Alone No More (Day 8)

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 I have skipped a couple of days because I got lazy to write and wasn't really feeling it. Like, there wasn't really that much for me to recount in a daily basis. I cooked a thing, I cleaned more things, and then I laid down on the mattress in my living room where I slept for the week. That's pretty much it.

I ordered KFC yesterday, the first time out of the whole week where I had resorted to ordering food purely because I didn't feel like cooking and I was lazy. Well, I cooked some spaghetti out of spite against the price tag of KFC's spaghetti, like I'm going to pay an extra 75 pesos alongside the otherwise 570 pesos worth of food I already ordered. HAH! Suck it Coronel! I can make my own pasta (so I can use the leftover cooked but unsauced pasta my mom made before my parents left.)

Anyways. This is the end of my week's journey of living alone in the house. Long story short, it was fine. I may not have been able to consistently exercize like I promised both myself and my new years resolution, and I may have wasted 3 days fixing and tidying up the garage so I can finally bust my bike out and try hitting uphills.... but at least the entirity of the garage and drive way are clean and free of algae that would have been a dangerous hazard for everyone, and an eyesore. Cleaning is an exersize, right? I have spent a majority of the week cleaning and trying to figure out where I have left things only to find them in the dumbest places possible, and then loosing another thing I have left in a place.

It may have been lonely, since I haven't really went outside the house or talked to people at all for the whole week, but it was nice experiencing what it would be like to be fully on my own in the house. It was also nice being able to look at everything I have done in the end of the day and feel responsible. I fed the cats, dog, and chickens, cleaned shit both inside and outside the house, and happily got to hit the hay watching YouTube on my TV. 

Effectively, I could have just done the bare minimum of throw food at the pets, order a bunch of take out, and lay down on bed all week; however, I have given myself a lot more responsibilities than what was required. I have also stayed very frugal throughout the week, to which I only spend 2k (mostly of my own personal savings), while somehow leaving the remaining 5k given to me untouched until now since my parents asked me to order some McDonalds for when they come back.

As sad as it was for my relatives in Mindanao to not see me visit them, I can still live with my decision to remain at home for the week. Aside from the fact that pets need to be fed, I felt like I needed the time to experience my surroundings more fully and challenge myself through plunging myself into deeper responsibilities. I also got the chance to cook whatever I felt like, which was a fun experience regardless of how wrong or unhealthy whatever I was cooking was. 

The only down side was how lonely it was, and I was effectively just trapped in a space ship for a week. My parents were mostly offline for most of the day since they were busy with relatives, so we didn't get to chat much aside from the periodical updates that I sent them of how our pets were doing. I didn't really chat with my friends because they were either busy with other things (since they have classes and I was graduating), and on the times they were online, I was knee deep into doing the chores around the house. A lot of the time, I just didnt feel like chatting up with people. I did get to play some D&D though, which was nice.

I feel proud at how all my cleaning has turned out. The kitchen and living room floors are shiny and the garage looks like it was newly constructed. I was also proud at how well everything I decided to cook tasted. I thought I made a huge blunder when I bought the frozen Cream Dory and stuff, but I found ways to make them useful and edible. Would I make them again? Probably when I get the chance and alone time to make them. Until earlier this morning, I didn't even crack open a pack of instant noodles.


TIME SKIP


I procrastinated a lot more. Parents are back home.


This has been great. I ordered a hand held emulator console from Ambernic as a treat for myself cos I can. I will be making a review on that, probably a week or so after I've played with it consistently. I also have some school related things to do... *checks watch* OH SHIT later today. gtg

Thanks for being with me for, at least some of the days of this being alone journey


-- YugiBearz

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