Mrs. Brightside

The past few days have been exhausting. Our helper left because of some health issues. We got someone who comes in once a week to clean the house and we have our clothes washed by a laundry shop. But of course there are still some things to take care of and they can be tiring. Work's been piling up a bit too. Add to that my homeschooling tasks and the demands of taking care of a toddler. Plus I got a bad cough. You would definitely get one monster mom. I admit I have not been very patient with the little boy. And I regret it most of the time. But sometimes I just can't help but take things out on him. Yesterday was extra challenging. My husband had to go to the gym so I was left to do all the morning tasks by myself. It was already 11 and we have not started our lessons yet. I had dishes to wash, clean clothes to return to the cabinet, new stuff to sort, etc. R was asking me to find a toy and I just got so pissed with his impatience. I might have raised my voice. I found ...

We officially started homeschooling this week. It's been okay, so far. Preparation takes a lot of time, especially for an OC person like me. I have a comfortable 3-week buffer so I guess that should make me calm down. But I admit that I am a bit anxious if I can sufficiently explain more complex topics to R. We'll see, we'll see. The sort of broken road that led us to homeschooling deserves its own blog post. But the trainings and actual homeschooling itself have reaffirmed that we made the right decision. Yes, I sometimes feel inadequate. And some nega people around saying elongated Okayyyyyy and Good luuuuuuuucckkkk whenever we tell them R will be homeschooled are not helping at all. But I just keep on telling myself that hey, I can always learn alongside R. I don't need to know everything. If there's something I don't know, we can always research together. I just need to pray for patience and wisdom. And so far, I have really been learning a lot with him an...

In 2018, our family made drugstores, doctors, and hospitals richer. It was quite ironic that when my husband and I decided to be healthier (he started going to the gym and I started boxing), that was when we started having health issues. So bum life na lang dapat?? It was my husband’s first time to be hospitalized in decades. He started taking a million maintenance medicines. He had to go to the ER for hypertension.  2018 was also the year when my son’s asthma/allergies broke out - skin, respiratory, etc. He’s been on maintenance medicines for those too and he has to use expensive soaps and lotions.  I’m having OB gyne issues myself.  The final week of 2018 was extremely tough because we’ve been hit by a terrible cough colds combo. The little boy had fever and had to take antibiotics. The husband has been making scary coughing sounds.  Apart from the health issues, I also got entangled with some people who were absolutely not worth my time and effort.  I was off...