Me, Kika and Gabi, 2000
As was revealed to me in the wee hours of the morning,
there is no bun in the oven.
The PMDD was especially potent this month.
It made me almost wish for a baby, if only to give me a break from it for nine months-
but I digress.
Despite the rebooting of my ovarian operating system,
my family is still about to grow in size.
Jim and Chari were sad when they locked up for the last time, turning off lights and closing doors.
"Good bye house," they said.
They are leaving it all behind.
Moving to a different climate, way of speaking,
way of exiting and entering an elevator,
way of driving.
They are leaving Manila and moving here.
We are hosting them.
From a family of four we will now be eight.
In one week.