I just got back from 3 days work trip to Yogyakarta. It was a hard departure as Lizzy was crying so sadly after I left. It broke my heart to see her like that. She’s such a mommy baby. The day before and the morning she was fine, but the moment I entered the elevator, she couldn’t hold her sadness. Her sadness brought me immense heartache. I texted my mom and told her I’m worried about the girls when I go to the U.S. for almost two weeks. My mom, the wise woman, offered to come to stay with them in July. That gave me such a relief!!!
The trip to YY was packed. Meetings nonstop on Wednesday until 9pm. Fortunately I slept very well that night and had free morning the next day. After a run, I decided to visit a batik shop. Batik is famous in YY so I was super excited to get some new batik fabric here. After an hour of browsing I bought 5! Can’t wait to make new clothes with them.
The rest of the day was country office retreat. Our last day was outdoor team building activities. The highlight was visiting Borobudur temple.
I got back home Friday 10:30pm, exhausted. So glad to be back.
Busy work session is finally winding down. There are still many things to close before summer holidays but the pace is expected to be more manageable. I need to recover from the craziness of the last few weeks and reconnect with the family.
The busy work season gave me a lot to think about. I don’t like the feeling of uneasiness but that’s necessary part of growing, like kids growing pain.
This weekend is looking good:
– girls starting a new swimming club training as school swimming team has ended for the summer
– Sofia has a sleepover on Saturday evening
– Lizzy has a play date on Sunday
– I plan to do a long run, 16 miles. It has been a while as I was sick and tired the last two weekends.
– read something easy and fun
– watch something light too
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Oh no! Poor Lizzie! Luckily my kids handle my travel pretty well. I think because I do it more often it’s just part of their life and they don’t fight it? I am glad my trips are usually 2 nights and at most 3 which is manageable. I am so glad your mom can come during your 2 week trip! I bet your husband will be happy to have her help! If I ever had a long trip I would ask my parents to come but it’s so unlikely that I will probably not have to ask them ever. If they lived close I think they would come help even for my short trips but they are 3 hours away so that isn’t practical.
Enjoy your weekend!
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My daughter is so upset everytime my husband leaves (and he leaves regularly for work). But it’s nothing like how devastated she was when we both left for a trip to Rome. It was AWFUL! But, she survived and we had an amazing time so I don’t regret the decision to go…but it was so, so bad and made me feel terrible.
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Awww, poor Lizzie. It’s so great your mom is going to stay with them – nothing like Grandma time to make kids happy!
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Aww that’s sad about Lizzy. I feel like my kids were usually mostly okay whenever I was gone but it wasn’t too often that I had to be away I guess since I don’t travel for work. Ethan used to get sad at bedtime if both me and Ivan were away, like if my parents were babysitting.
I like those fabrics- very pretty!
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Ooh! I hope those new batik fabrics cheered Lizzy up when you got back. What are you going to make with them?
What are you training for now? Do you have another race coming up?
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I used to have to travel occasionally for work, and it always made me feel better to bring my daughter a gift. I’m not sure it helped her, but it helped me. The temple is lovely.
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Oh isn’t it heart breaking?? I hope she felt better once you were out of sight. The temple looks so beautiful. I also have a bit of unease at work and that is because at the end of the year students and parents ask for more points and I don’t give it to them. For example, I’ve had emails like “my child needs a B” – well, if your child needs a B they could have earned it. But they didn’t.
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Oh, poor Lizzie. I feel for her (it was always hard for me when either of my parents had to leave)… I hope it was only the saying goodbye part that was hard and that she was ok after that.
That is so cool that you’re doing office retreats and team building activities. Something that is really neglected in my office, I think (and it’s because government agencies have NO money for that kind of thing set aside – it’s all on the employees’ time and dime!).
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