New Shoes!

This is Bryan's new shoes. Isn't it just so gorgeous? We were shopping for shoes at Queensway for Chun Chong, and I saw this on the shelves of Ltd Edition. And I just couldn't put it down. It cost a cool $49. Which is almost as much as I paid for his blue Crocs.

Then when we got home, we showed the shoes to Bryan. And when we put it on, he really liked it. And everytime he wears it, he gets complimented on them. Now he calls it his "nice shoes".

Coping

Recently a few of my friends have been asking me how I cope with so many responsibilities, seeing as how I manage to work, study, look after a 2 year old, find time to go to the gym, work on my hobbies, run errands and stay married.

Well, in short, ONE THING AT A TIME.

Actually, I find that if I did things as fast as possible, I can stretch time a bit. I spend a lot of time with my son and the rest of the time with my hubbie. And I try to squeeze everything else in between. So my lunch times are usually packed with errands and doing the accounts. I try to study at night when my boy is asleep. But I make a point to sit with my hubbie a while so he doesn't feel too left out. Then I go to the gym during the weekend when Bryan is taking his afternoon nap. And when he wakes up, we do some grocery shopping together.

I have to hand it to my trusty organiser to remind me when Bryan's school fees have to be paid and when our dogs need to be de-flea-ed. Without it I think I'd be a confused mess.

Yet, I still have so many things in my head that I want to do. I want to find more time to teach my boy his alphabet and do more art and craft stuff with him. And I want to have more time, especially in the mornings with my hubbie *wink* & *blush*. I need to find time to read too. I used to read a least one book a week. Now, I hardly have time for any.

Hmmm... one of these days I'm going to give myself a heart attack. But I do have to thank my mother-in-law for helping me look after Bryan especially while I'm at work. At least I don't have to worry about him then. But I always worry about my darling hubbie. Sometimes I think he works too hard.

Busyness

I've been rather busy these few weeks. So has my hubbie. There's been a lot of stuff happening these few weeks. I've been quite tired out and compounding that is me not having time to go to the gym. Which means that my energy levels are not as high. I need that adrenalin rush. I'm going to have to find the time to some exercise. Meanwhile, I've been getting my energy off Starbucks Caramel Macchiatos.

Mostly because I have started lectures for my Family Medicine Course. Which takes place mostly on Saturday afternoons. And I need to have read up the notes. Which aren't very thick but very concentrated. It takes me a good hour or so to absorb just one section. Plus I have to think about the case studies at the end. AND this Saturday happens to be my presentation on one of the cases. Somehow I managed to get myself 'arrowed' into doing the presentation. Which my tutor says I have to go and add in more stuff into the presentation. So back to my powerpoint slides.

Meanwhile, my hubbie is busy with a launch of a new product in his office. And he has decided to 'beng-arize' his car. I told him he could. My birthday gift to him. Sometimes I think he spends more of his free time on his car, cleaning and waxing then he does me. I have to admit though, it looks very nice and shiny. Even if I don't understand all the contraptions he's adding. He tells me I shouldn't worry my 'pretty little' head about any of it. I ask him anyway. And then I get all confused and cross-eyed when he tries to explain. Maybe I should learn to mind my own business.

Growing Up

Bryan is getting more independant. He takes part in activities with other children in church. And tries to join in with his cousins when they come by for dinner. I can sort of leave him be to play with them while I keep an eye on them from the dinner table. And he is learning lots more words too. His pronounciation and phonics are getting better too. Like he can say the letter 'f' and the 'ffff' sound. Instead of sounding the 'f' like a 'p' which he used to do. Which means he can say things like 'fish', 'flag' etc quite clearly. I can understand him most of the time now. And he can articulate what he wants quite well. Like if he wants me to 'come' or 'sit down' or do things 'like that'. He also understands what I mean when I say 'the other side' or 'over there' or 'wait a while'. So it's really great when he understands what I want him to do and he does it promptly. Wish he could stay this cute forever.