For my book project THINGS, the task today according to my year plan is to blog about a new-year discovery as this is the 9th month of my 60th year. But since April in 2023 when I officially acquired a senior citizen status, my routine has stayed the same. If there were any new discoveries, I didn't have a record of those experiences. The major culprit was my lack of consistent writing. My last diary entry was dated 2021!
Well, early last year, I installed a loft bed
with a stair cabinet and moved my Molave desk from the living room to the
space under my bed. I made sure that I would be able to sit and stand
underneath so I was happy about having created a 'writing space for myself'.
This was necessary since my sister and her son have taken over the entire
living room, and now, there is a study table for my nephew and a work desk for
my sister. Both are folding tables by the way, and my nephew's is right down
the stairs of the double bed, while my sister's rests right beside the door of
the unit. I have been thinking about retrieving my Narra desk from my brother's
resort in Batangas, where I moved it back when my sister wanted me to remove
furniture in my mother's house to give space to possible renters. I acquired
that desk from OMF, when they gave it to me after letting me work from home
when my mother got sick. That table had deep drawers that my nephew could use
for his clothes. Right now, most of his garments are in plastic boxes stacked
under his round, blue, folding table.
I installed a double bed in the
living room, so that part of the condo isn't anymore mine. Whatever mess they
make now with the living room-turned-bedroom-for-two is fine with me as long as
the mess doesn't get into my newly created space.
To cheer me up, I bought a new chair more for
its aesthetic fit in my under-the-bed office than for its usefulness as a
writing chair. And now I have been regretting the purchase because it's
difficult to write sitting on that beautiful cozy chair. I am grateful that I
have kept my blue folding metal chair from the time I was a boarder in Palanan
in 2011, so I use that when writing. Meanwhile, the old, rotating, desk chair
now belongs to my sister, who has been using it since the time they moved in
with me.
Currently, all my positive experiences have to
do with the luxury of sleeping on the 'loft bed' in my 35 sq meter condo. Up on
my bunk, I am no longer bothered by the traffic of my sister and her son coming
and going in and out of the bathroom. I can now rest in peace without Joseph
jumping on the bed every time he goes to the window to look at children playing
in the garden of Gateway Regency only one floor below. When I had a proper bed,
it was also a sofa, and my nephew was hardly in the living room but was always
lingering on my bed while he played, painted, or simply watched other children
play from the bedside window. His mom has now installed for him a wall fan, and
lately, he's loving the independence of watching Netflix on his tablet on his
bed, with all his stuffed toys and 'dippers' beside. However, the child still
asks me occasionally if he could sleep with me- which I let him sometimes
because he is really a sweet boy. But more and more, I have been rejecting his
request because he's nine and has grown taller. Cuddling him on my bed has
become less cozy and comfortable, but I cherish his little head popping up the
loft stairs every morning when he goes up to say, 'Good morning Ninang.'
Today, instead of blogging about any new
discovery [because I really don't have one], I went to YouTube for guidance on
productive blogging. Half of this day was spent googling and then watching
videos on how to create a new website. At this age, I probably need more time
to research on these technicalities before I plunge to the actual 'business' of
blogging. I found Hostinger Academy which gave me a list of 'no-code'
web-builders. I wondered why 'Wordpress' wasn't on that list, however,
if I use Hostinger for web hosting, it directs me to 'Wordpress'. So
since I already have this Wordpress blog, on impulse, I upgraded
my confidantesite. blog, but then I canceled my purchase immediately because I
realized that I still didn't understand the process. I had changed the domain
name to 'auntiedote.com' but when I searched for the domain name after an upgrade,
I didn't know where it went and was lost as to how to proceed to Hostinger.
Confused even after three tutorial videos, I have now spent almost four hours
of 'learning' how to build a website, yet I haven't learned anything.
I miss Sitesell, the web hosting I used
from 2004 to 2021. It really was convenient for old people like me with its
full tutorials. Even when you get lost, you can always go back and repeat at Sitesell
and there are tons of easy help available which took only a little time
to discover.
After cancelling my purchase, I got this email
from Wordpress:
The following upgrades have been cancelled
and ฿3,348.00 refunded:
- WordPress.com Explorer on https://confidantesite.wordpress.com
- Domain: confidantesite.blog
Your refund has been sent to the method of payment that you used for your
original purchase. You will receive it in 7-10 business days. If you paid with
a credit card, this may appear as a credit/refund on your statement, or the
original charge will show as reversed, which would simply remove the original
charge from your statement - depending on your bank. If you paid via PayPal,
you’ll see the refund in your transaction history.
If you have any questions or don't receive the refund, please contact support
Did I lose all of my previous blogs now? Wordpress says that my
domain confidantesite.blog has been deleted, and as a result, I
might not be able to regain that same domain name.
I should look for copies of my previous blogs - hopefully, I emailed copies
of those to myself. This is a bit sad, but well, maybe this is also an
adventure, although a sad one. So much for a new website.
