Yesterday was a very negative and boring day. It started out as normal with getting the kids fed, dressed and off to school. A busy but productive hour and a half. I then popped into town for a quick grocery shop, paid some bills and was home by 10:00am. It was all down hill from there. I realised once I got home that I had nothing to do, no cleaning as the maid had been the day before, no washing or ironing. The kids toys were tidied and put away. I had no emails to read or respond to and Facebook was giving me nothing interesting to read either. I ended up doing what I usually do on these days which are all too frequent and put on a DVD and hit the couch for about 4 hours! Come on, 4 hours! By the time the kids came home from school I was so brain dead and lethargic I didn't even have the energy to get active with them and it was even worse by the time Marcus got home and he caught the brunt of it. Thankfully dinner got served without too much screaming and I realised that there was a game of netball on that night that some friends of mine had put together so I made the effort to get dressed and hitch a ride with a friend to go and watch and it was exactly what I needed. To get out of the house, to talk to some people (other than my kids) and I even umpired a quarter to help out. A few beers (the girls had not pregnant me) on the road afterwards at a tiny bar not far from our village and I came home feeling much more positive and in a much happier mood. Thankfully Marcus was still awake and was willing to listen to me talk it all out.
I can't imagine what it must be like for some women I hear about who are new to expat life who have gone almost a whole year without meeting any friends or socialising with anyone, I go crazy after just a few days of being housebound. It isn't good for a person to be so secluded, we need and crave interaction with other adults and benefit greatly from it and our families benefit from it too. It has made me start to think that I will need to update my qualifications and learn some new skills so that when this new baby is old enough I can start thinking about working again, nothing full time as I want to be able to take and pick them up from school but something that gets my brain working again and gives me something else to think about instead of obsessing over such trivial matters, which I have been doing alot of lately.
So this morning I woke up feeling much more chipper and ready to get out and begin the day. After dropping the kids off at school I headed into town to meet some friends for breakfast and coffees and as luck would have it I even got to do some shopping at the new Gap store and much to my delight found some T-shits that were made of light cool cotton and were a big enough size to cover my ever expanding belly. So of course I bought 5. I have learnt form living here in Pattaya that if you see something you like or fits well GRAB IT or else it wont be there next time.
As I headed home I impulsively dropped into our local massage parlour and got a lovely hour long foot massage. I must say it was one of the best ones I have had so far, I even felt obliged to tip her more than normal. Then once at home since it is such a hot and sweaty day and my legs were still all oily from the massage I popped into my pool for a quick dip to cool off.
So today is turning out to be a much better day than yesterday and I think the trick is to constantly remind myself of all the perks that living in Thailand has and to take advantage of them while we are still here, because once we are back home on Aussie soil the weekly massages and nights out will come to a immediate halt. I wonder if I will be able to find a nice cheap Thai massage parlour in Melbourne and sneak a few foot massages in here and there?
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