Are we out of the woods, yet?

Dropping by to say hello—I AM BACK. I MISSMISSMISS MY BLOG.

Life has been hectic, so to speak. I’m checking in to say that I miss this space and I miss my blogger friends ever so dearly. This blog lingered in the back of my mind for the many months I left it bare of new posts. I kept logging in, checking on comments and trashing spammy ones but was not quite at that headspace to form words into post, you know? And so I ‘X’ed out of my blog. For five months and a half.

Time flew by and suddenly we’re in the month of June, almost halfway through the year 2025. I must say that the first half of the year was fun and I’m deeply grateful and blessed for everything thus far which explains my absence here on my blog. I usually have things going on every week and most of them I must say are impromptu which made it a whole lot exciting.

I WENT TO HAT YAI, THAILAND WITH MY MOM

This trip was necessary. Full stop. Five years of being a mom, I’ve only ever been apart from one of my kids for a couple of nights on separate occasions. This time, I left them for four nights and it was much, much needed. I’m just a tired and overwhelmed mom who needs some time off from her kids. I didn’t shop all that much, but I did get the Gentlewoman tote bag that has been all the craze for the past year.

Next trip?

We have a family day trip next week with my father-in-law’s extended family. I am excited–my kids are excited to go to the beach. I just know that we’re gonna have so much fun. It’s been months since I’ve tasted hotel breakfast. It’s the highlight of staying in a hotel for me. Yums.

Apart from that, we have bestie staycation in the works. Our last staycation was in December 2022 and this is very, very much needed and long awaited. Just hotel room, my girls, gossiping, and waking up the next morning to breakfast buffet–ugh I’m obsessed. We’re probably going to have a few more trips to plan for the last quarter of the year so that’s exciting as well. I love going on trips. Be it in the country, out of the country, as long as it involves packing and travelling, I am on!

How am I doing?

To be quite honest, I don’t know. I feel like I’m cruising through life without a definite purpose. I do feel like going back to work might give me some sense of purpose in life but my husband is still not keen on that idea. He just wants me home. Not even to take care of our children full-time as they are both in school, he just doesn’t want me to feel tired from being a working adult. So my days are filled with resting, me-time, reading, watching movies, cooking dinner, doing house chores, and that’s it.

Sometimes I go out with my mom during the day, and on the weekends we usually go out or visit our families. Kinda great, huh? But I’m only thirty. I can’t be doing this until forever. I need to do something with my life that doesn’t involve reading and streaming content all day long. But whenever I try to start something beneficial, it’s always “ok but I need to read this book now” or “just one more episode” or “I don’t want to do anything today just lemme take a nap.” All these excuses and in a wink, it’s already the end of June. I can’t let the second half of 2025 be the carbon copy of the first half. It’s time to take control of my life, be a bit more disciplined and thrive in other parts of my life that need TLC.

However, one thing that I’m really proud of myself this year is the fact that I have been really good in controlling my impulsive shopping habit. I hid shopping apps on my phone so that I wouldn’t be scrolling them just for the thrill of it. I don’t need anything I think I might need from those apps. I am not shopping as much as I used to and guess what? My life goes on. I’m still happy. I still have books to read, food to eat, shows to watch at home. I still go out and have good food and desserts. I get my dopamine rush elsewhere–something that does not involve spending money on trivial things.

Okay now, till then. I have bags to pack as we’re going on a day trip tomorrow!