I was sitting there wondering why my WIPs have been progressing really well these few weeks when I realised that it’s because Nad has been using the computer for his work most of the time! He’s now studying full time in a course which dumps A LOT OF assignments/ essays/ reports/ novels on him to write and they have due dates so close together that many people have dropped out of his course.
But it’s good. Less computer time for me = more knitting time. It works out well!
In answer to the earlier question, 4. I have 4 jobs.
- In the morning, I wake up and I fuss with the baby. Wash her buttocks and feed her, talk to her, play with her. (1 – Mum)
- Then I send the husband to school. (2 – Wife)
- Then I come back and amuse the baby again. Simultaneously, I check the online store I now own (www.yarnandkisses.com) for any orders and pack them accordingly. (3 – Online Store Owner)
- Then, I bathe and pack the baby into the car and off we go to fetch the husband and I start work at the same university, at the Veterinary Hospital immediately. (4 – Animal Welfare Worker)
- Then, the husband fetches me from work and twice a week, I work at a pizza joint near our home. (5 – Pizza Maker)
So that’s actually 5 jobs but ‘wife’ and ‘mum’ can actually roll into 1 job so I hold 4 jobs.
It’s tough and some days I do feel like collapsing in a sorry pile and shut down my system completely. Whoever said that “Life isn’t a bed of roses” is wrong. Because it is. It is soft and sweet smelling but it also has thorns. So Life IS a bed of roses. Sometimes it’s soft, sometimes it’s thorny.
But I have God. He is always there with us and helping me pull through the most difficult times.
Many people do not understand me – why I act this way and why I think this way. It doesn’t matter because that person doesn’t know what I’ve been through and what I am going through. Not everyone is born with a silver spoon in their mouth. So what strangers/ acquaintances think of me doesn’t really bother me much. I may feel slightly indignant at the point when negative comments are passed about me but that feeling fades really quickly. Because in the end, I still have my loving family and friends with me. Most importantly, when every single person in my life can fail me, God and Jesus never fails me. I only have to call on His name and He will be there.
I have another SnB session tomorrow with my SnB sibs (Soaking In Bathtub?) again because Shazzy is moving away soon 
 So us sibs (Shitting In Bathroom?) will be meeting every week now instead of every fortnight until she leaves for Koorda. We’ll be very sad when she leaves. Sigh.
I look forward to the end of the year when I can say goodbye to most of the jobs I’m holding now. (Unfortunately – or was it ‘fortunately’? -, I’m going to be a mom for life…..) because NAD WILL BE GRADUATING AND HE CAN FINAAAALLLYYYY WIN THE BREAD!!! 8 more monthsssssssssssss……….. I can’t wait.
And I also cannot wait to offload the baby sitting on my lap now. Her head curiously stinks of vomit. I wonder why because she didn’t vomit!
ps: I’m craving for the oven toasted ribs that my workplace serves.
