Life less organized -culture shock pt. 1

How does it feel like when you have no real responsibilities? It must be like you are on a holiday 24/7. Reality is that In my case, it is like I have to carry all the responsibilities around me on my shoulders. (Pressure comes from within, so completely, utterly unnecessary. This has resulted in an extremely exhausted stay at home mom. I have cleaned the whole of the in-laws house (might I add that the standard of clean is a bit different in these two cultures so to catch-up after years of African styled cleaning has taken more time and effort than I had wished), organized a meal plan, T's schedule, my/kids schedule, company sales schedule, my real hobby of Finnish school teaching, closets etc. etc. Less might be more, but in my case it seems that when I have less, i.e. no full-time job, I add everything and anything to my plate to keep myself busy. So I've decided to schedule some relaxation time for myself. Maybe then I'll get it too. :) from 5 am to 6 am, all for me <3.

Being together as a family is wonderful, while balancing T's business meetings with boys who love nothing as much as playing with baba is more challenging. Eventually I'm sure it will work it self out. I hope. I wish. It has to. :)

The heat is another thing, it has made me so exhausted that only now after couple of weeks I'm starting to adjust. But when the electricity is off, even for a minute, I'm not a happy camper. I need at least a fan to function, with a/c even better (but this I'm trying to cut as much as possible).

I'm also a fan of organization, of everything, so I've noticed that this is actually my biggest challenge of culture shock. I need for things to happen now. I know I shouldn't, and I know life would be far less stressful if I didn't, but let's just say this is a work in progress in my self-development plan. Slow progress.

Don't get me wrong, I'm happy about our decision to come and stay here. Waking up to sun shine every day, wearing cute summer clothes all the time and just being able to cuddle up with the hubby or take a shower in peace feels like heaven on earth. <3 

Pole pole. Taratibu. Hakuna matata.*

Life is good. Just need to focus on the good instead of the not yet parts. 

Baadaye!!

*hitaasti, pikkuhiljaa, ei ongelmia