Life Lately

Hey guys, what’s up?

Long time no chat.  It may only have been like a week or something, but I MISS spewing my guts out into this space.  I have about 10 half written posts in my head but none that will come together.  You know that pressure to produce something crazy interesting, witty and well written?  But also something that resonates?  I have all of that right now and nothing to show for it.  Because life is just too freaking busy to think properly.

But I wanted to just catch up with what’s happening right now.

There’s a lot going on.  So much so that I look at the next few weeks and wonder if we’re going to cope with it all.  The thing is – I know we will.  Writing about it will help me be able to look back at this time where I currently think we’re not going to make it and think, “Hey!  We got through that just fine.”  That’s the funny thing about stress isn’t it?  It’s so often not necessary, because whether you stress or not, you will get through it.

Anyway.

Work is crazy busy right now.  We’re making a lot of big, but positive changes which means that we have a lot of teething problems in getting it all going.  We’re also working with a company that doesn’t know how to communicate amongst themselves, nevermind how to get their decisions across to us.  So that has been really challenging.  Every time I walk into the office there seems to be a new problem to fix.  It’s kind of exhausting.

On the good news front, I’ve been making progress with my skin!  I never thought I’d say that.  I have a whole post in the making about what I’m doing, but I haven’t finished it yet.  Basically I have a whole bunch of natural supplements to take, creams and potions to wash my face with and I go for a treatment once a week at Skin Renewal.  They have been so amazing!  I really feel like this is the answer.  I have also met with the Doctor there that can narrow it down to exactly what’s causing it, but that requires me to go for a blood test for the answers.  But with work being so nuts, I haven’t been able to go for that yet.  Hoping to go tomorrow, so then can see him about it next week.

On the bad news front – also about my skin.  I think it’s alcohol that’s messing it up.  I might be wrong (gosh I hope I’m wrong).  Look, I’m no alcoholic.  I hardly have anything during the week, but when we have friends over or on a lovely hot day, I do like to indulge in a glass or two of something cold.  I really, really, really freaking hope this is not it.

Other than all of that, I’m finally celebrating the first half of my 30th.  You know, without it being a Paw Patrol party.  We’re taking 8 of our closest friends away for the weekend.  I’m so sad that my best Liz can’t be there, but having just had a baby and like, being in New Zealand, it kinda makes it difficult.  I’m so excited for a kid free weekend exploring Tulbagh that I could actually just pop!  We’re leaving as early as we can on Friday morning and it’s going to be so fun!  I’m going to Snapchat and Insta the crap out of it.  Be prepared to hate me just for one weekend.  Sorry!

The kids are on holiday now so obviously they are up at the crack of dawn when I had to struggle every school day to get them up later!  Except Knox of course.  He slept until 8.30 this morning!  Yip – he might look like his Dad, but he’s a boy after my own heart 🙂

They have been so funny though over the last couple of weeks, it’s been such a privilege being around them.  In case your don’t follow along on Twitter, I’m going to end this rambling post with a few of my favourite moments…

This first one was last night.  I was hiding in the kitchen and quickly stuffed jelly eggs into my face.  I made sure I was finished by the time I went to cuddle Riya.  She snuggled and then jumped back exclaiming:  “Your jacket smells like sweetness!”  Then she came closer and closer and she was like, “NO your mouth smells like sweetness!!  It smells like those eggs.”  What eggs?  “Those jelly eggs!”  Guys.  My 6 year old might actually be a sugar addict!

*sneakily ate jelly eggs*

Cuddled 6yo who is actually a drug sniffer dog. She sniffed out the sweetness & told me exactly what i was eating

— Snap: cindyalfino (@CindyAlfino) October 3, 2016

Knox *talking without even breathing!*

Riya whispers to Kyla “This is the worst day ever with my brother. He just keeps talking & talking!”

— Snap: cindyalfino (@CindyAlfino) October 3, 2016

7yo- We should make paper aeroplanes & sell them
6- Yeah! That would be cool!
7- Yes! Then we will be rich! For days!! Maybe even weeks!! ?

— Snap: cindyalfino (@CindyAlfino) September 29, 2016