Weekend Waiting | 2011

Ever since Jakjak started with school, we started to look forward to weekends even more than before. It was probably a shock for him that he now had to go somewhere else every afternoon. And it's probably more of a shock for mum to be at peace with herself while Jakjak is away at school. I am at shock because I still can't believe that Jakjak is now going to school.

As a parent, school is probably one of the pinnacle of our child's achievements. Sure, he still has a long way to go (in fact, the way school has changed it's curriculum in the last decade, he would be in school longer that I had been), but the first day and then the first week and then the first month would be a good gauge on whether one would be going to school more often (either for praise or as a subpeona). 


School has made Jakjak more tired in the afternoon than usual. He had lost some of his pep when I come home from work in the afternoon. While he still jumps at me when I get to the door, it now takes a few minutes before he grabs me and drags me to his torture chamber ... err ... play room. So the weekends are now more important to us for sitting down and "hanging out" (Jakjak's words, not mine). So even if I look forward to a quiet weekend, I now have to shrug it off and look forward to some bonding time with the little bugger.

And the last weekend had been tremendous fun for the three of us. We hung out, we walked, we ate and we basically spent the lazy weekend to ourselves. Surprisingly, it did not turn out into a shopping spree. It just became a food trip. Which is just as well, it had been a while since we had a good eat. That was Saturday. Sunday had been more laid back. A late lunch at home, some sand and wind in the playground and ice cream at the end of the day. It was a perfectly laid back weekend. No fuss, no hassles. Now, if only all our weekends can be like the last one. 

Here's looking forward to the next big day! (which is probably tomorrow)