Goddess, I Am.

Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a real Potter nut. I can spend the day regaling you on the things I’ve done and the things I will do for my Harry Potter fix. But because I’m having a lazy weekend, I’ll spare you all the gory details.

Anyhow, Harry Potter fan that I am, I obviously had to get early access to Pottermore. I figured I’d get in on Day 1 without breaking a sweat. Unfortunately, by the time the first Pottermore clue was released, I was busy playing Monopoly on the iPad, and I, umm, completely forgot about it. I shame myself sometimes.

So I thought I’d get it on the second day, but somehow I missed it AGAIN! This time I was working, at least, so the shame wasn’t too great.

The next day, I nearly missed it yet again because The Husband and I ran errands all afternoon. Fortunately, I managed to catch it when I got home, and voila! I am no longer a boring, old Muggle! Yey for me!

Here’s proof of my awesome magical self:

Would that this were true. Methinks I probably would’ve enjoyed school better if I went to Hogwarts. I’d rather get a wand and a noseless immortal enemy instead of tacky class rings and a badly written yearbook.

But I digress. I was panicking so much because I couldn’t get the damned Magical Quill to levitate, so I had two different browsers open. (True story: I shamelessly yelled “Wingardium leviosa!” at my computer because my cursor wasn’t cooperating.) But eventually, I did manage to get it to levitate on both browsers, smooth as a 200-year-old yogini, so I ended up with two accounts. I’m giving the other one to The Sister.

Oh, and I got a really good username, as well. Tell me, how cool does ‘SeekerWolf90′ sound? It’s so Harry Potter meets A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones, isn’t it? At least, I like to think so. The other one was ‘RoseNewt152′ – blah.

Now, if you’ll excuse me. I have to get to my sorting.

I’ve had a horrible, horrible day. Well, at least, the latter part of it.

So I FINALLY decided to invest on a new suitcase today. This is a big deal, mind you, because believe it or not, I’m not one to impulse-shop. (I may shop a lot, but I actually do give my purchases a lot of thought for a few days. And yes, that includes shoes.)

Anyhow, it was one of those really awesome ones that, umm, rolls along next to you. It was lavender. It was the size of a portable ekg machine (I think). It was on sale. And it was the last one, or so the guy who sold it to me claimed.

So The Husband and I bought it, after the sales guy’s excellent demonstration, and we lugged – no, rolled – it around SM while we ran errands, and later, to Persimmon in Mabolo where we finally tried Dong Juan. (The burgers were awesome, by the way, in case you’re wondering.)

Oh, and we also stuffed in [the suitcase] the wifi modem the kind lady from PLDT gave us earlier after our application for a new landline and DSL service was approved. After dinner, we called a cab, and after securing said suitcase in the boot, we were on our merry way home.

This was when it all went downhill. The cab ride was nice enough, and so was the old cabbie. There wasn’t even much traffic, too, which was strange for rush hour, so we got home fairly quickly. It wasn’t until a full five (or more) minutes after we were home that The Husband realized that we’ve left the suitcase in the boot.

The Husband, of course, tried to run after the cab. But of course, it would’ve been long gone by then. I called the cab company (I, at least, remembered that much), but without a cab number, they couldn’t do much, unless the cabbie turns over the suitcase to their office once he finds it.

And the irony of it all? Before we even got off the cab, the kind old driver even reminded us – ever so kindly – to check our belongings! Here’s hoping he’s kind enough to give them back. Or at least, turn them over to the cab company office.

Last week, The Husband left his phone in a cab, but we got it back the next day from the cabbie’s wife. Will we be that lucky this time around? I don’t want to think about it.

Right now, we worry about the PLDT modem the most. They were running out of wifi modems, and the lady had to pull strings to rush us through the waiting list because The Husband kind of frightened her. Buying a new one isn’t an issue, but will they still have one available for us at such short notice? They’re going to come over to connect our phone and Internet lines any day now!

And then I have to worry about buying yet another suitcase before next month’s Hongkong trip. I don’t know how to justify another purchase to myself, I just don’t.

I am so stressed right now.

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