Lesson Number 1
Enida, please have a cup of coffee before taking the Monchies to school. The other day, you really made yourself sound like one of those who solo parlano poco Inglés when you spoke to the Dutch lady who introduced her son to Edrick as Dillan and on behalf of Edrick you said, “Hi Villain!” Bad move, Enida, bad move! On mornings when you have not had your caffeine, just let Edrick do the talking.
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Lesson Number 2
When you do have a cup of Vivalto Lungo before walking the Monchies to school, keep your eyes peeled when you walk by the Sled Slope on your way home. Your daughter might still be there playing with Tia at ten after the bell. Your Monchies are no angels. They’re kids. If they’re not naughty once in a while, they are no good. They would make parenting too easy. And easy is no fun.
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Lesson Number 3
Just because you brush your teeth twice a day and floss every other day, you are not guaranteed to be safe from cavities. When you are rotting, you’re rotting. Be thankful it’s just your teeth, or maybe later your bones. Not your morality. So two visits to the dentist can buy you that Lattissima Nespresso Machine, so what? If you can’t enjoy your coffee, what can you?
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Lesson Number 4
Stop pulling your gray hair out. You’d be bald in two weeks if you don’t stop today. Or tomorrow.
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Lesson Number 5
Make the bed as soon as you jump out of it. If you don’t, more often than not you’ll jump back in as soon as your kids are out of the house.
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Lesson Number 6
Enida, please remember not to leave the adaptor for the three square prongs on the washing machine. Your helper might think you forgot about it and she might take it home. When you call her to ask if she had removed it from where you put it last, she would say that she would come over to look for it and find it for you – she doesn’t understand what you mean by, “I’ve looked everywhere 12 times and a half!”. And she would come when you are not home and make it look like she had found it and could not explain where she found it 15 minutes after she found it.
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Lesson Number 7
Do not wait until tomorrow morning what you can do tonight. Pack those lunchboxes with what you can prepare the night before. Wake up! You are not a morning person. Stop denying that you are not in denial as well. How would you explain that you forgot to pack the kids’ lunchbox until just before you stepped out to walk them to school this morning, then? You were lucky there was Smoked Salmon Linguini leftover you made the other night, and mandarin oranges you grabbed at Tsum Gastronomia for the kids’ quick snack. You can’t grab luck every morning when you forget or when you don’t wake up early enough. Can you?
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Questa è Enida 
Your post is a gentle reminder that we are aging. Tapi mengapa hatiku terasa muda sentiasa. Hatimu bagaimana pula?
Oh Wiz, it has nothing to do with aging, love! I am actually quietly hinting to my partner in crime (he commits the crime, I just watch even though I am a sleeping partner also) that I need a vacation. I am starting to speak to everyone the way I speak to me Monchies. And that is… uh very mommying. Even I don’t particularly like the way I sound. Hehehe.
I am also starting to be vain about the kids too. Rasa macam anak I je yang baik, reti bahasa berlarang jangan main lecah, jangan panjat pokok and berenjut macamlah dahan pohon tersebut diperbuat daripada spring. Bila Kitreena buat perangai sama macam anak manusia biasa (ewah! Macam ler I keturunan dewa-dewi dan disko divani ahahhh!) rasa nak rembat dia dengan ranting pokok inai. Pakkal lah pokok inai tak tahan sejuk. Sebab tu tak tumbuh-tumbuh kat Bukit Pokrovsky. Kalau ada ranting inai dah lama Kitreena berbirat barang 3 birats agak-agak di paras pelipat beliau!
I am growing up. Don’t get me wrong. The calendars are growing old too (not me!). Hehehe 🙂 But hatiku sama jua denganmu, senantiasa tidak lapuk dek hujan, tidak lekang dek panas. Evergreen, greensleeves! And I do think only cheeses and wines age. Or yeah, maybe pekasam and jeruk maman and jeruk petai as well. But we don’t age, Wiz. We bloom.