Aftermath.

Somehow, this had been what I was looking forward to. The routine. From the starting of the long school break, then the start of renovation works, followed by the chaotic moving home at the same time when school started, CNY preparation and again, public holidays and long weekends after the 1 week break.

Now that the dust has settled, I had been enjoying the pleasurable moments of freedom in the mornings again and of course, the warm and cozy home we are living in.

But oh gawd, another heartache comes along. The bills! They are mighty explosive! I mean, yeah, we ought to have expected that, given we had set aside the amount for the renovation works, but still....

*heartpain can die*

The other day as we were eating out after failing to catch a movie at the last minute, I did not know what to eat so I let didi decide as really, I do feel slightly sorry that he had no pressies from us this year. He chose Sushi King and papa agreed, albeit a little bit uncomfortably. I let him order the food and somehow, I had this sinking feeling we shouldn't be having another fiesta, after being admonished by him for spending some big bucks on some other stuffs earlier, and the bills we had to pay, then the big chunk of money we spent for CNY....

Poor things, we had 3 meals shared between us, and really, korkor wouldn't have enough, given he's really a big eater nowadays as he's approaching puberty but sadly, I think we couldn't afford to spend lavishly continuously just like that. I made a mental note to stuff him with other food later on as we go home or feed him with more homecooked food for the coming days ahead.

(Sorry, korkor, hope you understand we really, really wanted to provide what you ask for, but sometimes, we had to spend wisely as there were just too many bills we need to pay off)

That night, I had a small chat with hubs and he said he feels pressured now that the monies are almost wiped out. Sigh!!! (Waffor wanna move home leh???)

So.

I had to get out from my cozy slumber and work on the old place, clean it up and faster rent out to help out with the bills.

That had got me working my butts off these few days. I started with sorting out what the things I still need to move over to my current home. My gawd, there were still boxes of stuffs!

Then I sorted out the leftover things. Either those are don't-know-what-to-do-with-them or to-throw-away. I put all the former things in the smallest room which I cleaned up first, then I combed each and every corner and rooms one by one.

And while I was at it, there were little little stuffs that I reconsider and put over in the safekeep box. Sometimes, there are just things that have sentimental value and I do not know if I should just dump it or keep it. Like the music box which was the first Valentine's gift from my hubs. It's worn, old and basically, just "charn"... keep? throw? keep? throw? ... *big frown*

From now on, we shall be having family dinners during the weekend at home more instead of eating out everytime. Maybe once a month as a holiday for me? Anyhow, we ought to be having family dinners at home together in weekends, as hubs usually eats by himself on the weekdays. After all, we do have a nice dining table now, or eating at the balcony just feels wonderful, especially after a rainy day with cool crispy air.

I must learn to make sushi too!