Miragena's Mirror

Ever since my trip to Pasig for pet food, I've been wondering if I could find a similar outlet cloaer to home. And then it hits me: CARTIMAR. The source of pets and pet supplies, dry goods, and garden supplies, as far back as I could remember.

Well, the place has certainly changed since my childhood. It's cleaned up rather nice, and wouldn't you know, there's one whole row of feed supply stores in front of the parking slots. And the traffic wasn't so bad getting there, or maybe I was lucky.

So. Got some SmartHeart at 130/kg. Got some 9 Lives and Hana, though only a half kilo each of three variants. The kibble alone came up to 2.5kgs for Php300, which isn't too bad when a 1.3kg of Friskies is at least Php280 or thereabouts. Added six cans of Fancy Feast and the total bill was Php515. Not bad at all. Plus, that tinned Chinese label cat food selling for 80-plus pesos? One stall had it for 55 pesos/can only.

The brats appear to like the SmartHeart. Trust Pixel to eat too much in one go, and throw it up after. *sigh* poor wee bebeh, not that it stops him from eating like a hog.

I was supposed to drop off the barangay census thing, but apparently the people are attending a two-day seminar on gender sensitivity. Backlash from that tempest stirred up by a comment attributed Manny Pacquiao to the effect that he believes in the Levitical method of dealing with gays by stoning?

Only apparently Manny never made the comment to begin with. The writer of the original article never heard Manny use the quote, although writer used the verse himslef to illustrate a point; writer is accusing others of twisting the article around.

Profuse (I think) apologies from the writer and Manny have been made to the LGBT community. Wait for the next exciting chapter!

Heavens vut I am sleepy. Time to sign off.

Breakfast and bath were the next items on the agenda, followed by a morning nap. Then family relations, lunch, and time on the desktop. System went through a major upgrade, and I managed to prune my feed list before reading through it.

Completed the barangay residence info sheets, so tomorrow when we bring Ma's PT out, I can drop them off at the barangay office.

I know there are things I want to do tomorrow besides Ramon's laundry and getting more food for the cats; but I can't think of them right now.

Dad is being a growly bear again. He went off on the maid over something trivial, and said things to the effect that everyone is useless and worthless because he's the one spending for everything. *sigh* The logical part of me says to let it go, he is old, he has always had money issues, et cetera. The part of me that struggles to smooth down ruffled feelings and keep the house running? It hurts.

As soon as I can find a way to vent, I will. But it is a hard thing, to be treated as if my sole ambition in life was to spend all the monies. Then again, it must be a definite indicator of advancing age when one's father asks what you will do with your inheritance when they are gone. I...I don't even know. (I refused to answer that question. I mean, SRSLY?)

These are the moments when I seriously contemplate buying a lotto ticket every week till I win something. Even the minimum jackpot would be a nice thing. Then the morning comes, and life looks a lot better, so...I deal and plod on, sans lotto ticket.

In other news...I don't think there's other news. Or if there was, I've forgotten. Is that a sign of burnout? Hopefully I'll get a chance to recharge soon. I love my family, but I think I need to get away from them for a few days at some point, even if it's only a weekend at the Dusit (which is right outside the gate of the village).

Qbie and Pebbles both checked in for breakfast, and sfayed a while. With a little bit of traffic control, hostile encounters were averted. :) Pebbles was back for an afternoon snack; I saw him lazing in the lanai, and invited him in for a meal. Again, traffic control helped avert any hostile encounters.

I did my laundry, the mountain high pile of it. Thanks to he summer heat, it is all dry and smelling a treat.

Pest Away came for the monthly inspection, and a belated Mother's Day gift for Ma. Citi called to wish her belated Mother's Day and relay some banking info.

I was out after lunch to pay a bill, and ended up looking for the feed store recommended by a friend as a source of cat food at lower costs than the pet supply store. Discovered that Google maps is a wonderful reference, but nothing beats actually driving to a destination based on one's knowledge of traffic flow. As a result, I now know both the crowded and the "express" routes to the place.

Bought some kibble varieties to sample, that I hope the brats will like. Am mixing it in with kibble they know already so that it won't surprise them - or their digestion!

