project 365 - day 15 - hanggang sa muli, donya guada

i've been working overseas for almost 4 years now. i don't know why we still cry each time we say goodbye. mike said that the setting in their house is very different when somebody has to leave. it's very casual, like they'll see each other again after a few hours. for the camachos, it's drama rama sa hapon.

donya guada stayed here for 2 months to take care of the baby girl. the original plan was wawin and donya guada will be here for only a month and somebody will replace them in taking care of keyla. as nobody else could go here by the time they had to go, donya guada had to extend her stay for another month. wawin went home just in time for his birthday. donya guada and i sent him off and we both cried like we won't see each other again.

our days are extra crazy when donya guada is around. we talk about everything grand and silly. her laughter is contagious. we gossip. we look at FB posts. she cooks very well - and she recycles food so good it doesn't even taste like tira-tira. she has the best diskarte in town. when we get home, she tells us her yaya tales in an oh-so-animated manner. she is the best.

this is a picture of us in our last hawker lunch today. see her hair is all white now. she said she won't dye her hair anymore so people would stop commenting, "para mo lang anak si keyla" on her FB. hehehe.

sa paglisan ni donya guada, bumaha na naman ang mga luha. 'di ko na alam kung bakit ganun pa rin kami ka-emotional. si kuya man, lumuha rin daw sa airport. kaya nga ba't hindi na ako sumama sa airport. magmumuka lang akong batang inagawan ng lobo :(

at upang hindi ko masyadong maramdaman ang lungkot paglisan nila, inalagaan ko si keyla, naglinis ako ng bahay nang bonggang bongga. nagluto ako ng paksiw. nagluto ako ng pesang isda. nagluto ako ng manok na pang chicken sandwich. nakalimutan kong malungkot ako. nakatulong.

ngayong bago ako matulog, humupa na ang adrenaline. napagod ako. masakit na ang likod ko kakatrabaho. naalala ko na namang malungkot ako dahil umuwi na si donya guada. minessage ko sya sa FB. sinabi kong regret kong hindi ko sya hinug ng mas matagal dahil matagal na naman kaming hindi magkikita. hay. ang tahimik ng bahay. umuwi na si donya guada.