Torn

MY ONE is overseas this week and boy things seem to run crazy during his absence. I fell ill, so did my mum, the kids are really quite a handful, especially Chloe. I felt so exasperated with her these 2 mornings when she refused to eat her breakfast at the day care centre. Instead she plays hide-and-seek with me and threw her usual temper tandrums. Is it me? Am I being too tough on her such that we both parted so upset with each other these two mornings? I mean what's the big deal about not eating breakfast? She'll go hungry and lose more weight when she's already so skinny now and then? And Claire has her series of exams this week too, neighbour below insists that we fix our leaking pipe asap when I can't even see the leak and was only informed of the situation on Tues. Of course all the night feedings for Noah means less than 4 hours sleep. BIG SIGH!

To add on to issues, my request for part-time isn't going that smoothly in office. I mean people chose to read whatever they want to but when questioned, though I feel bad for making such a request now when I just came back from sponsored study, what do they know about my situation and Chloe's? I have lost so much time with her when I was in the States, which is probably the reason why she's slower in her development, and I can't afford to lose anymore right now! Who knows the demands of coping with 4 young kids, holding a full time job, while hubby is seemingly not around when things happen, better than me? Wasn't there this talk about how many civil servants being on the part-time scheme? And all these people must have strong medical condition to go on that scheme?

Maybe I am just fretting over Chloe's assessment next Mon......I seriously hope so!