My 10 ways to cope with loneliness

Dad, here is what i occupied myself with the last two days you weren't here beside us. Day 1 - accompanied mom to urdaneta.texted you almost every hour for an update.Later in the evening, Andrea and I watched High School musical 2, which I think I enjoyed more than she did. Started reading a book " The Ivy chronicles". The book we bought together. Read it until the 2:30 am. Sorry. I tried going to bed early but I was panicking a bit about you. Glad you texted me and assured me that you are fine. How to cope with loneliness tip # 1. Exhaustion. I tried to exhaust myself from physical activities so i would be too tired to notice the motional pain I am going through tip # 2. Diversion. Read a book about a very unfortunate woman who found her husband in their bathroom with a naked woman who turns out to be the wife of the very same person who maneouvered to get her job axed in the guise of saving millions for the company, on the very same day her job was axed. It would make you feel less miserable Day 2 - free day! or so I thought. After sleeping so late last night, err, early morning, I thought I could go to sleep til noon. It's a saturday. And most working "men and women" sleep late during this day of the week. But Ate Pinay picked up the laundry 30 minutes past 6. With a very little sleep, I dragged myself out of bed and fixed our clothes for laundry. I wanted to go back to bed, but I promised Andrea I would make pancakes for her breakfast. And Buffy's insistent barking is a warning that she needs to pee and poo. I have to walk her to the front yard where she does her morning rituals. Luckily, Aya was in the mood to walk buffy. I attended to the pups first, brought them out of their kennel so they too can exercise, prepared milk and dog food for both buffy and the pups. I need to do this, so our breakfast would be peaceful. After we had our breakfast, I decided to change the curtains in our room. Which led me to reorganizing the bedroom, bathroom and our shoe rack. Gave Andrea a bath and prepared her for her "playdate" with friends. Whew! After I was able to put the final touch of the reorganization, it was almost 12 noon. tip # 3. Always promise I'll make breakfast for Andrea. This way, I will have to wake up early. Cut my daydreaming, or stop feeling miserable with Barney in bed. It takes my mind off my dear husband who I guess is still sound asleep. tip # 4. Nurture my pets, get some more pets. The louder their barking, the more difficult it is to stay in bed. Isay and Lucky are learning the art of barking. And I feel guilty not answering their call. Aside from being busy taking care of the pets, they help me release my emotions without fear of being judged (well, except maybe for some neighbors who would think I am exagerrating) tip # 5. Change the curtain in our bedroom. It makes the room feminine, plus, the old curtain reminds me more of my adoring husband. AND, changing curtain led me to. tip # 6. Reorganizing the room. I could never do this. Mike will always ensure that any "reorganization will suit his preference... which led me to tip # 7. Reorganizing the bathroom...which led me to tip # 8 Reorganizing the shoe rack. Separated the " to go ( to be thrown or given away), for keeps (for keeping until further notice) for ever ( for ever my choice)" which again led me to... tip # 9 Doing a detailed cleaning of our room. I was exhausted by noon time. I took a bath. Called Andrea home for lunch, made her nap after viewing Meet the Robinsons while I spend time thinking about husband again...I'm hurting still. So I decided to open the computer, read emails and finally. tip # 10. Blog. Pour out my heart through words. Even if no one could read this, it makes my load a few lbs lighter.