Isabel - You are such a sweet mother hen for checking in on me!
First, I want to reassure you all that I was not in any harm. I live in the United States. Spring time usually heralds lots of business with baseball games, swimming lessons, playdates and keeping up with our schooling (I homeschool all three). Also, my hubby's dad is here on his usual spring visit for 2 months. On top of all this, my second born has had a fever, my littlest has had a foot issue that has been keeping her in pain everytime she walks and I have been feeling under the weather for the past 2 days. So I haven't been around and I so appreciate your concerns! You make a gal feel needed, thanks!
My parents DO live in the Philippines. They live outside of Manila and although they are frustrated with the lack of election results thus far, they have not seen violent displays in their neck of the woods, thank goodness!