A Walk Through Life

Be careful what you wish for, that's what they always say! For many years, we've kept ourselves busy juggling between work and family time. I've been secretly wishing and hoping there's a way that I can be a work from home mom again. And then this pandemic happened and somehow unconventionally fulfilled that wish! We eventually got stuck working from home. Yes, thank God, we still have work despite this global pandemic! Students had to be home schooled, too. Almost everyone got stuck at home because of this COVID pandemic; and if ever we have to be outdoors for some reason, we had to make sure we're taking the usual health and safety precautions. We can't enjoy morning walks, even just within the neighborhood, without having to social distance from other people and wear masks. I'm not sure if I should be happy my secret wish somehow got fulfilled for over a year now, but ending up working from home because of a pandemic is not something I would ever wish at ...

Even though I'm already at home, the home still feels like the office to me. Me and my husband are still working full-time. We still have to report and sit in front of our computers for eight hours a day; the only difference is that we are doing our jobs in the convenience of our home. If both of us have deadlines to meet, we even forget to talk to each other. It's funny because when he's not talking to me, I feel like sending him a message via YM even when our computers are only a few steps apart. Somehow, the home still has that office feel. Occasionally, we would also receive business letters with some really attractive address stamps on them. My husband was even surprised how these companies learned about our home address. How did they know we have a credit card to begin with? Why would they offer to lend us such a large amount? Don't they know that we are not what we call traditional employees? The offers look really enticing but we both agreed to dismiss them in...