2022: A look back...
Today is January 3, 2023. A new year for all of us. I am a bit anxious as we start a new year as we don't know what will unfold for all of us this year. But allow me to look back on the events that happened last year - 2022.
January - After
all the merry making and celebrations of 2021 as the covid restrictions became
more relaxed and we experience a bit of normalcy again... there came the surge
of Omicron Variant for Covid 19. Just like most of the people in Manila, we got
Covid for the very first time. Our whole family tested positive for Covid. And
since most people became sick, we experienced shortage of paracetamol.
Over-the-counter medicines to treat fever, cough and colds are all out of
stock. Even the laboratories who evaluates the RT-PCR test had a huge backlog
and instead of 24 hours results... people get their results for RT-PCR after
1-2 weeks. This is when we realized that a lot are really sick. They said... oh
no... is 2022 - 2020 too again?
February - This was a good month as most of the people have recovered already. Children are back to their online classes as the school declared a health break in January due to the surge. So happy also that our kids were fully vaccinated for Covid-19 this month! :)
March - Since it is becoming hot already, and summer starts to kick in - we planned an overnight trip to Subic. This is our first beach trip since the pandemic happened. We really maximized our time in Subic as we spent the day with a trip in the zoo then stayed in a beach resort. The following day, we went to a water park. We were all happy to be able to go on a road trip again.
April – This is
Gerard’s birthday month but since his birthday was during the holy week – we just
had a simple celebration at home. This is also the month where we had online
Family Day celebrations. Since classes are still online, even the
celebrations/extra-curricular activities are done online too. It was okay as we
were lucky to win in the raffle prizes.
June – As this
is the birth month of my sister, we went to a beach trip with the De Guzmans.
It is so much fun to be able to spend a weekend again at the beach with the
whole family. The kids really enjoyed the weekend and wished that we had stayed
longer.
July – Another
trip with the family – this time in Baguio! It is the first time for our kids
and they enjoyed the cool weather. They said that it felt like we are in
another country.
September – This is
my birthday month but unfortunately we got Covid for the second time. This gave
me the chance to reflect, be grateful and appreciative of all the blessings that
I continue to receive amidst the pandemic.
October – Since
my family got covid in September, I was able to celebrate my birthday with
friends only by October. So October became the month for meet up with friends.
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