Why I fell off the face of the internet

I’ve been getting messages from people asking me where I am the past few weeks because I suddenly disappeared from the land of social media. The reason is that I moved houses. I’m now living in the lovely and quiet Laguna Bel Air. It’s a pretty nice departure from the busy and noisy Metro Manila.

The past few weeks have been really busy, what with all the furniture and appliances and all those other things you need for a house to function like one. My parents are both so busy with work so the responsibility of working all of those out fell on my shoulders. It was annoying and irritating sometimes, but I find that you learn from things like this. As a girl who never wanted to grow up, shoving a little responsibility up my ass is a good thing, seeing as I did just turn 22 last month.

Anyway, the real hunt for a real job (not just sidelines I do for fun and not money) is still scheduled for January so I have a few more weeks to enjoy living here without much to worry about. It’s been good. I get to workout more often, write (crappy lately, but it’ll work out… I hope) enjoy my music, read a lot of books, do a lot of creative stuff and basically just spend some time with me. (mainly because this house doesn’t have an internet connection yet, but that’s beside the point) If you know me well, then you know that this is fairly new. I prefer spending my time with friends and family because I love the conversation, however, this move has made me make up for lost time with myself to do something that doesn’t involve work, a massage table, my hair or my nails. It’s quite lovely, really. I don’t think I’ve ever spent time like this before. It’s also nice to get out of the house just a few times each week to spend a few hours with people who are really close to me, those who really matter, not just whoever’s up for a good time.

See? I knew that taking a break after college before getting a job would be good for me.

Let me just say though, that life is so different for me without an internet connection at home. It’s not necessarily bad. The downsides are that I sometimes don’t get event invites on time since people prefer to send them online instead of through a call or SMS now and that I fail to reply immediately to people who say “Hey” and ask how I am and stuff like that. The good thing about it, well, I just said it in the paragraph above. For someone who values her relationship with people a lot, I found it so nice just to be disconnected from all of it for a while to relax a bit, breathe and hum a song.

I’m looking forward to enjoying all this all the way through the holidays. I hope everyone finds some down time for themselves too. It really is good for you.

Kisses from the not-so-province,

Grace <3

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Current song in my head: In The Morning (Norah Jones & The Handsome Band)