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a nursing/pumping room at work.

the project manager for our office relocation has included as part of the new office layout, space for moms who are on extended breastfeeding to express in comfort. a whole room - with sofas and a wash basin and all.

which is exactly what i had wished of having at the workplace - for the past 20-odd months.

now we’ve moved into the new office and have access to the facility - every attempt to use the room would be thwarted by last minute calls to join a meeting or i’d keep delaying the session til after i complete a few tasks… and suddenly it was time to head home..

fast forward 2 months after moving to the new building..i’ve already stopped bringing the avent out-and-about set.. since i rarely get to stick to my scheduled sessions. and for those who are in the know, once the schedule is off - your body readjusts to reflect the change in demand. anaqi only nurses directly when i return from the office.. otherwise, it’s dugrow + milo for him.

oh well.. at least when i plan for offspring #3.. i don’t have to worry about looking for a comfortable nook for pumping!

goodbye 2008 !

now.. what do i want to achieve in 2009?

• overcome my fear of drowning and just get to learning how to swim
• see through whether this new specialisation offered to me works out
• make a point to reduce tv time for the kids by doing more activities
• resume working out.. slowly though.. don’t wanna end up pulling any muscles
• and start cutting down on those calories intake that was all important when anaqi was exclusively breastfeeding

that should do it..

just bcos.

i like the quirki-ness of the stuff offered.

now.. to reason with amir why i want $500 worth of junk. …. any ideas?

i had to click on the link which tells me to update my wp to wp2.7.

now i’ve got the itch to do the update. plus to also update the freshy theme to v2.0.

as if i didn’t have anything else planned for the weekend - work being one of them.

must.

be.

strong.

and not succumb to the temptation of tinkering.

should sleep.

a longgggggggg break.

no..

can that.. .. what i want is for it to be september and for me to have answered differently to a critical question then.

i just realised - how tedium is tiring. it’s not that i don’t have nothing to do. it’s that i have things to do that i don’t know which to start on first. that’s what happens when you join a project mid-way. and the role you take up is one that should be in place when the project is initiated.

it doesn’t help that i have an idea of what i’d like to achieve and i get the vision given (i’ve been b*tching about the same thing not being given due notice in other projects i was involved in)  - but am lacking the tools and time to really make it all happen at the level of quality that i want it to be. i hate doing half-baked attempts… as it reflects badly on me.

warghhhhhh… scratch that.

just give me the discipline to do what i intended to do this weekend so next week would be slightly sane-r.

ameeen.

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