Ramblings
by mathe | Thursday, September 17th, 2009 at 1:17 pm | Life as I See it |
For simply wanting to catch up on my posting, my mind seems to be choc-ful of ideas about what to write about that it’s almost impossible to let them flow through my fingers onto my keyboard. At the same time, my life these days seem to be spent in a daze, with me not knowing how to process and assimilate everything that’s going on.
Elijah in his new uniform
The boys are back in school and that gives me more spare time to do my domestic duties. I am very pleased with how Elijah is settling well in his new school. He is very happy being in the “school for the big kids”, as he is in Year 3 now. When he came home on the first day, these were his very words: “Mom, I’m not gonna leave that school forever! It’s very nice!” The animated face and the excited voice with which he said those words will stay with me for a very long time. At that instant, I finally came to grasp that my baby is well on his way to being more independent.
Jonathan, on the other hand, went back to school as a Year 8 and seems to be doing great as well. Everything for him is so familiar and routinary already that he gets up in the morning without me prodding him to. He prepares his own school stuff and is quite independent with everything – from his shoelaces (believe me, it was not very long ago that his Papa was still guiding him how to do it) to his neck tie. He has remained in the top set for his Literacy, Numeracy and Science, and I am very proud of him.
Then, I could not postpone nor deny it any longer so I had to go to the Optician to have my eyes checked. I was prescribed eyeglasses and now, I am the proud owner of two pairs of spectacles (one tinted for sunny days) for distance seeing. Yes, I am growing old. Moreover, Elijah will have to be fitted with eyeglasses as well because he is slightly near-sighted just like me. My hubby finds it rather amusing that now, Elijah and I will look even more identical with our glasses on.
House hunting has also kept us busy. We are being advised that this is the best time to buy because the market is improving and that prices will not go any lower. We are torn between staying mortgage and debt-free and stepping on to the property ladder. We are still praying for wisdom about this. As it is now, we are already heavily investing our income and we are unsure whether we can do so more in a house.
Hubby and I are waiting and praying.
Time flies so fast. I am now into my third year here in England. I have a new friend who just arrived last summer and I can see in her all the experiences that I went through myself. Now, I can identify with her and can calmly assure her that everything will be fine. Who said that relocating one’s entire family to another country is easy, anyway? But that was what I thought before and I can see that my friend also did not expect anything negative to come up along the way. I wish I had someone tell me to brace for the onslaught of negative emotions and sense of isolation and loneliness before. At least, I can be that someone to my friend now.
And I am glad I have this site to express all these ramblings.
Enjoy the rest of the week, people!
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Such a nice post my friend. And thank you also for sharing those things, and it give us lot of lessons really. =D Just stay happy for whatever happens in your life. Keep on writing. Your son is so handsome. =D
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Hi! Thank for your visit and kind comments. I went to your website and I liked that vid you posted about imperfections.
Stay cool!
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Hi there! Your blog is great! I like it, hope to see more from you. Have a great day. ;D
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That’s good to know that your handsome boys are adjusting very well to UK life. And kanino pa ba magmamana ang ulo ang mga iyan, kundi sa nanay na matalino (They’ve inherited their intelligent genes from you).
All the best , mare and I pray that you’ll come to a good decision regarding the house. Come to think of it, magtatagal kayo diyan., so why not buy now. he he he…nakialam ba naman…Take care.
Jena! Glad to see you again online. Thanks for visiting HotMomma and for your kind comments. I welcome your “pakikialam” because you are a friend and I know you mean well. Unfortunately, we haven’t found the right place yet. I think there is a big difference between what we can afford and the prices of properties in the location we want. Oh, well. We’re still looking
How’s your book, by the way? Am excited to see the finished product.
See you around!
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