I know it is nothing that serious but at this time we were hoping we can do away with the unexpected spending and concentrate on saving. So maybe I can do away with my laptop for now, but for how long? I guess this means J and I have to take turns again with using the desktop PC until that laptop gets fixed (if it ever does get fixed!). Otherwise, I may be looking again into buying another one.

Alright, enough moping. Time for me to get busy and do some more work on the PC (like read up on this Rochester personal injury lawyer) before hubby comes home.

Other than that, my practice audit application for my OT qualifications are well under way with a supervisor to guide me through. This is after several weeks of persuading management to get me a supervisor ASAP especially since a colleague has recently resigned. I am just crossing my fingers (and toes once again!) that I can submit this before the 1st of July.

That’s it for me so far. Have to brainstorm for some home makeovers (like transitioning from ceramic tile to timber, etc) in time for my mom and sisters’ visit in spring. I’ll try to update you guys as much as I can in the following weeks. Hope you all have a good week ahead!

Truth is, as much as I want to cook dinner for us every night, it seems not possible anymore. By the time I come from work, all I really want to do is sleep. Though my job is not really involve much physical activity, all that mental stress can certainly give you a workout, it drains all your energy come dinnertime. I know some people’s appetite increases when they are tired, but not for me. So yeah, I admit that I am guilty sometimes of opening a can of sardines or corned beef when it’s one of those nights. Fortunately, my two companions here are not picky eaters so they will eat whatever’s on the table. Yes I do feel bad about it, so whenever I got days off, I cook a huge batch of a variety of dinner food, and just reheat it during the weekdays. And that for us works, and I guess for most busy families I know as well.

Speaking of busy, I better get some other things done too (like read up on breeches). It never ends.

Anyway, the place is bursting in the seams with customers. This workmate of mine is on a Vegan diet and she suggested the restaurant as it was her favorite, and she certainly isn’t alone on that one. But I am not surprised as the food there was very delicious! It was such a lovely food trip experience because I never realised that things like barbecued soy chicken on a skewer (just to name one) could taste that great.

Well, I am definitely going to bring the family there. I’m sure J will enjoy it as much as I did.

You are a big thinker, and you’re always playing with new ideas. You are curious about the world. You enjoy learning and developing new theories. You enjoy researching, analyzing, and solving problems. Thinking hard feels good! You’re the type of person who finds most mental tasks to be easy. You love to stretch your brain.

Yes, I do tend to think a lot, but I’d have to disagree with “Thinking hard feels good!” LOL. Especially at this very busy time in my life right now, I think I have enough stuff to think about and am definitely not keen on “stretching” my brain. Definitely no need for ephedra there!

The little girl was sick for almost a week with gastroenteritis. For a while there, we were scared of her having liver problems because the way she was excreting and it did take a while for her illness to resolve. Our GP reassured us that it was nothing to be concerned of would have looked sicked had it been a liver problem in the first place. So thank God for that. She did lose some weight after that ordeal but ever since she’s gotten well, her appetite has really picked up! She’s gained back all the weight that she lost, and probably even more. I hope this isn’t just a phase, and that she continues to have that appetite for as long as possible.

Work-wise, it’s been very busy and I expect it to get even worse in the coming weeks as a colleague is resigning this week, and I will be handed over half of her cases. This also makes me the company’s only OT so that puts additional pressure on me as well. I am also trying to get my practice audit in place. Hopefully, that part gets ironed out this week so I can commence on soon. I wish it was as easy as one of those admin careers, but it isn’t. I may even look into adding another work day so work is not all compressed in my 3-day work week.

Gosh, there’s lots of things happening as you can see. And sometimes it does feel overwhelming. I guess taking it one day at time will help. Will try to keep you guys posted as much as I can.

So I guess it is back to the bus for me, not that I am complaining because I am forced to walk and get my occasional doses of exercise, which is, in my opinion, a good thing. Those diet pills will have to wait.

I especially like the pressure test and the celebrity chef challenge. In the former, the worst three performers battle against each other and cook for their life so that they can still remain in the competition. They are all given one recipe of a dish to follow. Whoever cooks the worst version of that dish gets booted off the competition. With the celebrity chef challenge, the best performer from the invention test goes head-to-head against a noted Australian celebrity chef. Both must cook a dish that the celebrity chef has come up with. If the challenger manages to score higher than the celebrity chef, he/she gets a free ride to the Master Chef finals.

I love watching cooking shows so it is not surprise that I enjoy watching MC as well. Watching these contestants concoct new dishes, frantic on the bench top and copper kitchen sinks, is a delight. I suppose this stems from my being a frustrated cook, more so nowadays as I don’t have as much time as before to cook the things that I want.

Anyway… if you’re curious about MC and want to learn more about it, click here.

You Are Red

You are lively and fiery. You embrace the world and live passionately. You are moody but generally enthusiastic. You love so many things.

You are able to have a lot of drive and focus. Some people would call this obsession. You are aggressive about getting what you want in life. You look out for yourself first.

What Primary Color Are You?

I can’t really object much to that! Yes, fiery, that’s me!

Enough whinging. I haven’t been in a blogging mood lately as I am down with the colds. Erin caught it last week when she came home from daycare last Friday. My workmate had it too so I guess I got the bug from either of them (or both!). I hope this will go away tonight because I’m working tomorrow until Friday.

Oh and speaking of work, I’ve been doing a lot of shadowing recently, tagging along with the other consultants to get a feel of what my job entails. And yes, I was assigned my first client, which I assessed last week. It was nerve-wracking doing the interview, but my colleague supervised me the whole time so it was all good. I am looking forward to courses and trainings I have to take in the next few months as well.

Overall, it’s been a good mix of work and home life. But I still have to find an efficient way to manage it and balance it all together. Hope you all have good week ahead!