Family, Friends, Fun | February's Diary

That song stuck with me for a while by now. I find it so uplifting and quite relatable of everything that’s going on in my life currently. Sometimes, I even wonder how strong I can be going through all these. There were times when it was extremely challenging to be positive and times when I wanted to just give it all up and be done with everything. But whenever that happens, I am always shown that there are some better days awaiting and it’s always those sweet moments that I often cherish these days.

While full-time taking care of my parents that are often taking a toll on me, I am grateful to have gotten closer with my friends. It’s like whenever I go out with them, I forget that life can be so cruel and challenging. I am so lucky to have positive and supportive friends who are willing to help when I am in dire need or need emotional support.

Other than that, I reward myself once in a while to a nice brunch. Just like the other day, I went out to have the best day of my life. I wholeheartedly think, the best day starts with a steak brunch. It just fixes your problem temporarily and somehow, for me, helps me think better. I happened to visit this humble steak house in town and was surprised by its price and taste that both were quite okay. It’s certainly not something that is comparable to a mega city but for a small town, the steak was the best.

Today, I was going out with my parents. My adoptive dad is like a child now. Since he’s been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, things have been extremely challenging. He can’t sit for more than an hour and taking him everywhere is almost impossible. But today, we also visited the graveyard of my biological dad and we prayed for him. Somehow my adoptive dad was pretty alright until it got extremely hot outside.

I definitely need to clean up his gravestone and install a newer one so it doesn’t get lost. After visiting the cemetery, we went to get some refreshing drinks. My dad orders refreshing watermelon and my mom with her taro obsession. Both of them were really happy and laughing a lot. It’s pretty rare to see my dad laughing these days but I got to see him laughing again which made my heart full.

We didn’t really stay long. We only stayed around 30 minutes because my dad was already bored. He wanted to go home and started throwing a little tantrum. So, I sent them with an online taxi and I was going to meet up with a friend of mine to work from a cafe.

These days, I am glad I have my friend to accompany me working from the cafe. While most of these years, I am often all alone. It's always nice to have company. We also discussed how to bring more users to hive and it’s something I’ve been working on lately. I have a few homework assignments to do and I'm going to do them very soon. I'm definitely going to need some help here and there.

Other than that, I am still finding time where I can continue studying since mostly, after home I’d feel pretty exhausted and hardly opening my laptop again. It’s why whenever I am outside at the cafe, I tend to maximize everything and actually work from there. There’s also a little more distraction outside than at home. Although there are times when being home is something I’d prefer more than being outside of the house and in cafes.