NS and SMS + En's artwork

People complain about experiencing PMS, and I complain about experiencing S-M-S: Single Mum Syndrome.

I SMS for the whole of this week.. as NJ is away doing his due duty to the nation. And i am beginning to think all these long weeks away from home is also training for the mum and kids to adapt to life without daddy. This must be the manifestation of "Country before Famaily, and then Family before self". I feel like I am under a Cruciatus Curse the whole of this week - YES painful.. painful.. and I miss NJ for functional and of course emotional reasons la.. and once again, I pronounce, SMS is HARD!!!

And of all weeks, it has to be these 2 weeks when work is really really bad, with my mega 6 country project cumulating in a 2 day workshop in which the report presentation must take place for all the MDs of the markets.. and colleagues are on leave and suddenly all the briefs came in wanting an urgent response...

BAD timing, which caused me to think that the only law in this world that rules is Murphy's Law - anything that can go wrong WILL go wrong.

I mean, how heng must a person be in order to be in a situation where I SMS, reports due, and having to ear the guilt of rushing off the work and coming home late from work not seeing either of the kids right?

This is such a long week, and I am so glad tomorrow is friday, but it is the day of dateline for report as well as a mega multi country multi everything proposal.. argh!!!

Anyway, so I have been missing a few of the morning walks in the mornings..
and I feel bad.. but I get to feed Xuan in the middle of the night, so it is not so bad..

Here is an output of En's weekend class at Julia Gabriel's. He is beginning to enjoy himself now, and of course, he most enjoys the snacks, and has learnt to Q up for his plate of snacks already..
Our little friend does not really like the art session cuz he is afraid of grime, must have gotten the cleanliness gene from his Papa along with pro TV genes.

While it is tedious sometimes to bring him there every saturday and spend 2 hours in class with him, when we just want to nap, it is still an worthwhile effort to start easing him into a school environment. And I must say I think school has done him quite a lot of good, from the initial reluctance and lack of concentration span for long time, we can see his improvement as he becomes more sociable and involved in class, and jumping and dancing when it comes to his fav singing times. Until he starts formal school, this should be adequate stimulation for him I hope!