While I am not done with what I have to do, my physical state on Friday convinced me that I need to take few days off from work to dial down my stress level. So after working for 5 hours in the freezer I printed out the papers I needed to read and went home. By the way, the office was EMPTY on Friday which made it even colder.
It was day 1 of my luteal phase so I was feeling hot, tired, headache, just meh for the day, a bit afraid that I was getting sick. Fortunately it didn’t happen and I slowly recovered from the hormonal shift. I helped to prepare a proper dinner with black chicken with tons of mushrooms. The family enjoyed the spread.
Saturday was girls swimming, I meal prepped, homework ahead of next day play date. Husband and I watched Netflix terra-cotta’s documentary in our private cinema, which felt super special.
Sunday: 18 miles in the book that went well again, thank to the cool weather and light rain. Girls went to swim practice and then went for a full day playdate. The hosting family took them to a pizza place that they made pizza and ate it, and game store. They had a blast.
It was their first playdate with these girls. Lizzy’s observation when she came back was that the little sister didn’t smile that much. I found it amusing that she noticed it.
I had lunch with my friend K for 3 hours as he was leaving the next day. Our last long chat in Jakarta for a long time as he’s moving to another region and will no longer work on Indonesia. It was a bittersweet moment. Luckily we like each other enough to keep in touch and will see him again in two weeks in DC.
Sunday afternoon at home without the girls meant I watched another movie, page eight, an English movie, good acting and plot.
Monday is holidays in Indonesia. But I worked the entire day to catch up. I also took Lizzy to the office as she really needs some help with her homework. We are in a tricky parenting situation regarding her attitude to homework. I am trying to help her without getting frustrated which is hard, but I am trying and re-reading parenting books to remind myself. It’s so different parenting Sofia than Lizzy. Although I wish Lizzy is as easy as Sofia, I know they are two individuals with strength and weakness. It’s my duty as their mom to support them in the way they need. Well… at least I know the theory, but implementing is hard.
Hopefully I remember to take mental breaks this week, to avoid burning out and get sick.
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I am glad you were able to take a break and let your mind rest. It’s hard to hold that level of focus for a long period of time. The playdate sounded great – so nice that the hosting family has similar-aged girls!
The homework situation sounds frustrating. I can tell that my kids will be quite different. Paul is more of a file follower, taco is a bit more of a free spirit that likes to entertain people. Phil and I were both rule followers and good students so hopefully they take after us but who knows!
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I hear you on the homework! I remember getting SO MAD at my daughter once, she just didn’t want to do her math homework, and thus was making everything take 10x longer than it had to. If she would just DO IT, it would have been done an hour ago. Finally I lost it and threw her math workbook against the wall and broke the spine. She had to go to school with it that way. She did her homework without so much protest after that, but I felt like a really horrible person.
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Yes that’s exactly how I feel. Full of guilt for being so harsh on her, my poor baby. The balancing act of parenting and loving gets harder when they grow up.
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