Caroleen’s Treasures

I am sorry I am not in my blogging mood tonight. I feel really tired from doing nothing but trying to complete the lacking hours of sleep last night. Donald and Ella have slept early at 2am while I could not convince my eyes to shut down until almost half past three. I tried every sleeping position that a woman with big bulge could do but I ended up taking my laptop to bed to drain the battery (not of the laptop but of me).

So when I woke up this morning, I feel like my spirit have been left in bed while my body rose, picked flowers to bring to the chapel, had breakfast with Donald, took a quick shower and got dressed. It was when Donald started leading some hymns and heard myself singing that I realized I am there with them…alive. By the time the bible study has started and people also started coming, Ella was still asleep. I took the kids in my Sunday School class inside the house but didn’t bothered to wake Ella up. I just let her get all the sleep she needed because she’s been in an abnormal sleeping pattern for more than a week now because of the very cold weather. So since she will be going to school tomorrow, I let her sleep up to her eyebags content. I kept on checking if she’s awake but she stayed as stiff as a dead chicken until my class was finished. Then I ushered the kids to the chapel and it was during the announcement part that she came to me rubbing her eyes in pajamas. She whispered she’ll go back inside the house to change stopping me from going with her as she said she can do it alone. She’s really a big girl because she can manage now without Mommy’s help. Although I am looking forward to this moment when she could fix herself, I honestly missed the times when I still carry a diaper bag. In a few moments, she came back in a pink printed dress that she pulled from her dresser, pink headband and pink flats (even her panty is pink!) Since she was VERY late and still wore a Sunday dress, I let her wear it the whole day while she and Charlie played Barbie dolls. Yes, Charlie plays dolls that’s why I had no problem with Ella spending time with him because he’s a bit “girly”. We let them play until dusk and right after Charlie left, Ella brought a book to me and asked me to read for her about Jesus’ death at the cross. It’s just a short story but I read a few chapters before the crucifixion to save me from endless questions about the sad story of Jesus and by the time we were done she was sleepy again. It’s good that she slept early tonight so she could be at school early tomorrow. She’s so excited because she said she missed the canteen, her classmates, her teacher and even the road less travelled.

I should go now. See yah on the flip side!