and you wonder why i haven't posted anything...

this is the longest week of my life. stan begged me to enroll in this 4 day INTENSIVE training for Apple Tech Help tutorial something something... basta, it involved learning taking apart Macs, troubleshooting, programming and all these things involving technical computer work. he's short on staff for his shiny new Apple store and needs at least three certified Apple techs to get awarded something official by Apple. according to him, he wanted me to be there because he wanted to be sure that he would get three people to pass the exam. i don't know... i'm a little hazy on the details but that was what had to be done. so, i feigned illness and took a sick leave since thursday afternoon so i could join the training. today is monday and we've been training non-stop since thursday. i did pass everything and stan got his award from Apple. so.. i'm now an official Mac specialist, with the papers to prove it.

maya thinks i should take it as a sign that he's planning for the future. i refuse to set my sights that far. (i'm going by the "don't think about the future" philosophy on this one.) i'm just glad it's over. i'm mentally spent although i did get rewarded with a spa date so i've got some of my mental functions back. it was kinda fun though being classmates. and tomorrow... i go back to being a preschool teacher.

... and now,off to bed.

the sweetest thing

sometimes, when you least expect it, he does the sweetest thing just to save the day.

it was my mom's birthday yesterday and we were all going out for dinner. dinner came and it was fantastic. we ate at my bestfriend's boyfriend's japanese restaurant. all of us, except my dad were there. the food was wonderful but i could tell that there was a bit of sadness on my mom's face because for reasons unknown, my dad just wasn't there. i guess i would be too if my husband missed my 50th birthday.

then as dinner was ending, ice cream served on fresh pineapple came along with a quartet of singing waiters made my mom laugh. and when she asked for the bill, one of the waiters said someone had already paid for it and sitting beside me, my stanley grinning from ear to ear told my mom that that was his birthday gift to her since he didn't get her one.

needless to say, we all melted. i, most of all. sigh. =)