My brother-in-law will be coming home next month from his US vacation. He’s very excited because he and his cousins are planning a Colorado bed and breakfast weekend getaway before he leaves. It’ll be his first time to go to that part of the US and he’s really looking forward to it. Last year, when he and my sister went to the US for a vacation, they traveled around San Francisco, Los Angeles and Nevada.

Me, on the other hand, will be looking forward to the photos from his trip so that I can make him a scrapbook. LOL! I think I’m too addicted to digiscrapping! But I’m still not yet done with their first album. I’m still organizing the photos and gathering more info for them. I hope I’ll finish it before the year ends so I can start with the next one when my brother-in-law gets back from his vacation.

My friend called the other day and she told me that the earliest she’ll be coming home will be on April. So, I still have more time to prepare for our trip and save up for a DSLR. Anyway, I checked my travel stuff the other day and I think I need new Body Shop supplies of toiletries. Everything’s already old and some of the products are already expired. I need a new pair of bath gloves, body butter, body wash and lip balm. I love their Mango scent, especially the body wash. Yes, I use body wash when traveling because I don’t want carrying a wet, sticky soap in my bag while traveling around.

I’m not gonna buy sunblock lotion anymore. I think I still have about 5 bottles from last year’s and that’s a lot, isn’t it? Have you seen how much one bottle costs? Things are getting more expensive these days. Good thing my sister has a friend who works for the company who manufactures Coppertone here in the Philippines so she gives us a set every Christmas as a gift.

My best friend, who is a physical therapist, finally got her Green Card and she can finally get home for a vacation. She was really lucky with her stay in New York for she found an employer who helped her with her visa. Her lawyer was really nice and she even became friends with some Washington DC medical malpractice lawyers. But one of our school mates from high school was luckier than her. He met a doctor at a bar, not knowing that the doctor has a very good reputation, the doctor asked him to be his partner. So they set up their own clinic and now they’re earning more than one can imagine. He is very lucky! How I wish some of his luck would rub on me.

I remember when I was in college, World Youth Day was celebrated here in the Philippines. I was a participant and I was very excited about it. It was really fun and my blockmates and I met a lot of new friends from different countries. One of my blockmates was even lucky enough to be a volunteer in a group who will guides special kids with cerebral palsy. Of course we didn’t see the Pope up close but it was still very moving. We traveled around the metro for a couple of days and on the final we spent the night in Luneta Grandstand. We almost had no sleep that night and the next day, at the end of the event, we had to walk going to Manila City Hall just to get a ride. It was an unforgettable experience for me!

My best friend was really excited when her trip to Nevada was finally pushing through. She went there with her guy friend and they stayed in a hotel in Vegas. They toured the Grand Canyons and she was pretty excited about it because she dreamed of going there.

She called me today and told me what happened to them in Las Vegas. It was supposed to be a special trip but she found out that her guy friend fell in love with his best friend when he went home to the Philippines for a vacation. She was kind of hoping that they’re gonna end up together but instead he told her that he wanted to marry his best friend. It was really sad and I feel for her.