On the homestretch of our winter school holiday and getting myself ready for August.
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Alvin has been sick for three days now. Eye infection :( Since Tuesday he has been working from home. Funny, before I always wanted him to work from home if he had the chance, well, it's not as easy as I thought it would. We had to practically be quiet the whole day because he had meetings lined up every day! It was hard because the kids are at home. It's the school holidays! Good thing yesterday and today Sam was on childcare so that's one major noise maker off the list. And I thought working from home can actually allow me to have more free time because he can help me with the house chores? Uhm, No. Work from home to the strictest level. No naps, only coffee break!
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Hubby is actually getting worried because technically, this is just his third week at his new position. He is still in the probationary period and knowing him he'd move heaven and earth just as so he can report for work already. But, doctors haven't given him the clearance yet. I can sense that he is worried big time because he is unusually talkative the past three days now. I told him, I'm the worrier, not him. Can't believe I'd also tell him that maybe God wants him to stay put. Especially after he mentioned that their big project will already start next week. I told him that probably is the reason. Maybe God wants you to spend more time with the kids because by next week, you'd be more than busy. I had to assure him as well that God is in control of everything.
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I've started wrapping our Christmas pressies. OA? Well, that's just me :-) I don't like stressing myself by cramming. I'm thinking I might be busy come Christmas time, writing and finishing my accreditation requirements. So do it while I'm still not that very busy hehehe
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Happy that we've already bought the kids' birthday and Christmas presents too :) I am so tempted to wrap them already but controlling myself. Liam might outsmart me and see that Santa's wrapper is the same as Mama's wrapper. I'd go buy a new wrapper for their gifts next week when both of them are back to school.
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My parents are arriving next week! Yay! We can get to save on childcare which costs us $91 a day for Sammie. And they get to spend time again with their grandchildren. I'm just happy that with all their sacrifices and hardwork, both of them are now enjoying the fruits of their labour.
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In two weeks' time my in-laws will be arriving too. I'm not sure how the next three months will go but I'm just thankful that I'd be pretty busy not to be able to focus on the negatives, if you know what I mean. ;-P Will just focus on the positive things their visit here will bring for the kids, me and alvin too :)
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Walang basagan ng trip...but sometimes can't help but smile with the "selfies" and "throwback thursday" pictures flooding the social media...well, I'm also guilty at times, but hindi pa naman ako addict sa sarili ko...but i'm guilty with posting pics of food and almost everything that I buy hehehe Sensya na if at times you also feel "nauumay"...but I actually love that word, c/0 my friend Mitch, kasi pag Thursday nauumay ako sa dami ng TBT pictures!!!! hehehe :-) I'm guilty today because I posted my first TBT picture on insta...di pa kaya ng powers ko sa FB hehehe
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We are now officially Aussies! We had our oath taking ceremony end of June :) Just thankful and grateful for the opportunities OZ has given our family. Oz has been good and continues to be good to us. Nothing really changed except now we should already vote come election and we get to have Aus passports already. I'm more excited with the passport privilege because it will make travelling to countries on my bucket list a lot easier (no need for us to apply for a visa)...pamasahe na lang kulang! hahaha
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Speaking of which, Alvin and I visited our major projects for the year and made some changes. Most of them have been ticked off already but there are some major projects that needs to wait a bit ;-)
I was soooo eager to fly again...I want to fly again and travel even if super stressed it gives me a certain high being able to go to another place with my family...I come home happy and recharged....
Anyway, going back, I was so tempted to book in flights for my family, looking and researching the past couple of weeks...choice between NZ and Japan (ayan Mitch kasi ikaw hahahaha)...was thinking to fly during Sammie's birthday and since there were so many flight sales being offered around that time. But as usual, my hubby, who is not into travelling (more of the buying a house na tsk tsk tsk) told me not to think about travelling in the next six months. Mas hindi ko nakulit when his eye got infected and he had no choice but not to go to work. Six months? His probationary period is for six months. Baka maudlot pa daw. Oo nga naman, I'm already planning to spend on money na wala pa naman. I was just thinking to use my salary for the teaching block and my tax refund for that trip...anyway, we can just use my salary to pay off the balance of the car loan we had (we chose to have our car loan paid in one year)... Okay, point taken. But I'm not giving up so easily. After his sixth month and everything goes well I'll push thru with one major trip for the family! Kung ayaw niya kami ng mga anak ko aalis hahaha I was teasing him about it last night. I had a chat with his cousin and after the chat I told him what I and his cousin talked about and about my plan of when to travel...mukhang lumambot naman hehehe especially when I told him that what we spent last year to go home for his sister's wedding (and only staying there for 10 days!) e halos the same amount naman na (mas mahal ng a few hundred dollars) ng gagastusin namin if we push thru with that trip...i feel konting pangungulit na lang okay na :)
But I'm not keeping my hopes up. I'm hoping for the best, expecting for the worst. The chat caused me to be too excited that I wasn't able to sleep properly last night. I'd just continue to research about our destination while waiting and continue to have an open mind and heart. Six months is quite long and anything can happen. Like I was telling BRO during our conversation last night, if He wills it, then go...I know that all will fall into place if He really wills it. Kung hindi matuloy then I know God has better and grander plans for us :)
For now, I'd just focus and enjoy our Snowy adventure! :)
