Cupcake Memories: Life in Sydney, Australia

Yup you heard me right! It was really strange that last Tuesday, time seemed to pass by very slowly for me. It felt so weird, I had to keep checking the time to ensure I wasn’t reading the clock wrong. Nothing out of the ordinary happened.

It was a typical Tuesday where after dropping DD off to preschool, I’d be back home by 9am. Then I’d go about sweeping and mopping the floor (this usually takes about 45 minutes), hang the laundry, prepare the ingredients for dinner, do some online assignments, take a nap. That morning, even after taking a nap and doing extra things like hand stitching some clothings hems, it was only 11am! Usually it’d be around 1pm before I would have a chance to think of a nap.

Just strange and so not used to having time move slowly. Wonder if I will feel this way again next week.

I’m supposed to say “yay, it’s Friday and I look forward to the weekend” but hey no. Not sure if I’ve mentioned this before but some thing seems to always be happening each week.

Gotta send the car to its hospital to check out the whistling noise it makes when I turn the ignition off. This only happened after the car was sent for service at the dealers! Grrrr. The more we own, the more problems we have to face, yucks!

That’s how I feel for now A little breather. Hope all the stressful episodes won’t recur, ever! A few more tasks to do before we pack our bags for holidays, yippee! And to think I’ve lost my sanity for almost 4 years and I still think I’m on the verge of losing it for yet another 6 months *LOL*.

Hopefully 2011 would give me ample time to compose and rediscover my old self, I want it back.

I hate it so much when you have a really, really bad day when bad things happen back to back! Yucks! Just wishing for time to move quickly so that this day and next week will swift by quickly and hopefully things will return to normal.

My patience is really tested. It is amazing how one learns to let go and not think too much about anything.  I am trying to stay positive.

That’s what I am supposed to do. I have to tidy and rearrange stuff on all the linen cupboards and wardrobes because I can’t remember what are on the top shelves. But I never got around to doing it. You see, I usually have two days to do such chore ie Mon & Tue when DD is away at preschool otherwise she’d want to “help” which would actually be an obstacle to me and drive me nuts.

Hope to push myself to complete this task. It’s winter now, so I also have to dig out all the winter clothings and keep the lighter clothings in suitcases to make space.

Just sent DD off to preschool. D-day for me though. Hope things go smoothly for me, yikes. Couldn’t sleep last night thinking about today – never thought I’d lose sleep over this. Anyway we’ll see what happens later today.

It’s been a long while since I felt nervous about something, hehe. It’s now or never. Wish me good luck!

Ever wondered what are the must have items around the home? I hate it when a parcel arrives or if we bought something new that comes packed in a carton or duplex box and the scissors just aren’t strong enough to cut open the flaps.

So yeah we don’t just have a box cutter, we have several. It’s a must have item around the house for me. We have a few because one’s kept in the garage which hubby uses for whatever. I keep a few because hubby tends to not be able to locate his when we need it. Funny huh?

Been very busy with … gosh I don’t even know what. Am I that bad in time management? Whatever happened to my meticulous, punctual, on the dot, etc personality? LOL it’s hard to imagine time management was one of the main core of my job function in my working days.

Come to think of it, two decades ago, I could never ever imagine myself without long manicured nails in shimmering pink, blue, brown and pastel colours. I would never step out of the home to work without makeup and not a single hair out of place. But now, now, I am the exact opposite – I am not exaggerating. DH and I often joked about how we conned each other into marriage with our better self presentation back then *LOL*

It’s been quite awhile since I last wrote an entry. Had been lazy and thinking about other things instead. Now, I can’t recall what was I busy about. Nevermind. Haven’t been doing much outdoor activity due to the wet weather. I remember we didn’t have as much rainy days this same time last year.

Rain or not, I guess I am fine with it since I don’t have to go out during peak hours for work or to school. Time to sleep in a bit while I could

I gotta admit, each time I see baby announcements from friends and family, my heart goes “awww” and I start wishing I could have another chance to make such announcement too.

Unfortunately we have not been successful in giving our little girl a sibling. Still trying but frankly, at my age it scares me to start all over again especially it is only now (after 4 years) that I am starting to regain half my freedom and sanity.

We shall try anyway, for the sake of our girl and I know we will regret forever if we don’t even try.