Going the Distance (Book #1 of Distance series)

11: Believe

"Always believe something wonderful is about to happen."

-Anonymous-

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"Hold Onto Hope Love"
by Amy Stroup

♪ Hold onto hope, love
I searched high and low for you
For you
Each day gets closer
So hold on stronger to me
And you
Someday soon,
I'll find you
Someday soon,
I'll know you ♫

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We officially opened our online store, "Sweet and Savoury" a week after our final approval on the web design. Nagkaroon kami ni Jane ng mga series of run-throughs sa recipes and we are very confident na we have perfected all of our eight flagship products.

Ilang oras lang mula nang magbukas kami ay nakatanggap na kami ng orders galing sa ilang kamag-anak at kaibigan namin. Nakatulong din nang malaki ang binuksan naming Facebook and Instagram account para mas ma-market ang bago naming tindahan. Mula noon ay dalawang linggo na kaming abalang dalawa ni Jane sa pagma-market, pagtanggap ng ilang orders, at pag-prepare at deliver ng mga ito.

This is such a tiring, but rewarding experience to the both of us because we are able to hone our skills more, we get to meet new people and make new friends from satisfied customers.

Despite of my busy schedule, I still find time to communicate with Andy. It has already become like a part of my daily routine. There are a few occasions when my itinerary cannot spare me a time to devote a thirty or even a fifteen minute video chat with him, thus we just type our messages in Skype.

Walang nagplano, walang nag-set. We didn't really talk about how are we gonna work on each others' schedules, and I can't even answer for ourselves how this routine exactly started. If my day's not very tight, he calls me at midnight before I go to sleep. Minsan nagagawa ko pa siyang tawagan paggising niya sa umaga bago pumasok habang lunch break ko naman sa school.

Finding an offline message from him affects me so much. The feeling of sudden chill upon receiving a notification of an unread message is quite addictive. I'm already hooked! A simple habit has turned to a routine, where checking my Connected and Skype account every now and then even if I'm in school.

I'm already being used to seeing his morning look. How I love his face when he just woke up straight from his bed. I get to peek a little bit of how his bedroom looks like, along with that part of his abstract painting hanging at the wall behind his bed.

I love his husky, bedroom voice. Ang boses niyang bagong gising sabayan pa nang malalim niyang British accent at kung paano niya bigkasin ang mga katagang, "Hi, Sophia," o "How are you, babe?"

Kapag naman umabot na ng hatinggabi at hindi pa rin ako tapos sa binibake ko, minsan ay hinahayaan ko na rin siyang tawagan ako at panoorin ako sa paggawa ko ng cake. Dinadala ko ang laptop ko sa kusina at ipinapatong ko lang iyon sa ibabaw ng countertop habang nakakonekta ang Skype video chat namin. No voice. Pinapanood lang niya ako at kung minsan naman ay may ginagawa rin siya, siguro ay ilan sa mga trabaho niya. Kahit ganoon lang ay sapat na. Basta't nandiyan lang siya sa paningin ko kahit hindi kami nag-uusap at may mga sarili kaming ginagawa.

Andy: That looks beautiful...

Inilagay ko na ang dalawang cake na natapos kong i-bake sa kani-kanya nilang box, tinalian ng ribbon, at ipinasok sa ref. Handa na sila para sa delivery bukas.