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It was a busy Thanksgiving week.   I worked Monday and Tuesday unfortunately.  On Tuesday the kids spend time with their Aunt Rhonda doing crafts.  I took an extended lunch to get a tattoo consult for my left upper arm.  I also made an appointment to get the tattoo on Dec 18 at 1130a.  Im super excited about it. On Wednesday I started my day at the dentist, came home to take Sophie a bath then we finished the last 4 episodes of Season 4 then we had a watch party in the evening for Season 5.  We spent Thanksgiving at mom's with Paul's family. On Friday we decorated the house for Christmas. We got the tree up too.  We ended the weekend watching Sophia play Clara at the Nutcracker.

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This week was a bit of whirlwind.  Work has been crazy busy.  The highlight of the week was spending time with Rachelle.  We had lunch at her place on Sunday.  Tyler made some breakfast and we just hanged out. Something we should do more often.  Maybe every other week we will make a point to hang out.  After visiting with her the kids and I went to visit mom and dad. It was a nice end to a long week. 

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We celebrated mom's Babang Luksa or her 1 year death anniversary.  I still cannot believe its been a year since she joined dad in heaven.  

I had a mass scheduled for her but unfortunately we were not able to attend it cause the church changed the time on us with out notifying us.  I was really miffed by that.  So instead we entered the chapel to pray for her.  We then went to the cemetery to pray the rosary for her.  I believe shes in heaven with my dad and my lola and Lolo.  

Ralph came to town on Saturday and he was able to see her for about 10 minutes before it really started to pour rain on us. I think mom and dad are mad at him for being the way he is with the family. 

Paul, Hannah and I had lunch with Kuya Danny, Ate Amy and Che at Crabhut to thank them for coming to celebrate mom's 1 year.  Hopefully we will see them again soon.  

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This week has been a whirlwind.  I was in the office 2 days this week for an offsite.  I spent time with my dear friend Jhinezka and got to meet my teammates I never seen in person.  It was great. 

I took the kids to our first anime convention in Pasadena this weekend.  It was absolutely nuts.  It took us 3 hours to get there, an hour to find parking, 2 hours to register and 5 hours to obtain autographs. Sunday was a more pleasant experience. We arrived for early autograph, waited almost an hour, spent an hour in line hoping Aleks Le shows but never did, waited another hour waiting for an autograph then spent the next 3 hours walking the exhibits.  I probably spent a good thousand dollars there.  

We ended the weekend with dinner with Ed.  

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This was a pretty busy week and it marks the beginning of the now dreadful holiday season.  I used to really love this time of year but now not so much.  A lot of it has to do with losing my parents during this time of year so it makes it tough for me.  I try my best and rally for my kids because I want them to look for forward and love this season like I once did.  Who knows maybe in time I'll love it again.  But for now it still hurts.  

My mom would have been 86 on the 30th. It was her first heavenly birthday.  I hope she enjoyed spending her birthday with my dad again.  I took the day off cause I knew it would be a tough one for me. And it sure was. It hit hard in the evening.  Dan and I went to visit her, then we had lunch together.  Im really glad that he's such a supportive husband.  The kids and I lit a candle for her at Guardian Angels Catholic Church here in town.  I took them to cemetery on Sunday. 

On Friday it was Halloween.  Hannah dressed up as Charlie Brown and Tyler dressed up as an anime character- Sanji. 

On Saturday the kids ran their first 5k at the Thrive half marathon and 5k event.  It was a tough one cause they spent the night trick or treating.  We all finished under 40 minutes which was awesome.