The Jungle Affair

Dark clouds. At least that's the conclusion you get when you looked at derod. The man has been informed of the date quite a few months ago and he's been dreading it. He is set to be dressed in green for two weeks in august and this includes an intimate encounter with nature (three nights in the jungle).

For a long time, I have been wondering what I should do while he spends his nights with his hot, sweaty and stinky comrades among the buzzy blood-sucking residents. Three cycles of 24-7 with the walls of our flat and a gabe is no joke. Suffocation alert! Already I look forward in anticipation to derod's return from work each day. How am I going to survive without the presence, support, company of my dear hubby? Then again, I thought, if gijoe's wife can do it, why can't I? Gijoe gets posted out of the country for five consecutive days every month, and his wife is left alone with TaS. No relatives in the country since they really belong across the causeway. Friends are always around, yes, but they can never really replace family. On this note, can I just declare to you JW, that I have seriously admired you for the strength and independence you have shown, quiet though you are (or seem to be heheh).

Somehow we have never got around to making arrangements and before we knew it, we were waving goodbye to derod as he stepped out of the house in full green apparel on sunday night. Although my parents have been insisting that I move back to stay with them, I have somehow decided to stay put on my own. Too many things to pack, too much risk to the night routine that we have so pain-stakingly put in place, and... it's just for three nights right? So, I planned my time in the day to ensure I won't turn into a hermit after this, and am very thankful to say that three nights have passed!!!

God has been amazingly wonderful! Gabe has been a good boy, I've not been stressed, have coped fine, and am nowhere near being an emotional wreak! And can I say again, that God is wonderful! We discovered that derod is scheduled to make a three-day trip to Batam for work, around early September, which means that I'll need to go through this again. I suppose training does come in handy, though I'm so not looking forward to him being away again.