What A Perfect Day

Patut cerita psl sambungan trip Roscoff & Morlaix tu, tp sbb hari ni cuaca Alhamdulillah amatlah molek skali, terus rasa nak share kat sini plak. Nak buat mcm mana, sini kan tgh musim winter/awal spring lg, susah nak jumpa hari yg cantik mcm hari ni. Matahari keluar dgn terik skali, tp jgn terpedaya ye, suhu hari ni pg td -1C. Mungkin sbb x de awan sket pon, langit mmg betul2 biru, tp tu la, the clouds tu also act as penebat haba, so jaga la, mlm karang sure sejuk betul… Tp hari ni mmg budak2 dah pakai seluar pendek dgn flip flops apa semua, berjemur dpn library…. Jgn marah eh kalo ada yg tertunggu2kan sambungan cerita hari tu (ada ke yg menunggu? Erk…). Mmg akan sambung, just a little later eh…



Ok, hari ni Aisyah gi nursery. Usually, aku hntr dia nursery pada hari yg aku dan Hubs keja shift pagi. In our household, pg2 sebegini mmg rushing la, my blood boiling2 jg la kdg2 tu, especially kalo dah terlewat sket kuar rumah, or bila Aisyah moody sket nak bgn menyebabkan kesukaran nak solek kan dia, or bila dia psg mode auto-pilot plak on the way berjalan kaki ke nursery dia tuh, menyebabkan last2 aku kena dukung aje dia kalo x ntah mana2 dia nak berlari, just so that x sampai lewat kat tempat keja. Jgn tanya la Hubs di mana, dia keja from 6.30-8.30 pg, so the responsibility of getting her to nursery is solely on me. By the time aku sampai tempat keja, I would already be sweating like a pig, and spent, and blood pressure sket lg nak jejak siling.

But one day every week I set that Aisyah goes to nursery pada hari yg aku x kena gi kerja langsung, spt hari ni. It’s amazing how sebenarnya kalo x stress and x rush, mood Aisyah jg turut jd baik and we have the most PERFECT morning together ok. On mornings like today, Aisyah bgn sendiri, x perlu dipaksa bgn sbb x yah rushing. On mornings like today, Aisyah makan breakfast properly side by side dgn aku, her a banana with milk, me a couple of golden syrup oat porridge, instead of me shoving her milk bottle down her throat in order to suruh dia telan cpt2 just to get out of the door.

On mornings like this, she sempat helps me with laundry lg ok, sorting out the light and the dark before putting them in a basket, lps tu transfer masuk mesin basuh then tuang sabun dan pulas tombol washing machine to the setting that we wanted. On mornings like this she lets me brush her teeth good and clean sbb we could mess about in front of the mirror kerana tiada kekangan masa. On mornings like this, I have time to let her decide what she wants to wear instead of cpt2 pakaikan whatever – she chose a dress. On mornings like this, you could hear us both nyanyi2, instead of my pitchy witchy voice marah2kan Aisyah.

On mornings like this she lets me brush her hair bcoz I have been ‘NICE’ to her all morning. On mornings like this she asks to wear sunglasses, and insisted that I wear one too bcoz it’s sunny outside.



On mornings like this, we even had time for pictures, which she dutifully posed for me besides a cluster of fresh wild daffodils on the ground in our front garden.



On mornings like this, we went to nursery whilst chasing each other, crying ‘Mummy, catch me! Catch me!’ followed by my foolish run and grunt, ‘Arrr… arrr… I’ll get you!!!!’ (aku buat bunyi dinosaur, or maybe bunyi pirate kot?), and then after 5 steps, you would say ‘Okay mummy, Aisyah do it. I catch you, I catch you!’, then it was my turn to shriek like a pond*n, with the exaggerated act of arms flailing above my head, which made you laugh real hard, thinking that you’ve successfully made me scared and shit my pants. All the way it was like that till we get to your nursery door.



On mornings like this, I get to feel what it’s like to a PERFECT mother that I'd always like to be, instead of this this garang mak tiri your Dad always calls me when he thinks my fuse has blown over the smallest things you did.

Today was a PERFECT day, and I want to remember as it was, so I have it written here. I’m sorry if my work got in our way most of the time. I promise I will try to loosen up and take life a little less seriously from now. I’ll try to be less of a stress-head, so that it wouldn’t affect our relationship. May there be many more days like these to come, my child!

PS: I envy Stay-At-Home-Moms. They get to do this everyday!