silver linings.

my spirits have gradually started to pick up.

it was pretty busy at work last week. had a few overlapping assignments but i enjoyed doing them, feels like i'm learning something new everyday. and the fact that we're allowed to take the time we need to actually do some research on the stuff we need to do is great. also having some time to keep updated with current ongoing events is pretty awesome too.

was actually planning a quiet weekend at home this past weekend. but R's parents got into a minor accident so we had to drive back to his hometown to see how they were doing. then headed back to the city on saturday, just in time to throw together a last-minute football match-viewing/taboo-playing small dinner party at our place. i just threw together some penne carbonara and aglio olio with salad. luckily, R had made some desserts the night before so we had some ready-made choc chip bread butter pudding and brownies in the fridge to serve with ice cream that our friends brought. i can't believe everyone stayed up til 2am playing taboo, btw haha. all in all, it was a fun night.

then sunday was spent running errands, mainly a bit of grocery-shopping and a LOT of jigglyboo stuff-shopping. we had our budget for the month worked out so we managed to get some more of the items on our lists crossed off. everything seems to be coming along okay, thank god. i'm glad we've been saving up for the baby funds as planned, it's a relief to get a lot of the stuff that we need out of the way, without having to resort to taking loans from my mom haha. money is a bit tight these days with all the expenses that we have, but alhamdulillah we're managing for now.

R took the day off today to settle his study loan in the morning and to accompany to my monthly gynae visit in the afternoon. the great thing about working here is i don't have to actually take leave, i just get a time-off slip from my gynae for my checkups. also means that i don't have to squeeze my gynae apointments into my saturdays.

things are still a bit iffy on the family side, but you know what they say; fmaily will walways be family. things to look forward to today: possible movie sesh (been hearing great things about Gravity) and vietnamese beef noodles with an old friend for dinner. i'll take the rainbows where i can get em.