6/4/2026 at 4:08 p.m.

 I was cleaning my drawers I was cleaning my drawers in my dresser and found an old sterling silver bracelet. I think I bought the bracelet on sale at the nearby Boscov's (a department store) when it newly opened in our town in 2002.

Me: 'doy, look! I'm wearing my old ankle bracelet. 

Jason: ((( WHAT?! )))

He sounded so confused! 

Jason: Like for probation?

LOL!

I almost peed from laughing so hard. I didn't think of that. 

He thought it was the ankle bracelet, like an electronic monitoring device strapped around the ankle to track an offender's location and movement in compliance with court-mandated restrictions as an alternative to jail time or house arrest. 

Should I just use the term "anklet" instead? 🤔

6/4/2026 at 12:49 p.m.

I heard my son talking on his phone with my daughter. They're talking about the basketball tournament last night. The Knicks won, I heard.

Both of them are rooting for the same New York team. 

By the way, they constantly have lunch dates via video call. 

It's an exclusive sibling-only kind of thing.

"Breakfast"

I baked a cake with lots of blueberries in it, and I offered a slice to Jay.

"Unsa man ni?" (What is this?)

"Emancipation Breakfast Cake," I answered.

"Di ba brek-fast na pagka sulti?" (Isn't it pronounced as brek-fast?)

"Giunsa man diay pagsulti ang akoa?" (How did I say it?)

"Breyk-fast!"

So I checked and...

OMG! He's so right! 

I've been pronouncing it wrong all this time.

Breakfast is /ˈbrek.fəst/!

5/19/2026 at 8:22 a.m.

Our stay at the Hilton in Chicago didn't come with a free breakfast. However, it was served for the attendees of the seminar. I didn't really know the specific topic of the seminar, but it was related to AI. It was conducted by the partner of the company that Jay works for.

I thought of going down to look for a nearby café for my daily morning dose of java, but Jay came back up to our room and handed me a cup of piping hot regular coffee and a banana.

I'm perfectly fine with that.

Honestly, I hated eating alone in a café or at a restaurant. When the mister took me with him for a work trip in Holland last year, I always bought myself a meal but had it in my room. I usually work while eating or sometimes catch up on my K-dramas.

My online shops were all closed when we traveled, but I still worked remotely—doing draft listings for all of the marketplaces I sell for.