Sunday we dropped Sofia at her camp with uber instead of rental car as they didn’t accept debit card and I failed to bring any physical card. 1 hr wasted at the counter but fortunately uber didn’t cost more than rental car. We did the check in with Sofia and visited her dorm. She unpacked … Continue reading Start of the camps. →

We arrived Thursday 5pm after departing home 11pm the night before. The flights were smooth just the interrupted sleep was hard on me. After we arrived, my Portuguese teacher picked us up from the airport, stopped at my former assistant from Manila’s apartment to pick up air mattress, and we got our little French home … Continue reading Happy busy two days in DC. →

The last few days have been a bit stressful doing the single parenting as I had a big deadline at work and last minute surprises happened and I had to deal with them while still driving girls around to activities and doctor appointments. Fortunately everyone was understanding and girls in good spirit. The other thing … Continue reading Before official summer starts →

Saturday felt like summer already. Although we had change of plan last minute. Lizzy woke me up 10pm crying as she had headache (38.3C). I gave her Tylenol and she was fine, but we skipped the swimming competition which was a bit of a bummer. Fortunately she didn't have any more fever on Saturday and … Continue reading Summer intentions →

Husband left Wednesday evening and I'm two days into single parenting while working full time. It has been exhausting, especially as I am not sleeping well and had a big deadline at work today. Yet, all good, and I'm positive that I'll get a good handle of things soon. Thursday I went to 6-7am slimfit … Continue reading Single parenting days →