we avoided antibiotics this time

I am happy to report that after 24 hrs of bouts of high fever and Tylenol, Lizzy is doing better and we managed to avoid another round of antibiotics. It's the 3rd month in a row that she gets sick with high fever. Pediatricians still don't do physical consultation so usually they suggest tele consult. … Continue reading we avoided antibiotics this time →

Weekend: play, food, reading

When we visited Jakarta and met with another two families, one of them who just moved asked the host what about social life? It made me pause and realized that we don't have a social life as per their question. When we lived in the US, we'd meet with friends often on weekends, either we … Continue reading Weekend: play, food, reading →

Summer vibe & first blogger meet up in Manila

Being out of the routine for two weeks made me used to have not much structure to blog, many things to catch up, and still lazy summer feel. Even the girls are sleeping in until past 7am most of the days (they used to wake up by 6am). I let them sleep in and have … Continue reading Summer vibe & first blogger meet up in Manila →

What would she do?

The night before my long run, I told Sofia, text me when you wake up as I'll be doing my long run of the week. I might need you to bring me something or simply pace me to survive the last few hard miles. I followed my "testing protocol". I had dinner at 5:20pm, light … Continue reading What would she do? →

Decisions fatigue

Do you feel sometimes adult life involves too many decisions? I am happy to be the decider of the family but sometimes I just want to delegate to someone and give my brain a rest... just for one day. But that's not possible, so instead I just delay the decision making for one day. For … Continue reading Decisions fatigue →