From Pasig - did I mention the store was in Pasig? - it was a straight run back to Bonifacio Global City, where I picked up goodies at Red Ribbon. Discovered that the McDo drive thru was operating again, so I got apple pies, fries, and large Cokes for merienda. Am not too enamoured with the angle of the microphone, but I can live with it.

Got home, started to feel like steamed dimsum. Merienda was consumed, i had a short lie-down, then life as usual.

Tomorrow, I have no outside assignments, so I can stay home and put away the laundry, for starters. I have to clean out and change handbags; update my links blog; fill up the barangay census forms, and sleep. I've been somewhat short on sleep and I need to pay off my sleep debt before I doze off at the wheel.

Ramon had a fairly good checkup. His blood sugar was on the high side though, for the second month running. He was given the usual warnings about watching his weight and his sugar intake, which did not go down very well with him. After all these years of being so careful, I guess he wants to cut loose for a while. Unfortunately, cutting loose could bring down consequences we'd all be better off not thinking about.

Darklette, on the other hand, was a perfect darling about taking her medicines. Despite not being able to swallow very well, she does eat, so I am keeping the mushiest food for her.

Had lunch at KFC Mall of Asia, then picked up coco litter from Pet Express, along with some more Meow Mix and Orijen kibble, and some Fancy Feast cans. A short ramble around the ground floor of the department store finished off things.

Thanks to the wonders of modern technology, I was able to complete a letter-writing assignment and email it, all on the Tabbie. This was fun!

Managed to get some sleep before heading out to Cash and Carry. Our Darklette came running home with a split lip, poor baby! We're not sure if she had a fight, or if someone hit her, God forbid. She let me look at her face, but just wanted to hide in Ma's cabinet. The young cats - basically all Walker's chibis - have mounted guard around the cabinet door, making inquiring sounds as if to ask why Aunty is hiding. I'll give her a little Amoxicillin when I get home.

Ramon is watching The Avengers. I am not with him because that is a sure guarantee that Dad will call in the middle of the best part of the movie. :p. So I'm having an hour-long foot massage instead.

The heat/humidity is draining. Blech. My brain cells seem to have melted into a viscous blob, incapable of more than just basic thoughts. Given that I am supposed to be working on a newsletter, this is not a good thing at all.

Sometimes I think I was meant to be, or was in a former life, a monk. Maybe it's an offshoot of being an only child, but I like being alone. Socially I'm most comfortable around a select group of people, though I don't mind mingling with others at social events.

*shrug* Whatever. I finally left two Facebook groups, and it felt like extra baggage being dropped into oblivion. Nice feeling, that. After all, why stay in a group where you won't be interacting on a regular basis?

Tomorrow I drop off Dad at the derma for his checkup, then attend the Board meeting of my historical society, and pick up Dad after. Need to print out the gate passes for Michelle the cook, who is taking the day off tomorrow. Mildly busy day, by the look of it.

Which means that after the blood extraction, we come home, have breakfast, drop Dad off at his derma to have some warts cauterized, I attend a board meeting of our historical society, then pick up Dad and come home for lunch after passing by McDo to pick up apple pie for Ma.

Now let's see if I can remember all that tomorrow. For now I go back to sleep.

Gardener is here too. Barangay sent over people to drop off the papers for the barangay registry. Need to fill those up and submit on Monday.

Vicky the maid needs to pick up some papers at the agency; so she'll be riding with us. After we drop Cris off at Alphaland, we go past the agency, we come home to drop Vicky, then off to Greenbelt for late lunch and Healthy Options.

Have to check the grocery account balance and tell Dad how much to reload.

Have been watching the supermoon wane through my binoculars, and it is a beautiful thing. Even though it's no longer full, the detail is amazing.

I also forgot to phone pay a bill, but since the due date isn't till next week, I don't need to panic.

It rained for all of five minutes earlier tonight. Humidity went up as a result. It did make it easier to corral all the kittycats for the night, so that was a good thing.

The gardener and Ma's physical therapist come in tomorrow. Have to bring Vicky the maid to the agency so she can pick up some papers, so she'll hitch with us when we drop Cris off at Alphaland.

Need to write out bare bones of publicity plans for that play the historical society is staging, not to mention figure out what to write for th's newsletter. Have had threw days of rest, time to put nose to grindstone.