Grubbs n Critters

October 3, 2014

Brain Fried

It feels like it has been a long while since I logged into my WordPress to do some decent blogging. Entries in the last month were appalling! With only 13 posts to boot and none so far in the first couple of days in October, I feel like I am falling behind with the stuff that I have been intending to write.

That makes me annoyed.

It’s not because I don’t want to; and everyday I tell myself I WILL dedicate at least 15 minutes to write a post, the truth is, I hardly ever got round to it. With my days ending at almost midnight every single night of my working week in the last 2 weeks, having some me-blogging time has been almost an impossible feat. And, when I finally gathered enough energy to will myself to write, telling myself that I need to give myself a break , I hit a blogging brain coma.

My brain is powered out. My distractions a-plenty. My focus scattered.

And all I can muster today is to post up a half-assed rant about me being crazy busy and being brain-fried. This post has got no purpose whatsoever. One thing is for sure, I am feeling awfully exhausted!

It’s only October and I’m already thinking about powering out for a long, long Songkran vacation next year.

My amusing child

Category: Critter Stories

The last couple of months have been more than just manic on the work front as I have had to work late almost every night, and not getting home till after 9 pm. My self-imposed work life balance is up in shit’s creek.

With my horrible up-keeping of time, I have been missing the kids’ bedtime routine rather frequently. Naturally, when I get home, Spud and Squirt are both fast asleep and are dead to the world.

As with my usual routine, I would check up on them when I get home for a quick visual peek and again after my shower. I’ll then give them a kiss and sometimes, slip in right next to them and lie down with them for a few minutes while they sleep.

That one night, while I was doing my regular visual check, I caught Squirt smiling away in his sleep as I kissed him. He looked like he was in a deep slumber, but when I saw him smile, I can’t help myself and tried to engage him while he was still sleeping just to see his reaction.

As I climbed to his bed, I stroked his face and asked if I could sleep next to him that night. With eyes still closed, he shook his head.

Tickled, I asked again if I could give him a kiss. He shook his head, eyes still closed.

Encouraged and curious to see how far this would go, I then asked if I could tickle him. (he loves being tickled and would ask for it every night without fail!). With eyes still closed, he nodded.

I smiled, amused at what I saw and asked him again if I could lie next to him, to which he shook his head.

I then went:

“Hug?”

He shook his head.

Me: “Another kiss?”

He shook his head.

Me: “Ice-cream?”

He nodded. With a smile. Eyes still closed.

My heart chuckled and I finally kissed him goodnight for the 100^th time.