Awareness and Presence

I have been keeping my senses up these days with a few intervals of being lost in thoughts.  I start the day with a positive thought about the morning and take note of my surroundings.  I helps keep the thoughts at bay and I only work with thoughts that are productive.  The course of the day is rather routine, with chores in the morning, a bit of internet surfing and facebook.  The floors are swept and mopped if sticky.  The clothes are washed and hung up in the sun.  The fish are fed.  Then it is some free time to read or write.

Joey comes home at 12.30 and it is best to keep him happy so that there is little opportunity for a face-off and a tantrum.  Jordan stays in school until 3.30 as the school prepares Std 6 students for UPSR.  Johan comes back at 1.30 Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and 3.30 on Mondays and Thursdays (extra class and co-curricular activities).  Thereafter, he goes for tuition at 4.  Jordan attends tuition 5.30 to 7pm and Johan comes home after Jordan is sent.

In between, I may read or tend to the fish or the garden.  Then it is dinner preparation as dinner is typically at 7.15 after Jordan comes back.  Ironing is done in between dinner preparation and after dinner.  Then dining and kitchen are swept and mopped if sticky.  The day slows down with a bit of TV (news at 8) and then it is shower time and more reading as the boys settle down for the day.  Bedtime for the boys is 9.30 while I go to bed at about 10.30.

And the whole time, I stay awake and aware of my thoughts, emotions, actions.  I end the day with a prayer of thanks and a positive thought.