When my mom asked me what I wanted for my 34th
birthday, I didn’t hesitate before answering, “sleep.” My baby daughter is only
4 months old and since she was born I haven’t had more than a few hours of
uninterrupted sleep at a time. I also told my mom that I wanted to eat good
food. My mom knew that I’d been looking forward to a work trip to HK that ended
up being postponed, so she suggested that she gift me with the plane tickets to
head to HK for a couple days to see my bestie, Katie, get some sleep, and eat
some good food. As soon as Marcus said he was fine handling the kids, I booked
my tickets and a few days later was in Hong Kong!
I was so nervous about leaving Aliya before I left Palawan,
but once I was in Hong Kong, I honestly just really enjoyed the break. Of
course I was only there for one full day, so I knew I wasn’t going to be away
from her for very long. But I really needed that trip because it reminded me
that I can have a life outside of just being Aliya’s mom. Of course I know this
but when the sleep deprivation has been endless and you are just so exhausted,
it is easy to imagine that you will never sleep or have a life again until your
kid is 18. And at that point you won’t sleep because you’ll be imagining all
the trouble she can get into. It was also super lovely to just hang out with
Katie, her sister Margeaux, and friends Ed, Kasia, Mary and David, have a cocktail,
eat good food, do fun things, go shopping, and yes, sleep.
On my second night in HK Katie took me to a David Guetta
concert. I am so out of the loop in Palawan that I didn’t know who he was when
Katie emailed me to say she had tickets for his show. I asked Marcus
if he knew who David Guetta was and he said, “Didn’t he win American Idol?” At
least I’m not the only one who didn’t know who he is! We had a good time at the
concert, and now I know ;-)
It was such a short trip but so much fun and so good for me.
So thankful for that break!
I took a bunch of photos in Hong Kong but sadly on my first
day back in Palawan (Mother’s Day no less!) my phone was either lost or stolen
on my way to church. So no photos except for the 4 that I put up on instagram
while I was still in Hong Kong. So, here they are!
Oh and for my birthday party back in Puerto (on Mother's Day) we were privileged to have Palawan’s best chef,
tito Ernie Lim, come and cook up a feast for me and my friends and family. It
was so much fun and all the food so ridiculously delicious. So I got my sleep,
and many days of good food. 34 is off to a great start! ;-)
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