Well, unfortunately for you guys, life is pretty buzzing over in the McLean's world. There's so many things to do and there simply is no time for everything that I would like to do. Its really a balancing act these days since, well, let's just call her, Miss Terrible Two has reached that development stage. I am the wife, mother and everything else in between. So I do everything and anything that needed to be done for my family as a wife and mother plus, I work full time 5 days a week.
When I say I do everything at home, I mean everything, well of course with the help of my lovely husband on some matters, like mowing the lawn and other manly stuff. We are quite the team him and I if I say so myself. We don't have a nanny, nor a helper, nor families or close friends that we could rely on looking after Scarlett for a jiffy just so we could dash out to run some errands without having a tanty screaming terrible two child in tow or something along those lines. I envy people or friends that I know that have help. They could duck out for an ice cream or a coffee after putting their baby to sleep or nap and someone else, would watch their child for a quick one. There's no such luxury for us. I guess that's the main downside of having to live away from your families.
Mind you, I love my life as it is now and I would not change anything in the world for it. We are in a very happy place. I have so much to blog about our lives that you know, everything gets backlogged and when I think about blogging them, I cringe! Blogging takes time and, only if I have that extra bit of time!
These days, I find that I spend a hell lot of time on social media platform. Facebook and Instagram are the culprits. I spend way too much time on my iPhone, checking updates, looking through other people's photos and knowing what they are up to etc. I get so obsessed in capturing every single thing on my iPhone camera so I could instagram it later. It is an absolute waste of my time, at the rate of how much I use my phone throughout the day, that's about 1/4 of my day wasted. 1/4 of a day!! That time could be well spent somewhere else, like, more play time with Scarlett and to actually be 'present' or have some quality time with the husband, if you get what I mean?
And that is the same with blogging. The only reason I update my blog is for my family, close friends and relatives. People who matters to me, so they get to know what we are up to by just coming here to read the blog. Its a sort of a platform to stay in touch with them, especially for us since we live away from them. If its not because of this, I wouldn't bother.
So maybe I might unplug for awhile, and use this time to be in the zone and spend quality time with my family and appreciating them. Doing the things I love doing like baking, try a new recipe, gardening, clean the house, read newspaper, pick up a new hobby perhaps? Just live. Rather than being obsessed with the iPhone or having this 'I have to blog soon' naggy reminder at the back of my mind.
I will update from time to time, for my loving family and relatives, just not as frequent. For now, I just want to take a breather and enjoy these precious moments with my husband and toddler, who is just growing up too quick and I want to be able to enjoy these times, in presence! Yes, this is pretty much a guilty mummy speaking. I just felt that I spend too much unnecessary time on other things when I could be spending it with my child. They grow up too quickly and I just don't want to look back and regret it.
My mum is coming to stay with us for three months in June and perhaps then, I could catch up with blogging. Well hey, another extra set of hands always help freeing up some time!
So now, I'll leave you with a short video of my cutie pie grooving to music - She's got some moves this little lady! I just love her to bits!
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