Life without a maid.....

Life without a maid....is satisfying albeit busy and tiring. But it really gives me great satisfaction to do all the household chores myself. I cook for the kids, wash clothes, iron clothes, vacuum and mop the floor, tidy up the whole place, wash toilets etc....ooohh...can't imagine i actually enjoyed doing all these! hahaha

My typical day starts at 6.15am. I woke up around this time to prepare sherise for school. gotta pack her school bag, prepare her snack box and water bottle. After that, make a bottle of milk for her to drink, let her do her "morning business", help her brush her teeth, change her into school uniform. Then it's off to tying her hair, before bringing her downstairs to wait for school bus. Her school bus will arrive at 7.20am. I still cannot understand why the school bus needs to be so early when school starts at 8.30am. To think that the kindergarten is just 10~15 mins drive away!

After sending her off, i will be rushing to prepare myself to go to work. When i go home in the evening, it will be another round of tedious routine, which includes doing the dishes, ironing, vacuuming, coaching sherise in her school work, teaching didi some stuff, before preparing the kids for sleep at 9.30pm. Prior to bedtime, i will also read books to sherise. I wanna train up her vocabulary as I want her to be able to read more words. But nowadays, instead of bedtime stories, we will be busy reciting poems or linking memory games, to prepare for Sat's shichida lesson :(

Didi doesn't have much patience and hence reading to him is an extremely tedious job. He's not interested in books of any sort except his favorite Thomas. As a result, I have to buy books that are "thomas-related"...roll eyes.....

Without a maid made me realised how little time I have been spending with the kids in the past. Previously, with a maid, I tend to let the maid handle the kids, while I hide in the room to surf net. I came to realise that this is indeed very unhealthy. So now, it's the other way round. Instead of cooping inside the room, I make full use of my time to teach them and educate them. I have to say it's much more meaningful and it definately bring the kids closer to me. Didi is now very close to me, will hug me every now and then, will look for me when he can't see me, will sit on my lap without me asking him to. It warms my heart every time when i think of those endearing moments :)

As for Sherise, she has always been very close to me, probably because we have been sleeping together since she was a baby. When the maid was around, she will tend to look for the maid because she said mummy is too busy playing computer. It breaks my heart when I heard this statement but I know what she said is true. Now with the maid gone, i can sense that she is actually much happier coz mummy is no longer playing computer (dun have time to play also) and mummy is spending more time playing with her :)

So, without a helper, it is indeed a blessing in disguise. Though it is more tiring to look after the kids and doing household chores, but the result is much more rewarding. I told Sim, if possible, let's not employ maid anymore and he agreed with me. As for now, I need to perform some time management. I always feel I dun have enough time! I slept at 1am everyday and I hope i can sleep earlier with proper planning of time. Yesterday I plucked bean sprouts from 11.30pm to 12.15am and as I'm plucking the sprouts, I curse and swear at myself. Why can't I just buy those plucked bean sprouts? Why am I soooo stupid to buy those that needs to be plucked and wasted my sleeping time plucking? Or better still, don't buy the bean sprouts and save all the trouble! Haiz....constant reminder to myself - proper time management!!