{"id":332309,"date":"2025-12-06T14:55:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T14:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/what-took-me-so-long\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T14:55:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T14:55:44","slug":"what-took-me-so-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=332309","title":{"rendered":"What Took Me So Long?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Ugh, finally felt like writing again. My schedule has opened up a bit after months of grinding, distractions, and <a href=\"https:\/\/prsnlafk.com\/life-update-no-one-really-reads\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\">life<\/a> happening in general. I could have easily used AI to generate blog posts for me, but that\u2019s just dull. Mediocre journalling skills FTW. So, what have I been up to for the past 290 days? A lot and not much at the same time. Looks like my last post was around the end of November 2022, the following month was a typical December. I think I only took a few days off for a family trip but worked most of the month. And that\u2019s all for 2022.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2023 \ud83d\ude2c<\/h2>\n<p>2023 rolled in and right after the New Year\u2019s celebration, we received bad news about my sister\u2019s health. I\u2019m not going to get into the details but long story short, I had to rush a Visa application and fly to Australia. I spent a few months there until my sister was somewhat okay. She has not recovered 100% when I left but I can only stay within the duration allowed in the Visa. Don\u2019t worry, internet strangers, my sister is doing okay as of this writing.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">LDR<\/h2>\n<p>My bank account bled as soon as 2023 starts. And for the first time my <a href=\"https:\/\/prsnlafk.com\/best-real-love-story-in-the-whole-world\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\">husband<\/a> and I \u201ccelebrated\u201d our wedding anniversary apart. Because I was in Australia and he couldn\u2019t stay there for as long as I did due to his work.  I guess emergency travel is one of the freedoms of freelancers like me. We had a trip planned earlier this year but I had to cancel everything. My mom felt really bad that my husband and I were not together on our anniversary but I wasn\u2019t too bummed about it. She doesn\u2019t know my husband <a href=\"https:\/\/prsnlafk.com\/if-i-were-the-one-who-cheated-could-he-forgive-me\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\">cheated<\/a> on me in <a href=\"https:\/\/prsnlafk.com\/end-of-the-ducking-year-2019\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\">2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Battery Hack<\/h2>\n<p>Okay, so I flew back to the Philippines and celebrated my birthday buffet style. I\u2019m 38 years old now, WTF. I finally bought a new <a href=\"https:\/\/prsnlafk.com\/naruto-swirl-and-all-that-jazz\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\">laptop<\/a> after 7 years! Oh my goodness, my old laptop can\u2019t even boot up anymore because the battery is dead. It has a non-removable battery and I couldn\u2019t find an original or safe battery replacement any more. If you also find yourself in this situation, <a href=\"https:\/\/askacomputergeek.com\/will-laptops-work-without-a-battery-safely\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">disable the battery from your device manager<\/a> so you can keep using your laptop until you\u2019re able to purchase a new one.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m guilty of being careless with my old laptop\u2019s battery. Often leaving it plugged in for days and for no reason. Thank you for your service, old laptop.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SRSLY Tho What Took Me So Long?<\/h2>\n<p>I am proud to announce that I have reached episode 939 of One Piece, still have more work to do, I know. Felt like I needed a break once again, and then the <a href=\"https:\/\/prsnlafk.com\/finding-time-to-blog-regularly\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\">Netflix<\/a> live-action happened. The adaptation is pretty good as everyone says, almost perfect in my opinion. I believe it\u2019s a good crash course for people who haven\u2019t read the manga or watched the anime. My husband never considered watching the anime with me because he\u2019s not a fan of the art style and doesn\u2019t have the attention span for 1000+ episodes, but he genuinely enjoyed the Netflix show.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">No Promises This Time<\/h2>\n<p>I am about to get busy again starting next week. I don\u2019t know for sure when my next post is going to be. I believe this blog went offline (or was broken) for a while and I only had time to get everything fixed this month. But I honestly have no plans of taking it down, in fact, my <a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com?id=204140X1683191&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hostinger.com%2F\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">hosting service<\/a> should be good for another couple of years.<\/p>\n<p>See you in my next monologue (hopefully) soon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ugh, finally felt like writing again. My schedule has opened up a bit after months of grinding, distractions, and life happening in general. I could have easily used AI to generate blog posts for me, but that\u2019s just dull. Mediocre journalling skills FTW. So, what have I been up to for the past 290 days? 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