And this post may be a week late.

So I traded my wish of you for something more worthwhile. Something here. Something now. Something sure. And it was great.

A lot of people came home for Christmas! The whole maternal side of the family was almost complete for the Surprise Pink Party we were throwing one of our beloved aunts who turned 60. Having a lot of people at home leaves you sleeping on the couch, or wherever you might find appropriate space, but I'd never trade the fun. And The Siblings were at last complete for the first time in 14 years! Anyhow.

So you know that when you complete your 9 mornings of Misa de Gallo you get to make a wish right? But who needs that to make a wish? I can make wishes all the time. But I digress. I wished for one thing last year, wished for it again on my birthday, and it just doesn't stick. But after 8 days of waking up before the crack of dawn to take a frigid shower just to show up at Church with teeth chattering, I was faced with a simple question. So I made a choice.

Last week-ish, I had my first alcoholic drink, YEY me! Haha. I know my classmates and friends have been drinking for quite a while now, but I haven't really gotten around to trying it. I am surrounded by a bunch of prudes, you know. JOKE. Anyway, when one of my aunts suggested that I go with the older cousins (2 from the States and 1 from Cebu), I quickly looked at my dad and when he volunteered to be chaperon I hesitantly said yes.

And it was so much fun. The First Drink - Screw Driver. And the whole time I was gulping down the orange-y goodness, I kept on thinking about Hard Candy, haha. And the talk was flowing, and we were getting rowdy, we were shouting in the car on the way home, but my dad stayed sober so we could all go home safely. Yey. At home I thanked my cousins for letting me in on their group. Apparently it was a free-form tradition. From cousin to cousin to cousin. Awww. Anyway, I had to sleep.

But then I had to wake up in 2 hours for the last Misa de Gallo.

I didn't sleep a wink because I was too excited. But finally when the exhaustion took over, the alarm went off! I sat up and thought, I think I'm doing this for THAT reason and I think I know pretty well that I can never be that person for THAT git. So I traded my wishing rights for something in the here and now: sleep, and security that tomorrow will bring not a hang-over, but a clarity delivered by that choice. And I'm happy for it.