How I start my WORK WEEK!

I love starting my work week really early. As what Laura Vanderkam said "You need to wake up before the insanity starts. Before demands are made on you. Before your goals for the day have competition." I usually get up at 5-ish in the morning, I get my tea ready.... you know I love my tea. This months favorite would be Twinnings (english breakfast or jasmine green tea) I pair it with green stevia and I am a happy camper. 

Most of the time, I drink it outside our little porch with Lester. We plan our day ahead, talk silly things over News and FaceBook feeds. Just enjoying the morning, the love birds chirping and watching passerby's.

In my comfy pyjamas, my fave cup and my cute ass Coco =)

After some relaxing morning sesh, comes the rush hour. Hubby prepares for work and I prepare for the week ahead. I usually check my emails and some to-dos for work then I clean the room, do a quick exercise/stretching, shower and moisturize and then quick drive to mail some letters for lester and I.

My Monday is not really that toxic. I don't do anything that much. I just stay home after running a few errands in the morning. I just stay in bed and watch chic flicks most of the time If I don't have an appointment or a lunch date with a friend or Jaycees. I sleep around 4 in the afternoon and wake up at 9 in the evening. I go straight to the kitchen to heat some dinner then I prepare my desk for work, make sure everything is running fine and back up are charged. I see to it that I get an hour jumpstart at work so I wont dilly dally when I start my shift.

I take a 1 hour break at 3 in the morning. I usually just drink tea and eat whatever husband brought home from work. FYI, my husband never fails to bring me food everyday ever since we lived together. Whether coming home from work, a meeting or from a basketball game... I think its bitter sweet. Part of me doesn't want him feeding me all those junk and fatty food (well to be fair.. he sometimes bring salad.. but rare) while a part of me feels so blessed that I have such a sensitive and caring husband. Anyhoo.. so much for that..

I wrap up work at 8. The rest of my work days' just the same, except that I don't run too many errands in the morning rather, in the afternoon.

So that's it. I admit to have a really boring work week, that's why lester and I really take the time to enjoy our weekends together and make sure to plan some escapades once in awhile to catch up with life. As a traveler once said "We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us"

I'm thrilled to be writing this blog and giving you a glimpse of what usually happens in my daily life, it's not as great as others but I am truly contented and happy and I think thats what matters most. Thanks for inspiring me with your post, bloggers! Keep em coming! =)

Typical Weekend

SATURDAY

My work usually ends at 8 in the morning(PH time). The first thing I do is clean up my desk and go straight to bed and snuggle with my husband and our little bratinella, Coco. We don't get up until around 9-ish.

Then we head to the kitchen and prepare breakfast together. This is what my plate looks like this morning. Egg and toasts plus a cup of my favorite tea (Twinning) and my sweetener (stevia). My husband usually eats cereal (Nestle Fitness Cereal)for breakfast unless we eat out.

On weekends we love to eat outside the house, enjoying the chirping of the love birds and coco running around and playing with the rabbits. 

After breakfast we usually just run some errands together. We give coco a bath (we take turns, this week is lester's turn) but I usually prep coco after shower. From blowdrying to combing, to dressing her up to brushing her teeth.. all those girly stuff and when I'm done I help out in the kitchen. Lester on the other hand prepares the laundry to send to the Laundromat and work on some paperworks.

It's a must to stay home for lunch on Saturdays because all of us are home and mom or dada usually cooks the meal, so we are not allowed to eat out unless its a business thing or an urgent lunch meeting. It's also a great time to discuss the weeks events. We share updates, brag on achievements and talk about the news and hear some random annoying yet cute nags from my mom, definitely to stick around for! Not gonna miss it for anything. =)

After lunch hubby and I prep up for our usual Saturdate. We still run some errands in between but most of the time we just go to the mall, watch movies or sometimes go out of town and look for some newly opened restaurants or pastry shops (we both love sweets). We love driving around town and just hang out. Saturday is also our shopping day to buy some things that we need for our room, office supplies or bathroom. This is the time we pick up the things we need to use for the week ahead like groceries, toiletries etc. We sometimes meet up with friends/colleagues/ over coffee (JCI Meetings for me and AMREB Meetings for lester)

I sleep really early on Saturdays because i don't get to rest the whole day compared to workdays. I sleep around 7-8 in the evening. 

SUNDAY - "OHANA DAY"

Lester and I wakes up at 4 in the morning to hear the mass. This schedule is just recent, we usually go with the whole family at 8 in the evening but we opted to attend the first mass so we can do more during the day plus we love eating breakfast together =) 

After breakfast, we do our weekly cleaning. I clean the room and lester cleans the office. Still catching up on errands, making sure that everything is ready for the busy weekdays ahead.

Lunch on Sundays are the best. It's like FIESTA! 

In the afternoon, the family always go somewhere. We either go to the mall, beach or out of town. 

Dinner is also special because we always eat out. 

After dinner, the rest of the family attends the mass while lester and I get ready for our weekly spa date. I think for working couple like us, it is necessary to schedule a weekly spa/massage. Husband is always driving most of the week and I am barely breathing on my office chair. My husband always gets the foot massage service and I always get the Swedish whole body massage and we both get facial treatments. For very busy weekdays, we usually get the 2 hours so we can really sleep and rejuvenate. 

We head home right after and doze off to horror movies/documentaries.