Income Opportunities and Time Management

It's not that am really, really, really swamped with income opportunities that I can suddenly afford Outer Banks vacation rentals or Bulgari accessories. But I do have spa money now and feel less guilty about buying more books. Payu2blog is being very generous and there's this new writing gig for the Philippine Online Chronicles. And Odesk gigs.

I am struggling with time management though. And heaven knows, Facebook doesn't help. What I do these days is sleep with my son at ten or eleven and set my alarm to wake up at two or three in the morning so I will have quiet time and I still had some sleep. If am lucky, i'd fall asleep again and wake up with my son around nine or ten in the morning. The rest of the day, I do all my non-serious work like updating my blogs, Facebooking/Plurking, and digiscrapping while also playing with my son, watching videos with him, reading to him and dancing for him.

Whew.

I should be more focused in my work though and not let other sites like Babyrazzi distracting me! I need more sleep! And I need to exercise regularly!

Without a Destination Still

My dream Orlando vacation is still around five years from now because am hoping it will coincide with our 10th wedding anniversary. Plus, Yakee (or the kids) are more likely to walk than insist on being carried by then.

But we still haven't decided on a vacation destination for Holy Week. I am seriously getting bummed!!! We're not getting cheap airfares for local destinations and well, going abroad will entail much more moolah than I'm ready to part with.

We've been meaning to go on a road trip sans plans, but with a kid to consider, that wouldn't be very practical resources-wise. Sigh. Where to go!?!

Stressed Joints

Being overweight puts undue stress on bones and joints. And with all the chores a mother does, and all the carrying we do, I wouldn't be surprised if sooner or later, you start talking to your doctor about the pros and cons of taking glucosamine sulphate.

But this is where diet and exercise comes in, especially exercise. Because you can be whistle thin and still be a candidate for osteoarthritis. Exercise keeps our bones and joints functioning at optimal level. I am, however, still finding it hard to include lunges and squats into my daily chores and activities with my son. But I really should work on it already lest I balloon into something I won't recover from.

My Crocs Problem

My son only has one original pair of Crocs. The rest are fake Divi buys, bought not because I want to follow a fad but because I really love the material. It's lightweight and perfect for my son's growing, still-malleable feet. Plus, he prefers it too. These cost between P50-75 per pair so I felt justified about having so many pairs for him.



Not here is a yellow pair, original ones from my SIL which my niece outgrew. I have stopped letting Yakee wear that because his feet got blistered from that connecting thingie at the sides. I thought that model was just too narrow for his feet.

Many weeks passed and there were no repeats.

And then, around two weeks ago, I noticed that my son's feet have grown again because his size 24 shoes just fits him right. And suddenly, the brown pair has to be worn with the heel straps on top. And then he gets blistered with the red pair. Then he's taken to wearing each one with the heel straps on top, more as slip on slippers... and I saw that his feet are starting to show signs of blistering again with the orange pair (the only one he likes wearing now, he wouldn't wear the blue one anymore because his cousin has the exact pair and he can't quite grasp that they each have their own pair). I wonder if not wearing the straps is actually causing the friction this time because I am positive they're not too narrow for his feet. Or maybe I should check again. Sigh.

Or since I let him put them on himself, I wonder if wearing them wrong sometimes is causing the friction. That and too much jumping and dancing around!

Now I am more scared of getting him regular slippers because he just might have gotten my uber sensitive feet!

But he's really gotten very spoiled with this kind of footwear... he usually refuses real shoes. Plus, it hurts me too when he's wearing real shoes and starts kicking to be put down when we're out.

The Challenge of More Income Opportunities

I have recently invited more projects into my life, things that will take up my time. Two are writing gigs on top of my regular blogging load, two others are writing contests, and hopefully, more rakets in the facilitating/counseling field.

I am also bent on mastering Photoshop more to join my friend's party business.

And I am feeling how it's affecting Yakee. So even if I could ideally set aside every afternoon to be away from him and just 'work'... I can't and I don't. So now, am back to sleeping with him at around 10 or 11 PM and waking up an hour or so after and then working till the wee hours of the morning. I actually need severe acne treatments again because of this. Thank God though that he still wakes up at 9 or 10 AM so although I feel tired and groggy, I still get some sleep. And i try spending his waking moments with him.

There is room for improvement though. Less TV time for him, for one thing. Which is why I'm tolerating more mess in the form of painting. Good luck to us both.

The End

It's the end of breastfeeding for my baby and me today. I know that he mostly just comfort nurses anyway and there are more days when he wouldn't even really nurse anymore, save for that time before getting out of bed in the morning.

He's really a grown boy now. And much as I love breastfeeding him, and believe my breast milk has protected him in more ways than one, I also know that we're really both ready to let go and move on.

I don't feel the sadness that much yet. For sure, it will hit me really after a day or two... or after a week without.

I just console myself that now, I need not worry about medicines am taking anymore, and that I can actually try slimming pills again, if I want to.

Maybe I'm ready because I know I gave my all to it before... that i've really done my part. Now, he just really has to eat a heavier breakfast.

PMS Mode

I am bingeing on Bread talk's cheese floss bread and royally craving squid. It was too late when I saw the Seafood Pinakbet and Bouillabaisse, I had already ordered grilled squid earlier. Sigh. I told hubs that now, I want to cook squid, squash and pork fat in shrimp paste. Yummy!!!

Hubs said that it could be a sign of pregnancy. I had to remind him that I never had cravings and an appetite when I was pregnant. And I had the pregnancy glow, didn't have to worry at all about my adult acne for nine months. So this is pre-menstrual syndrome at its worst and not pregnancy hormones.

Woe is me.

And to think I really want to lose weight already!