Yesterday I picked up Sofia a the camp. When I saw her, my heart ached. She came running to give me a long and strong hug. She had all her belongings with her and has been waiting for more than 1 hr in the basket court. Motherhood gives me so much mixed feeling experiences. When … Continue reading Day -1: pre-travel stress →

The closer we get to travel back home, the more I miss it. Weird how our mind works. Suddenly so many things came to mind that I want to do in Manila, our little bubble life there. Yesterday morning we first went to have our covid test done for the travel, then we went to … Continue reading Day -2 →

The last few days continued to be slow, without Sofia. I am grateful to have my little company everywhere and we made the best out of our days. I met two old colleagues for lunch one day, with my boss the next, and we played monopoly when was raining. We also finished watching MANIFEST (two … Continue reading Last few days and thinking about summer break →

this is our 8th week in DC and it is the slowest week during this trip. Why? Because I have a half empty nest house. Sofia left for sleep away summer camp on Saturday. The departure was sad with Lizzy crying very hard as if Sofia is leaving for good. Even Sofia who has been … Continue reading Anxious mom →

Last week was the week that both girls went to summer camp (multi-sport), thus I thought hubby and I would be having couple solo time to relax. Well.... it didn't go exactly that way as it felt busy. But let me start from Monday Their camp runs from 9-3pm, drop off time is 8:30-9am. First … Continue reading “Busy” week and counting down →