Why are weekends always so busy!
I remember weekends being a time to relax. Read the newspapers, have a lazy brunch. Catch a movie and stay up late Friday and/or Saturday night. Recharge for the new week ahead.
Now it seems like its merely a continuation of the weekday. Except busier.
We wake at the same ungodly hour ( why do kids not sleep in till 8 am on weekends??!!)
They still need breakfast quite soon after waking. ( means I still have to fuss around the kitchen getting it ready )
Once breakfast is done it seems the day just zips by.
This past weekend we were invited to the neighbours house for lunch and dinner. It was so nice to have a combined food effort. Plus company. It's like socializing for kids and adults all at once. And we didn't have to leave them at home and feel guilty about it.
There were crazy rain and thunderstorms both afternoons of this weekend so the kids didn't get to do their weekend twice daily swims.
A neighbour, E, took us to an indoor playgym called Royce at Liang Court. I'm generally not a big fan of indoor playgrounds so my kids don't get to go to these places. It wasn't too bad, basically a large room with every toy imaginable. The kids had a good time for an hour. It's a good alternative when outdoors isn't really an option. ( E and myself were quite bored though... Don't know why they don't think of having a cafe within the play area itself )
Friday night Chris had his post-exam 'thank you' dinner for his Surgery department at a restaurant called Suburbia at Sentosa.
Actually I was not that keen on going.. but I thought.. I really should... 1. am becoming too house/kid bound 2. it's his celebration dinner 3. Should not become dowdy ol wife who doesn't attend social functions.
It's just that when you have 2 large groups of doctors from the same department, it's IMPOSSIBLE for them not to talk shop. Which of course happened. And you feel really dumb sitting there trying to understand what or who they are talking about.
Still... I went.. and it wasn't too bad...
This weekend is a long weekend, and I'm off to Nepal!!
Monday, October 22, 2012
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Lantern festival weekend, Mission trip for Chris
The past week was good and bad.
Bad because Chris left for a surgical mission trip to Myanmar early Wednesday morning.
I took him and Pa to the airport at 6am Wednesday morning. I actually got a little depressed thinking of the looming week where I had to sort everything out kid related by myself. And co-ordinate going over to meet the rest of the family...
Then that set me off thinking about our plans for next year...
This was just 5 days single parenting.
Next year Chris' boss wants him to go to Germany for an entire year.
Obviously the choices are whether to take the kids and go or to stay here.
I started looking up about expatriate life in Germany and frankly it doesn't really sound fun. That and the cost of having all of us in a European country would send our living costs up. Not forgetting the loss of one income. And what about Mandarin, music lessons, swim and tennis lessons? And of course, Warni? And least but not all, the clinic?
So obviously the answer is to stay here and let Chris go by himself. He could easily travel within Europe to various centres to train if he had to, rather than be bogged down by all of us.
The Good part of the weekend? ( Sans husband )
We had 2 lantern festival parties!
One with the neighbours on Saturday, and the other at C's place on Sunday.
Both were great.
Saturday's party had all the neighbours contribute to a potluck and there was so much food and wine!
It was really nice that the kids ran around, swam and raided each other's houses, while the adults were able to sit down to a relaxed meal by the poolside. And when anyone was done they just said goodbye and went upstairs! The conversation centred around the recent Cecilia Sue case, why that was so no one knew... guy thing??
Sunday morning the kids were at the pool again. I think Madison was in the water for over 2 hours! It's like an endless resort holiday for them. In the evening we had another potluck dinner at C's place with her 3 boys. C's mother was so kind to brew tea and cut moon cake up for us too. The kids got to play with sparklers.. I think the adults spent more time being paranoid about them burning themselves or the house down than enjoying the moment.
Chris got back safely late Sunday night. The kids were all asleep by the time he got home. I think he missed them quite a bit!
Bad because Chris left for a surgical mission trip to Myanmar early Wednesday morning.
I took him and Pa to the airport at 6am Wednesday morning. I actually got a little depressed thinking of the looming week where I had to sort everything out kid related by myself. And co-ordinate going over to meet the rest of the family...
Then that set me off thinking about our plans for next year...
This was just 5 days single parenting.
Next year Chris' boss wants him to go to Germany for an entire year.
Obviously the choices are whether to take the kids and go or to stay here.
I started looking up about expatriate life in Germany and frankly it doesn't really sound fun. That and the cost of having all of us in a European country would send our living costs up. Not forgetting the loss of one income. And what about Mandarin, music lessons, swim and tennis lessons? And of course, Warni? And least but not all, the clinic?
So obviously the answer is to stay here and let Chris go by himself. He could easily travel within Europe to various centres to train if he had to, rather than be bogged down by all of us.
The Good part of the weekend? ( Sans husband )
We had 2 lantern festival parties!
One with the neighbours on Saturday, and the other at C's place on Sunday.
Both were great.
Saturday's party had all the neighbours contribute to a potluck and there was so much food and wine!
It was really nice that the kids ran around, swam and raided each other's houses, while the adults were able to sit down to a relaxed meal by the poolside. And when anyone was done they just said goodbye and went upstairs! The conversation centred around the recent Cecilia Sue case, why that was so no one knew... guy thing??
Sunday morning the kids were at the pool again. I think Madison was in the water for over 2 hours! It's like an endless resort holiday for them. In the evening we had another potluck dinner at C's place with her 3 boys. C's mother was so kind to brew tea and cut moon cake up for us too. The kids got to play with sparklers.. I think the adults spent more time being paranoid about them burning themselves or the house down than enjoying the moment.
Chris got back safely late Sunday night. The kids were all asleep by the time he got home. I think he missed them quite a bit!
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