Can You Change a Night Owl?

I’m a late sleeper. Or maybe early sleeper? That's depending on how you look at it.

If you're in Facebook or Gtalk, you’d probably see my active online status even at 3 or 4 am. I may even tweet here and there if an inspiration hit.

You see, I "LOVE" working at night. I've been like this for years now. It is when I’m an uninterrupted, brain-juice-flowing, coffee-brewing-writing-maniac who’s running on a 1oo mile per hour speed.

Piles

“Only take what you can finish.”
That is a phrase that I was often told as a little girl and now I constantly use it with my own children. Sadly, I’m not very good in practicing what I preach. But that’s a whole other issue.
I have piles of everything everywhere.
Pile of laundry.
Pile of paperwork.
Pile of dust. I’m sure of that!
As if I have enough time in a day, I just received some new books I ordered through Amazon. Now my pile of new books will prettily sit with a bigger pile of other books I have yet to read.
I am now adding this to my pile of guilt.

No Blinking Allowed!

Year 2010…Wow, how did it get here so fast?

Rewinding back from when I was 20 years old, my husband-then-boyfriend once told me that as soon as we turn 21 our lives will speed up uncontrollably fast. Now that I’m 40, I’d have to say --- he’s so right! It zoomed by. Fast. Too fast and I’m starting to really dread it.

No real reason to complain about life in general. I married the love of my life, we’re blessed with 3 healthy children, and we live in a wonderful city. But life is passing by so quickly and it feels like I’m in a race against time to make each and every single day as wonderful and memorable for them (my kids) as much as possible.

Yesterday I was going through some old family videos. I really miss seeing all three of them as tiny little babies and toddlers. I wish there was a way to freeze those moments. But even that may not be enough for me to just cuddle with them to my heart’s content.

My middle son is just starting to get shy when I greet him with a kiss after school. My youngest will be attending preschool this coming fall and yet I’m not over that she’s managed to wean herself from breastfeeding at 16 months. And when our firstborn was just 2 years old, we decided to buy him this indoor gym/playhouse/slide so that he can still be as active inside. The brochure said that it is great for kids from 2-10. This year he’s turning 10!

I’m really excited to see what’s in store for them in the future. But I’m so afraid to even blink and miss something big.