2 thumbs & a dummy

How I will always treasure of those little luxuries I used to take for granted. I now realised what Lilian meant when she said that life will never be the same again. I also have to add that if you’re currently expecting your first baby, the comment section holds a treasure of tips! *lol*

Anyway, these days it’s a miracle if I can find the time to have a nice long, hot shower. Uninterrupted. And this only happens if Ted is around when I do have my shower but for most days, it’s always a quick one with the door opened if Arianna is awake so that I can hear her or enough for her to have a peek at nakkid mummy. Otherwise, it will have to be one that takes place way after she’s gone to bed and even then, I’m so afraid that the sound of the shower will wake up her but so far, so good la. Most probably she would have gone into a deep slumber by the time I take my shower. I don’t really bother taking long baths in a bath tub although the thought sometimes do appeal to me BUT then, the more I think about it, the less appealing it becomes to me. I mean, wallowing in your own filth for hours??? Come on!! Major yuckness!!! So for me to get into a tub is almost close to ‘no way’ coz I’m just not interested. I prefer to have hot jets of water washing my grub away while massaging my back – oooooo, heavenly!

Another vital part of life that I really miss – taking a dump in peace and without worry. As crazy as it sound, I think a lot of mums out there do this as well. I know Aida does! *lol* Yes, I do pangsai  with the door open when no one’s home and Arianna is awake playing or something. And even if I wanted to take my take time taking a dump, I can’t because if Arianna realises that I’ve been gone too long, o boy….needless to say that she will certain wail the house down. Not that she can’t self entertain. Trust me, if that girl is watching her Baby Bright DVD, even an atom bomb wouldn’t bother her. I’ll have to tell you what happened the other day in another post about this incident with the DVD, simply hilarious! But she does have her alone limits la.

And finally, those time outs I used to have when I was still a single entity. I’m not talking about when I was single…I mean, that’s just something is that way out of reach at the moment and no way can I ever go back there! But even when I was still pregnant, I was still going out on my own and having my own private time out and I loved it. I loved just walking around the shopping complex and window shopping [can't believe I'm saying this despite proclaiming that I hate window shopping] because of a very good reason. I was actually quite afraid of the birth and since I knew that exercise would help and I wasn’t really doing much other than walking, it was the least I could do to help myself. I hate exercising so this was the next best thing. So I walked here and there, and everywhere I could. But it was the time that I had for myself and not worry about getting back to the parking lot within a certain time or else we would have for parking which is normally a ridiculous amount, or just being able to browse at my own pace at things even though I wasn’t going to buy it.

Can’t do that these days. If ever I do go out on my own, it’s only to the shopping complex about 15 mins away to buy some veggies or the absolute necessary. No dilly-dallying and walking up the hill is not a pip! So I have to make sure I don’t buy too much or I’ll end up half dead by the time I reach home. I haven’t tried taking Arianna with me because walking down is a breeze but the thought of pushing the pram up with the groceries is just appealing to me at all but I know that sooner or later, I will have to get used to it. But for now, I choose for it to be later la…

Last but not least, having a proper meal at the right time and being able to savour every mouthful. Yes, tis been a long time since I was able to do that. In fact, the last time we ever had a night out on our own as in a dinner for 2 type was when we were in Kulim. And it was only after I had Arianna in bed that we could leave and even then, the thought of her waking up was still bugging me but somehow, we managed to get through dinner in peace, sort of. Towards the end of the meal, both of us were indirectly hinting that we should head back just in case but it was in vain because little miss muffet was sound asleep! The only time things went a little wrong was the first time I left her with mum to go for a choir practice session with my church choir and despite feeding and putting her to bed, and I did leave her asleep, I had a call from mum saying that she pretty much woke up right about the time I left and mum tried to calm her down but didn’t work. So I was there long enough to sit through ONE song before I had to leave and come home a sobbing baby. Poor thing! But other than that time out in Kulim, I’ve had nothing close to that in Sydney at all.

Everytime we are out, it always I’ll feed Arianna first while Ted has his meal and then when I’m done with Arianna, it would be my turn to eat. By which time Ted would have finished his meal and although I know I don’t have to rush my food, I feel pressured because both of them have finished their meal and are waiting for me. So I pretty much just swallow my food which is a pity since I love food so much! But this is life until such time when Arianna is old enough to fend for herself – Lord knows when that will be though. *sigh*

Ever thought of what luxuries have you taken for granted? Do you miss them? I know I do!