There’s not much to update this week. We have been quite busy with the O level exams and since last week was what the students called ‘Hell Week’, my whole focus was in the children and the exams.

The past few weeks have been quite busy, what with exams and then work which is also peaking this week and next before I can take a breather before our holidays.

There was and is a continuing some family drama happening in S’ family involving two brothers, one of whom, I think, has such a huge ego!

Anyway, have a great week and we are counting down to the last two week of the exams.

The O level written exams start today and I think I am more nervous than the children. I flash back to the time I took the exams equivalent to the O levels and wonder if my parents were as stressed out as I am now. It’s only when you walk in their shoes, you feel the pain.

GG is someone who is not very good with formal exams and sometimes second guesses herself and makes a mess of her answers. This is only true for national exams and she is ok with school internal exams. My prayers for her is to be cool, calm and collected and not second guess herself. She should be sure of what she has written and unless it’s a completely wrong answer, should stick with her original answer.

BB is the chill guy. He is the exact opposite of his sister and has been super calm and collected leading to the exams. This first week for him is just Maths and English, so he is chill this week since they are his strongest subjects. It’s next week that will be testing times for him as he has his sciences and humanities then, which are not his strong subjects. GG on the other hand find STEM subjects taxing and revels in the humanities!

As for me, I have also been under work stress, but hopefully I am going to manage it well this week. It was a busy last week for me and this week also promises to be a busy one.

I have also started prepping for Diwali and every day prepare something for the festival.

Have a great week folks and Happy Diwali to everyone!

This week was a super busy week for me, what with meetings and medical appointments almost all days of the week.

I had a follow up to the eye clinic and the good news is that my next follow up with them will be after a year. This means that the oily eyelids condition has stabilised and now I only have to work on my dry eyes.

I also have started thinking on my plans for 2020. I want to spend time working on myself this year, espcially on things that interest me like photography and my writing. I plan to take some classes, either online or physical to improve on the aspects I think I want to improve on. I am planning on utlising my time in India to do more in-depth thinking on this. More on this once I finalise my thoughts.

This week is a mixed bag with some days being very busy and the others not so much.

Hope your week is more relaxed than mine!