My 5 year old finally started school this Sept, but it was me and her dad who were getting more emotions running through. First day of school, and we realised, the boat was very crowded. All dad's equipped with the camera's and all mums with instructions, and tissues - nope not for the kids, but for US!. the mini celebrities confidently went inside and stared discovering their home for the next one year, while we tried to get some seperations pangs from them. Hardly any of us succeeded though, they were more than happy for us to go away!!!
But this was two weeks back. Now, that the routine has set up all of us have got to the next step, how could the morning 2 hours be stretched to accomodate activities which generally neeed 4. You are talking about getting a 5 year old out of bed, into the uniform, making the snack box with "preferred" things to eat, brush teeth while combing hair( which by the way is the most stressful task in the whole exercise), and ensure that the porridge does not spill while running to catch the bus!. Oh and yeah, need to remember, that mum also needs to get to work, so mum cant forget to get her things in order!
Once the precious package is safely deposited in her teacher's arm, mums rush to get to their meetings, just to realise that the presentation folder is lounging cozily on the sofa at home!! Oh well, u just have to be creative. So the tube journey is productively used to make a quick presentation, while envying at the person sitting next door who is watching Pirates of the Caribean on his IPAD.. Some guys are real lucky!
I am sure that one month down and i would be pro at managing the school -office run . I probably will also know the breakfast menu which works splendidly for families always running!. I am completely in awe of Mums all over the world who do the miraculous job of working full time and ensuring that they are full time mum;s too! Hats off girls.
Wednesday 28 September 2011
Wednesday 2 February 2011
Discovering "Me" time
Jan 1 2011 wasnt just the first day of a new year. It was also the first day of me without a job! Now was the chance of actually getting the much talked about "me" time. But what do you do with this "me" time was the big question. Oh dont get me wrong, I had loads of things i always wanted to do and always complained about not having enough time for it. But now I actually have it, ahem ahem!!
Working for 13 years makes you really wonder, if you can do anything else other then tapping on keyboard. So i decide it is time for me to find out. The first day was spent pottering in the house and doing things which everybody does on first day of the year. Eating, watching telly, speaking on phone and filling the sink with dirty dishes! I was not going to be any different. To be honest the first day cascaded its routine into the first week. And before I know it, I had spent a whole week not really doing anything exceptional! Oh yes, I did manage to get the house much tidier then it had been in the recent month, I did manage to see the bottom of my laundry basket and I did manage to do the ever pending job of putting the dishwasher cleaner ( the dishwasher has never been empty enough to do that !!!), but then surely those were not the things which counted as the "me" time.
I resolved to find some better things to do in the second week. So in between job applications ( nah, i cant give that up!) and struggling to convince a 4 year old that the nursery is much more fun place then home, i made a TO DO list!. Yes., the organised , detailed person that I am unless i see it jotted down the Yellow notebook, I dont feel fulfilled :) ( Also coz i have the memory of a fish - it helps!) . Now the to do list actually should have intresting things like visit friends ,go to an exhibition , visit the National gallery, shop around at boutique shops, read, and sleep ! It does have a few things among above, but nothing has happened so far!
What I really have been doing is housework, trying to teach the kid on the benefits of learning C's and K's ( in phonics, they both sound alike!!!), how if she gives me 2 chocolates out of the 4 she has , she CANNOT still have 4! ,answering questions like why do leaves fall down,and branches dont, why do we have lines on the palms of our hands etc etc!. and cooking.
Who ever said stay at home mums have all the time in the world and called them lady of leisure (as I have been called recently) have soo not stayed at home! I had more time when I was at work!!! I am not really sure what the "me" time actually entails, but when I find out i will let you know.
Working for 13 years makes you really wonder, if you can do anything else other then tapping on keyboard. So i decide it is time for me to find out. The first day was spent pottering in the house and doing things which everybody does on first day of the year. Eating, watching telly, speaking on phone and filling the sink with dirty dishes! I was not going to be any different. To be honest the first day cascaded its routine into the first week. And before I know it, I had spent a whole week not really doing anything exceptional! Oh yes, I did manage to get the house much tidier then it had been in the recent month, I did manage to see the bottom of my laundry basket and I did manage to do the ever pending job of putting the dishwasher cleaner ( the dishwasher has never been empty enough to do that !!!), but then surely those were not the things which counted as the "me" time.
I resolved to find some better things to do in the second week. So in between job applications ( nah, i cant give that up!) and struggling to convince a 4 year old that the nursery is much more fun place then home, i made a TO DO list!. Yes., the organised , detailed person that I am unless i see it jotted down the Yellow notebook, I dont feel fulfilled :) ( Also coz i have the memory of a fish - it helps!) . Now the to do list actually should have intresting things like visit friends ,go to an exhibition , visit the National gallery, shop around at boutique shops, read, and sleep ! It does have a few things among above, but nothing has happened so far!
What I really have been doing is housework, trying to teach the kid on the benefits of learning C's and K's ( in phonics, they both sound alike!!!), how if she gives me 2 chocolates out of the 4 she has , she CANNOT still have 4! ,answering questions like why do leaves fall down,and branches dont, why do we have lines on the palms of our hands etc etc!. and cooking.
Who ever said stay at home mums have all the time in the world and called them lady of leisure (as I have been called recently) have soo not stayed at home! I had more time when I was at work!!! I am not really sure what the "me" time actually entails, but when I find out i will let you know.
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