Best Bed

It is always good to sleep in your own bed again after a trip. Don't get me wrong, I love travelling and have no problem sleeping in strange beds. But somehow my own bed seems to be the best haha. 

Sleep

needed in large quantity!

Sleep In

After an intense week of organising the RPIC 2017, I needed my sleep. It was good to sleep in for once! 

Sleeping Cats

So peaceful...zzzZZZZ

Cherish

My house guest returned to Taiwan today. I can sleep on my own bed, and sleep in my room again. Although it is only four days, I never knew that I would miss my bed and my room so much! :D I will treasure you (my room and my bed) better now. 

Rest

Have been a long time since I slept by 11pm. Have been getting my much needed sleep and rest. It felt good.

zzZZ

Three words to sum up how I felt physically after the Brisbane trip:
Jet lag!
Exhausted!!
SLEEP!!!

Best Cure

I was feeling a little unwell in the morning. It could be the atmospheric pressure creating havoc with my body system or it could be the sudden release of tension after the girls' exams. 
I only felt better after having slept the whole afternoon. 
Sleep is the best cure. 

Lightning & Thunder!

At 3am or so, there was a heavy thunderstorm with loud booming thunder and bright as day lightning. Marieann woke up and she has never been one who is comfortable with lightning and thunder. In the end, the three of us - mother and daughters slept together on the bed with me squashed in between the two girls and the girls each held one of my hands as they slept lol. 
I felt warm inside when the three of us lay in bed and they were holding my hand. It was like returning to their younger days when they would look to me for protection or to soothe their fears. It has been a long while since they regarded me as their protector, other than their enforcer, the one who is always telling them to do homework and to study. More thunderstorms, please?! LOL :P 

Catching Up

As the girls were at the carnival yesterday, it was catching up time with their homework today. It was also catching up time for me with my work and my sleep lol. I am still recovering from yesterday's carnival lol.
Too lazy to go out, we ordered pizza for lunch lol. It has been a long since we last had pizza! It was really delicious haha.

Old Bones

Age is definitely catching up with me lol. After attending Parents' Briefing at the girls' school in the morning, I slept for most the day. Yesterday's staff retreat at Universal Studio Singapore had a big part to play in my exhaustion lol. :P

Good Friday

= Sleep-in Friday.

I don't know if it is the side effect of the H1N1 jab I took yesterday but I felt really tired the entire day. I didn't have energy to do anything else but sleep. I was almost afraid that I was coming down with something. Thank goodness by nightfall, I was most energetic again. :P

Stressless Day (Nearly Entirely)

There is no counselling today because primary schools are closed due to PSLE Marking this week. After yesterday's physical work, I took it really easy today. I did nothing except read and sleep for most part of the day lol. It was really relaxing. :)

In between reading and sleeping, I went through math with Marieann as her math exam is next Monday. Somehow, she is still not stressed about exams. Sigh. This was the only stressful part of my stressless day.

Sleep

I am in need of sleep, especially after yesternight's ordeal. :(

Catching up on it major time today. Sleep, sleep, SLEEP!

Sleeping Spell

In the late afternoon, I took the girls out to get a cake for Juliane's birthday celebration in pre-school tomorrow. I wanted originally to get a Fresh Fruit cake from Sun Moulin but I didn't order 3 days in advance so they can't remove the almond flakes on the cake for tomorrow. I had to get a cake without nuts because one of Juliane's classmate had nut allergy. I personally know what he goes through, having been through it myself. :( In the end, we bought a Black Forest cake from Bengawan Solo.

When we got home, it was just after 5pm. Both girls said they were sleepy and wanted to sleep. Ok, let them have a little nap. When 6:30pm came, they refused to wake up. Tried again at 7:30pm, they slept on. What's going on? Tried one last time at 8:30pm. Still no go. Sigh. While they slept, I changed them into their PJs so that they would be more comfortable.

It's 11:50pm now. The girls are still sleeping away. It is really strange. They have been asleep since 5pm. It is like they are under a spell, a sleeping spell. Lol. But I got some peace and quiet while they slept so I am not complaining too much. Lol. :P

Energy Level

I received a nice comment on my recent Sunday blog post. I thought I would reply her here. :)

"Charmaine said...

How did you do it with so little sleep? When I do not have enough sleep, I feel grouchy the next day. You still have energy to cook and coach your girl. Really admire your energy! :-)

17 February 2009 09:18"

Well, many thanks for your compliment. :) You make me sound like I am some superwoman lol. :P I do feel grouchy too when I don't get enough sleep (like only 1-2 hours of sleep) but my body has been conditioned to survive on just a few hours of sleep (average 5 hours) over time. I guess growing up in a household of late sleepers and early raisers makes my sleeping habit seems "normal" lol. But it is a bad sleeping habit, no doubt haha. So don't follow me! Haha. :P

A tip: I do find taking power naps of duration 15-20 minutes, really great for revitalising me lol. :P

Perfect Day...

for sleeping, haha. It has been raining the whole day.

I just didn't feel like moving much. I was trying to read some articles but ended up falling asleep lol. :P Blame it on the weather. In the afternoon, I decided I have had enough of sleep and time to stretch my legs.

We went to Tiong Bahru Plaza to get school shoes for Marieann and I wanted to buy her some stationary from Popular. Unfortunately I forgot to bring my Popular card. I will have to get the stationary another day. Before going home, we had some desserts at the Basement - Milk Pudding, Mango Pudding, Almond Tea with Tang Yuan and Peanut Soup. I love the milk pudding I had, rich with the taste of milk and not very sweet. :)

Crashed!

Crashed 1
Today is my first day back at work. After two weeks away, I am ready to start work again. But guess what? My notebook crashed! AHHHHHHH! On my first day of work?!! And I didn't had time to back up my data (two month's worth of work) before I went away to Hong Kong and Korea!! Sigh. There is nothing I could do except to send my notebook to the ER (IT department). Hopefully, they can help to retrieve my data.

Crashed 2
I am suffering from jet lag severely lol. I am sleeping and I am awake at the wrong times of the day. Maybe after a few more days, I would be ok. But right now, I am crashing badly too, not unlike my notebook, hahaha. :P

Unwell

Headache.
Sleep.
Pounding headache.
More sleep.
Headache still.
Need to do work. Sigh.

Sleeping Beauty and Cousins

I had a really long day yesterday. I was working on the budget into the wee hours of the morning, then went to work and later in the evening, went for my friend's wedding dinner. I think I only had less than 4 hours of sleep. But I guess I paid my dues to Sandman today. I was "Sleeping Beauty" for most of today, hahaha. I only woke up to have breakfast at 9am and then late lunch at 2pm. :P

In the evening, my aunt and uncle, my cousins and their spouses came over for dinner. It was nice to see them as we haven't had them over for a while. My cousin has an 18-month old daughter, Johanna. The girls were a little excited to see their cousin but because Johanna is rather young, my girls were a little apprehensive about playing with her. :P Once Johanna is a little older, I think the 3 girls will have no problem playing with each other. :)