MONDAY morning! It is when someone at work asked me if I am not feeling very well when I arrived, I said I was fine. I wondered why though, I sat down at my office chair fixed my hair and dabbed on lipstick, all set. She then said, "Ooh there you go. Your usual self." That's what happens when they are so used to seeing you wearing lipstick all the time. Cheers to Mamas who still find time to dress up and be glammed up, honestly my self fix time got cut to only 2mins and not 1hour like I used to, I only change to heels once I get to work but wear flats while traveling. Welcome to Express Mamas Multitasking! If anyone will ask me how was my day, I could literally say, "It is only 9am but I felt like I did a whole lot today." Flashes back in fast forward how the day went. 5am and I’m up and about getting things ready, preparing the kids breakfast, getting them to shower ready for school. I work in the IT field and somehow I wish everything at home you can design, program and automate just as the tasks we do at work. With 3 children; one elementary, the other one in middle school, one 4month old baby that stays home, both me and my husband work full time jobs. How are we managing it? I wonder too myself! The morning starts with everyone getting in the shower, the 2 kids are pretty much independent who showers, change and report to the dining table once they are ready. I cook their breakfast and pack their snacks to take to school. While they eat, I shower and feed Cael. This 4 month old baby is still breastfed, I feed him in the morning, I pump the whole day at work to store milk for Cael to drink the next days during the day. Then from the afternoon I arrive from work, till evenings, till the next day I leave for work again. Kids school starts at 8am, so we got to leave like 7am to get to school in time, I drop them at school 730am, then I go to work, my work starts 830am Monday’s thru Fridays, on call on certain weekends. I send them to school in the morning then I head to work. Some days, I work from home so Eric could sleep while I work. Eric picks them up after. Eric gets done at 730am from work, three days a week, some on call days on weekends, so certain days we got the nanny to help us out with watching Cael so he can sleep and I can work, some days he takes care of Cael and just take naps during the day with him. In short, the week gets really busy with school and work, reading all that probably got you tired too huh! Now, it is a house full of noise, a crying baby, a house full of toys, artworks and drawings but I prefer that. For me, this is life now and I’m learning, waking up at 2am because I wanted to clean, just because I feel like it. May feel like I’m a late bloomer but I’m proud to say, I learned to do the dishes without having to use the dishwasher at many times and just because you feel like you can do better than the dishwasher. So when I don’t answer to messages and calls at 8pm weekdays, don’t be surprised I am already in bed sleeping! It’s not that I intended to sleep early, I initially put the kids to sleep so I can do the rest of the chores, in some days I fall asleep and wake up the next day when damn exhaustion gets you! My spirit is willing but the body sometimes complain when you push it to its limits.
Back to how we are managing it? Friends, church mates who help us time to time, lots of Prayers too. It comes with Grace, I pray at random times in the day asking God to lead us everyday and guide us so we don’t get lead astray. Don't let all these busy life overwhelm me Lord, let Love, Faith, Hope, Patience, Understanding take over us instead because Life is meant to be enjoyed as we live it everyday.
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And now these three remain: FAITH HOPE LOVE. But the greatest of these is LOVE. I LOVE to write, about LIFE, LOVE, PEOPLE, EXPERIENCE, day to day life and INSIGHTS. I love to Travel. I travel a lot, I create Video blogs on my travel as well as I write about experience, culture, highlights and knowledge. May this site serve you well. I will be open for comments and suggestions, as well as topics I could write about. Thank you very much. Archives
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