FollowHaih… and so the nasty chi that circulated around me yesterday attacked me right up to the moment I clambered onto bed at the stroke of midnight. I thought that after calling it off for the day, the bad chi would end but NAY! The moment I plonked onto bed, I felt a crick on my left neck. The crick paralyzed my entire head and I had to lay still and massage my neck for 15 minutes or so to release the crick. DANG it! I could not believe my luck!!
I seriously need to know how to manage stress. It’s not doing me any good. When our body goes into stress, millions of stress hormones called Cortisol are released, attacking every cell in our body. Thus, the stress gas stabbing my middle abdomen and the stiffness in my body yesterday.
This morning, I woke up feeling groggy and zombified having had only 5 hours of sleep. After sending our girls off, I went back to sleep. I was contemplating whether to swim or not to. My mind was willing but body was too weak. I made the right decision. After a 1-hour power nap, I felt my batteries recharged to full bar. I quickly hung the laundry, took a quick bite for breakfast and zoomed off to school.
Traffic was pretty bad. I reached school about half an hour later. Then spent over an hour to sort out Cass’ missing books. The issue is still not totally resolved yet. I’ll need to follow up with both her primary 1 and primary 2 teachers.
On the way back from school, I felt a creepy crawlie going up my leg. Dang it, it must be the baby roach that Alycia saw on Sunday. I swept it away with my hand and I am still not sure what it was. For a moment, my memory went back to the year 1990. Fresh from my 17th birthday, my mum presented me with driving lessons. On the second lesson, I saw a big roach on the car floor mat. The car was a really beaten up old and dirty junk. I screamed and stopped short the car in the middle of the road at the roundabout and raised both my legs on the seat. The grumpy old man driving instructor yelled at me impatiently. HA HA HA!!
Note to self – must fumigate my car with Sol-U-Guard (Melaleuca) powerful antibacterial spray.
Then I stopped at a cafe to have a nice lunch. It was just me alone and I was working from my mobile phone at the cafe with no interruption. No yelling at the kids. Total blissss!!
I am now hankering for positive vibes. I am trying to stay positive and happy. I hope this stays even after the girls are back home.
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Have always said you owe it to yourself and the family to take some down time. Like you said, even an hour in a cafe by yourself is a reprieve. I don’t know what works for you and your kids, but just learn from the events that didn’t go as planned and for next year, try some solutions. I speak from the experience of working full time, no maid, and running the show as hubby usually not home till after 8. I remember his job once home was to give the kids a bath and put them to bed while I did the dishes and packed the kids’ lunches. I do recall going away with girlfriends for a weekend and it was joyous! My husb sometimes would enlist his mum to come over to help! And that woman knew enough not to say anything abt my weekend. Have to admit I was hoping she would as I was not planning to back down!
I think I can only let go and have short getaways after Cass is 100% healed from her bladder issue. My 2 older girls are very independent. I dont worry so much about them. It’s Cass whom I worry the most. I believe my time will come soon. And you’re a lucky woman!