. Did I have a change of heart? No Sireeee. I still don't like it. But, I don't like seeing the dishes piling up. While I was washing them, I was also thinking of our water consumption. I now think that almost 50% of our water bill goes to this. O ako lang maaksaya sa tubig? (Naririnig ko na asawa ko!)

The upside is that Dawter T helped me a lot today. She helped wiped the place mats. Helped me get things. So I gave her an award for being helpful (di ko pa lang napriprint, iniisip ko pa ang animal na helpful --- dog di ba?)

I guess I survived my first day. In between email checks, supporting my users, I managed to squeeze some me time hehehe blog hopping!

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