I realized yesterday that I’m back to my old self again. I don’t feel the weight on my shoulders as I had in the last couple months. I’m breathing a little easier, a little more carefree and more like the person that I enjoyed being. I guess this break from the hectic work lifestyle has been good for me. Being around family and friends, relaxing and enjoying life has really helped out. I just needed to recharge!

So I’m ready to travel again. I get a little fidgety if I haven’t traveled for a while. It’s a no win situation - I get crabby when I travel too much and I get antsy when I haven’t traveled in a while.

Next step - losing the 10 million pounds I gained during my funk.

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It was a busy weekend for me. My aunt’s funeral was on Saturday, and as much as I didn’t think I’d cry, as soon as I saw my cousins and sisters crying, the waterworks started. In a way, we were crying more for our uncle than for our aunt. We felt so sad for him because he was all alone - they didn’t have kids and they pretty much had each other.
Saturday night was going to be a chill out night with the cousins but turned into an all out party with the aunts and uncles stopping by, complete with mah jong tables! I was a bit stressed at first, because I felt the pressure to entertain and make sure that everyone was fed. I don’t do too well under pressure and when people are watching everything I do.

Everything was forgotten once I started getting into the game (see the post below). What an awesome game! Even the aunts who never watch basketball were getting into it!

After that was done, we watched a couple movies - Napoleon Dynamite, Eurotrip and Anchorman. It was a night of laughs! People crashed wherever, Claudine brought out the inflatable bed, and we just chilled out. The cousins (and sisters) were awesome in helping me clean up. That’s the hardest thing about having a party - trying to figure out what to do with the mess afterwards.

Jefferrarrr, Michael and Lu came back at around 3am from a night out, and Mike was TRASHED! I was worried he’d puke on my floor. But he held it in pretty well and had enough presence of mind to go to the bathroom whenever he felt it coming back up. Of course, it made for a couple good photo ops for us:

Passed out next to his really annoyed sister, Marian

Marilyn enjoys making fun of her big brother

Are you sober? The glassy eyes and empty stare say NO!

Yesterday was Easter, and we started the day off (since about 10 people slept over and Maui had just gotten off work and was hungry) with a big breakfast of pancakes, eggs and sausage. Claudine and I were in charge of the preparations, and it was a warmup for our ‘BIG PANCAKE COOKOFF’ - the competition where we decide once and for all who makes the better pancakes. But there wasn’t time for a competition. We needed to eat! The troops pigged out and we headed out to church.

We spent Easter at my uncles place, because it was the 9th day of my aunt’s death (that has some significance in the Filipino culture). Didn’t spend too much time there since we were exhausted and had to go back and clean up the house.

Came back and watched the AWESOME MSU vs. Kentucky game. That totally rocked!

And now, I’m back at work.

Yuck!

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