Just Checking In

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It has been quite a while since I've posted, but in my defense, I have been super busy. Busy with work and also busy with doing nothing. Let me explain.

Ever since I've quit giving tuition at home, I've found myself with a lot more time (although I still can't understand how it gets over so soon). So I lounge around doing nothing, except enjoying the lounging after a hard day's work. As age catches up with me, I am finding myself increasingly exhausted. Exhaustion is a good thing though - makes for decent sleeping at night.

And the cold has set in - kind of. I feel super cold all the time. It's me really. Yesterday my mother retorted it was quite weird for me to be wearing my fleece socks and sitting with the fan. Yes, admittedly it was, but as I explained, I am perhaps more sensitive to the plummeting temperature than others (possibly any other) - a quality that really works out in the heat of the summers.

I have also been splurging. There's something to be said about retail therapy.

I have also been reading. Back to my childhood with Agatha Christie and collections of short stories by Roald Dahl.

Speaking of childhood, I ran into this sweet woman whose kids attend the school I work at, and she turned out to be the 6 year old cute little neighbour of mine from back in the day. Sigh... how time flies.

And speaking of back in the day, my youngest bro will be back in town with us in a couple of months and the excitement is mounting.

It's the small things really. It has everything to do with little moments - this living. About loving family, good friends and health... and a little money helps too.


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