How are you doing in the middle of this pandemic?
This was always the conversation starter I was receiving lately.
If I can be completely honest, it went from a steady and calm routine to a roller coaster of emotions and I’ll tell you why…
With the very long quarantine here in the Philippines, it’s almost impossible not to create a hobby. I was building a fondness for plants. It’s not actually “my” plants but my mom’s. I find calmness whenever I try to check them out every morning just before I proceed to work.
It’s a mini breather for me…
Speaking of hobbies, I was getting bored with the way our house looks and maybe it’s because I’m staying inside for too long. I’ve decided to decorate my room with these cute wall hangers! (aren’t they cute? lol) I’ve shared this in my social media and boy, did I get so many impressions on it.
Lately, I’ve been kind of appreciating all the things I’ve been creating with my own hands with — from food to interiors.
It’s quite a fulfilling activity!
One of the things I’ve tried to revisit is my book reading. Staying at home for a long time made me realize some things at my own place and I’ve noticed, I wasn’t able to finish these books and just wasn’t able to continue reading them.
I picked a book or two from the pile. Still not yet done with them. It’s hard to bring back a lost skill. But hey, I’m trying! 😦
For my Sunday sessions with my VGroup and LGroup at Church, it was a pretty consistent schedule. I was able to catch up on the happenings in their lives everytime we meet. We’re still on survival mode but I’m glad I was able to reach out to them (more consistently) in a very meaningful way everytime.
Fitness and Health is still on top of my list as of today though I’ve lost consistency with my workouts. I guess the tight schedule at work was to blame or my late night ramblings. But I try very hard to squeeze in even just a bit of time for working out. I’ve also completely abstained from caffeine for 2 straight months! (unlike last time with the on-and-off relationship with it lol) I was able to appreciate a different kind of energy kick — that is my barley drink.
I’m slowly running out of #YoungLiving oils from my stash and had to wait for the #10.10 sale just to get the hold of a cheaper set of oils! Not liking it (as I’ve wanted to stay away from these purchases but these oils became a staple now at our home so I needed to replenish the ones we have here)
This was probably the most scary thing that has happened to me since the lockdown. My mother was exposed to a COVID+ person. It was from her work and as part of the protocols, she had to quickly engage in quarantine for almost a week and get her swab tests to ensure she didn’t catch the virus.
It was just like fear all over my head and my heart. Anxiety creeped up on me once again and even though I know in my heart that she isn’t positive, it didn’t stop me from thinking for the worst case scenario. My mom’s a senior has heart problems that’s why I fear for her. Finally, after a week quarantine and swab testing, it came out NEGATIVE!
We were just praising God for this! I now know how the moment in the Bible felt when Joshua was asked by God to march around the Walls of Jericho for 6 straight days. We were praying every night before she went to sleep interceding for her and her officemates who also got exposed.
It truly is a grounding moment for us!
and last but definitely, not the least…
We bought are new car, Pearl !!! I usually am not sold at buying tangible investments like house, car or any other things anymore lately but in this case, we needed a new one cause our old car will be brought to our province in Quezon for the people to be able to use it there. The culture I grew up with in my family is not really upgrading every stuff we have but to only buy what we really need and buying this is a big deal for us since we’re not used to buying things just because.
We are very grateful for God for this season! I mean, I do not consistently live out a Christian life, mostly in my decisions and whatnot, but again, God is showing me that I’m not that great and that I cannot ruin His plans for me and my family.
Of all the things that have happened to me, God was faithful and showed me that time is irrelevant in our matters to chase success because the answered prayers for our family came at this very unfortunate event , that is COVID19. It turns out that it really takes a bad season to taste and see the best ones we can remember.
Keep safe and God Bless.
Kissed by Fire 