the weekenders.

back to the office after three days of R&R.

if this was a year ago, i probably would be back at the office, either filled with the drive of raring to go or filled with dread - both for the same reason : tonnes of emails would be awaiting and piles of work would be waiting to get done. in fact, i remember many public holidays spent at the office, and if i actually did go home, i'd be spending half of the time glued to my laptop and the other half worrying about work. god, that did wonders for my blood pressure.

don't get me wrong; i loved my job and i loved being productive throughout the day. but when you find physically and mentally exhausted from the amount of time spent at the office - it gets the better of you. nowadays, i get paid to keep updated with financial news - which i love, because i never had time to do this no matter how much i wanted to - and since everything is new to me, i'm learning lots of new info everyday. and we are given time to actually learn and absorb the knowledge - a luxury i never had previously.

anyway, my long weekend was spent in R's hometown in muar. as usual, we spent a lot of time at home. but on sunday, R managed to convince his whole family to spend the whole of sunday visiting a few towns in johor. i finally got to try the ever-famous kluang railway kopitiam. yummy and cheap; definitely wouldn't mind going again! we also made a quick tour at one of the famous national parks in pontian followed by a pretty good seafood dinner before heading home - i was exhausted by the end of it, so went straight to bed as soon as we reached home. i'd say it was a pretty good weekend.

speaking of being exhausted though, my bump has definitely started to grow over the last month or so. it's like it came out of nowhere! haha. i'm a little bit past the six months mark now - so i guess we're heading into the final trimester stretch now. luckily a lot of people i know have been giving birth lately (maybe it's a seasonal thing or i'm just getting old haha) - and they seem to have come out okay, but hey you never know what can happen, right? guess i just gotta get into the right mindset. funnily enough, i've been getting a lot of info off the internet - i have yet to read a single book about giving birth or parenting - i haven't even attempted to buy "What to expect when you're expecting." i guess i don't wanna psych myself out so i've just been relying on babycenter online a lot, and asking questions to my gynae.

my energy levels are still pretty good. i've gotten my cooking mojo back - so i've been doing a lot of that at home - it also helps with the household budget. i've also been able to help R out with some of the other household chores - just the ones i like tho, like sweeping the house and a throwing clothes into our washing machine haha. i still hate mopping and folding laundry (some things will never change). but i read that in the last trimester that my energy levels will probably start to decrease due to the extra weightage i'm carrying around - so i guess i'll try taking it a bit easier in the next few months.

here's to hoping the next few months go along smoothly as planned!