Sunday, April 01, 2007
Weekend
I cannot tell the difference between weekdays and weekends anymore since I started staying home to take care of my kids. But there are weekends when my husband’s not working and we spend a lot of quality time together as a family - then I know it’s a weekend.
I had a great weekend. It was nothing special and that’s what’s great about it except for last Friday. Two of the engineers I worked with called me at home surprisingly. It was so touching and humbling for them to call just to say how much they appreciated my work. I would’ve liked my job a lot if I were only given the chance to blossom and utilize my talents. Unfortunately, I had issues with some people I worked with directly.
I visited my former workplace a couple of weeks ago after almost 3yrs. I even almost forgot how to get there! I only went there because that was the time my mother-in-law was in town visiting and my husband had some business to do there so we took the opportunity to drop by to show them the baby, to say hi to a lot of familiar faces and head to San Francisco. By the way, I used to work in Berkeley. It was definitely interesting. Some asked if I had any plans of going back to work, others asked if I would consider working there again, and there were a couple of people who pulled me aside and told me they missed my work which to me was heart warming and of course I have to admit it did boost my ego a little. But my priority is my family now. Sure, there are so many days when I simply want to get out and apply for jobs and work. You do get crazy watching the kids 24x7 and we do need extra cash but my time with my kids is at stake. I’m a sentimental kind of gal so I have to be there for all their “firsts.” Plus, I’m happy. My husband and my kids are happy too and money cannot buy that.
Well, just a quick recap of my weekend…
Yesterday, I took the kids to Barnes and Noble for story time at 11am. I take them there every Wednesday too. I threat my son to listen to all the books they read otherwise he can’t play with the train set they have tucked at the corner at the kids section. Then, we finally mailed our taxes! Whoopee!! At least that’s out of the way. Around late afternoon, we watched our friends’ daughter so they can have some time for themselves. That was fun. We let them play in our backyard and fed them there too.
Then today, we went to Palm Sunday mass. After church, we went to my son’s friend 3yr old birthday party at the House of Bounce. That facility is amazing. All the kids had a blast and it was the perfect way for them to use up all their energy.
I had a great weekend. It was nothing special and that’s what’s great about it except for last Friday. Two of the engineers I worked with called me at home surprisingly. It was so touching and humbling for them to call just to say how much they appreciated my work. I would’ve liked my job a lot if I were only given the chance to blossom and utilize my talents. Unfortunately, I had issues with some people I worked with directly.
I visited my former workplace a couple of weeks ago after almost 3yrs. I even almost forgot how to get there! I only went there because that was the time my mother-in-law was in town visiting and my husband had some business to do there so we took the opportunity to drop by to show them the baby, to say hi to a lot of familiar faces and head to San Francisco. By the way, I used to work in Berkeley. It was definitely interesting. Some asked if I had any plans of going back to work, others asked if I would consider working there again, and there were a couple of people who pulled me aside and told me they missed my work which to me was heart warming and of course I have to admit it did boost my ego a little. But my priority is my family now. Sure, there are so many days when I simply want to get out and apply for jobs and work. You do get crazy watching the kids 24x7 and we do need extra cash but my time with my kids is at stake. I’m a sentimental kind of gal so I have to be there for all their “firsts.” Plus, I’m happy. My husband and my kids are happy too and money cannot buy that.
Well, just a quick recap of my weekend…
Yesterday, I took the kids to Barnes and Noble for story time at 11am. I take them there every Wednesday too. I threat my son to listen to all the books they read otherwise he can’t play with the train set they have tucked at the corner at the kids section. Then, we finally mailed our taxes! Whoopee!! At least that’s out of the way. Around late afternoon, we watched our friends’ daughter so they can have some time for themselves. That was fun. We let them play in our backyard and fed them there too.
Then today, we went to Palm Sunday mass. After church, we went to my son’s friend 3yr old birthday party at the House of Bounce. That facility is amazing. All the kids had a blast and it was the perfect way for them to use up all their energy.
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