Downtime

Based on the list of activities stated in the last posting, I wouldn't have time to blog today. Well, we must have played too much and too hard on cruise and at christmas parties (in office and in school), that all of us "collapsed" on Saturday. So we got to cancel the activities planned for the the weekend (ie, the gathering at my place, the swim at NUSS and the visit to Lili's house).

WK actually didn't play at all.. He fell ill on the morning of boarding the cruise. So for most of the 4 days on the cruise, he slept in the cabin.

Did I mention in my past postings how we end up doing a family cruise? Its quite a twist. In middle of Nov, WK's mum mentioned that she's going Malacca with my BIL during christmas. Wk and myself thought that we can take the opportunity to leave Lynn with Nanny for that few days, so that the 2 of us can go for a short break. After some discussion, we decided that we can only do the weekend of 18/19, and take a few days leave on 20-22. We decided to do a cruise, and WK's suppose to book the cruise when I was away in Germany in the first week of Dec. Then WK casually asked Lynn if its ok that we let her stay at Nanny's for a few days while we go somewhere. He thought that her answer would surely be a "yes" (cos Lynn frequently request to stay at Nanny). But Lynn replied that she wants to go with us. WK asked her why, and her answer was "Mummy and you going somewhere fun, right?"..

So, on one hand, I enjoyed the cruise; I enjoyed spending time playing with Lynn. On the other hand, I was very disappointed with this holiday, because I had wanted a restful break, a well deserved, laid back, slow pace, quiet, "zuo bo" trip. Because WK was sick, I wasn't that "resentful" that I'm the only one entertaining Lynn. Being mentally prepared, I tuned up my energy level to run and swim with Lynn. It was very fun playing with her, but also very tiring. Like I said, I'm... disappointed.

We reached home at 10pm on Wed night. Wk and myself went back to work on Thurs, and Lynn went to her school's christmas party. As the organiser of our dept christmas eve party, I was really very busy on Thurs and Fri. On Fri morning, I also send Lynn to Nanny's home to stay overnight.

I was the first one to fall ill, on Fri, after the office party. Fortunately or unfortunately, I was the least ill, compared to WK and Lynn.. Lynn and Wk fell very sick on Sat and Sun. As we cancel the weekend activities one by one, I was able to recover speedily on my own.

Can I say, I "envy" WK. After being out for 4 days on the cruise, he's out for another few more days during this weekend. Again, most of the burden of taking care of Lynn fell on me.. He did help a lot, I should be greatful, but I'm still.. disappointed.

How to explain this feeling? Typical couple problem, which is expectation and communication..

Enough of complaining. So many photos to post (but no space). Time to blog about happy times on the cruise and at the christmas party in office..