Don’t you sometimes wish there were more than enough hours in a day to do everything you have to do include those you want to do? Lately, the days passed by in a blur. And yet at the end of the day, I feel like I have not accomplished anything. My mind keeps filling up with stuff I need to do the next day, or that there’s so much I forgot to do today.
We moved to a new house two weeks ago. Even if I took some time off to take care of setting up things at home, I am still left with a long list of to do’s. It is during these times that turns me into a zombie. A depressed zombie rather. Nothing beats having to face incomplete tasks that seem very much overwhelming when added on top of your other everyday chores. I consider myself an expert in moving as I have completed three moves in the past five years. This is my fourth move and heaven knows not the final one. But this is the most tiring of all.
Maybe its because the move was done with a whole family, complete with kids and nannies, my husband. Good thing there are no pets to speak about. Because then, this page will be insufficient to talk about all of them.
These are the reasons why moving this time was too stressful.
Ensuring broadband connection was up and running by the time we moved was one of the most difficult challenges. This is especially true because of the very few DSL providers we have in our country and the obstacles you have to overcome to get them to serve you in time. The poor connection or the lack of it at our new residence makes my husband very grumpy. Go figure.
My eldest son is five years old and is in the middle of his junior kinder school year at his old school when we had to pull him out and find a new one for him. Now that we are living farther away, it is not logical for him to continue going to school near our old place. I’m sure many parents out there will be able to relate when I say it is a difficult task to transfer your child to another school. But I did find a good one near our new place although I have to settle with the fact that it will cost me more than it used to. Sigh!
My family thrives on home cooking and although I cook once in a while, my yaya does a great job of keeping us fed with hot meals every time. The challenge for us is finding a local market where we can buy vegetables, condiments, fish and sometimes meat if we happen to run out. Not surprising that there is no wet or dry market near the area. I guess this is where we have to make compromises when we decided to live in a gated village. So the cost to make lunch or dinner has increased at the same time everything else has. And I cant imagine a place without a single variety store in sight. The nearest one is actually outside the gates and is quite a walk if you really think about it. Sigh!
Needless to say, my youngest son needs the space that will allow him to expend the outrageous amount of energy he has. Now our new place has the space for him to run around, bike around, kick his heels and roll on the floor. All the stress in the world disappears whenever I come home and his little arms circle around my neck and his little voice starts telling me about how he went to the playground, or how he rode his bike outside the streets. So did I say, moving was stressful? Not! … really.
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