A lot of changes are happening in my life now. First, my new job. I haven’t really sunk my teeth into it but I figured I will start to get cases when we move to our new cubicles at the south side of the building. They said this will happen next week. So that will be another change scheduled next week.
We are called maintenance programmers. So we tweak the programs already developed and installed at the banks to “fix” bugs or add features. I started looking at programs that I will get to tweak. Some formats are familiar but all are scary and I honestly do not know if I could get to set my mind on “learning mode” again.
Waking up at 5am is another thing I need to get used to. I lose track of time in the evenings when I send out emails to teachers. Before I know it, it is close to midnight already. If I want to stay up on my toes in the morning, I need to be asleep by 10pm. Trouble is I find it hard to sleep thinking of emails unanswered, schools that need follow up. My mind is so active! I used to sleep after 12 midnight and wake up at 7am. Now, I try to sleep at 10, ends up sleeping at 12 and wakes up to my alarm clock at 5am! It does not help that the sun still has to shine when I wake up.
Being an American corporation, I talk to my officemates in English. Ahhh English. Why, why, why did we not have English as our first language? Anyway, having it as our second language is better than not having used and learned it in school at all. I feel that I have more to express when talking in Tagalog. I don’t know about others but I think in Tagalog, process that in my brain to form English sentences before I speak in English. Sometimes, I grope for words and substitute words with either hand gestures or facial expressions
And hubby is coming home. For good. Both of us did good while apart. We should do good when together. A lot of adjustments will come my way as I know he hates my caloric and cholesterol-upping cooking. My TV watching times will change. My whole home schedule will change!!! But change is "the window through which the future enters your life." So I say ... BRING IT ON!
We are called maintenance programmers. So we tweak the programs already developed and installed at the banks to “fix” bugs or add features. I started looking at programs that I will get to tweak. Some formats are familiar but all are scary and I honestly do not know if I could get to set my mind on “learning mode” again.
Waking up at 5am is another thing I need to get used to. I lose track of time in the evenings when I send out emails to teachers. Before I know it, it is close to midnight already. If I want to stay up on my toes in the morning, I need to be asleep by 10pm. Trouble is I find it hard to sleep thinking of emails unanswered, schools that need follow up. My mind is so active! I used to sleep after 12 midnight and wake up at 7am. Now, I try to sleep at 10, ends up sleeping at 12 and wakes up to my alarm clock at 5am! It does not help that the sun still has to shine when I wake up.
Being an American corporation, I talk to my officemates in English. Ahhh English. Why, why, why did we not have English as our first language? Anyway, having it as our second language is better than not having used and learned it in school at all. I feel that I have more to express when talking in Tagalog. I don’t know about others but I think in Tagalog, process that in my brain to form English sentences before I speak in English. Sometimes, I grope for words and substitute words with either hand gestures or facial expressions
And hubby is coming home. For good. Both of us did good while apart. We should do good when together. A lot of adjustments will come my way as I know he hates my caloric and cholesterol-upping cooking. My TV watching times will change. My whole home schedule will change!!! But change is "the window through which the future enters your life." So I say ... BRING IT ON!