Transition

It’s been more than a month since my boss was made redundant. Since then I have been reporting directly to my big boss which hasn’t been too bad but sigh, I miss my old boss. Our meetings are short and sharp, he says yes to everything that I ask for and gives me the responses that I expect. I should be happy about that, but I miss the discussion, the camaraderie and the trust. I know relationships take time to build, I should keep trying.

When things at work are not great, I am comforted that I come home to a wonderful family and tight friendship network. We have a family holiday coming up and I’m super excited to spend two weeks with my people. Of course we sometimes rub each other up the wrong way and tempers may flare, but I still think that we will have a great time and I’m just happy to think I can be with my parents, my kids, my sisters and yak all day!

Counting down the days till the holiday.

Saitaoha’s birthday celebration

It’s the Labor Day long weekend ! Happy Saturdays means spending time with the grandparents and soft serve ice creams. I have a fondness of soft serves because my ah Pa and I used to eat them together all the time. It’s nice to see him enjoying ice cream with my daughters.

Every year I let Saitaoha choose how she wants to celebrate her birthday with her cousins. This year she asked to go roller skating. I’m pleased to say I tried out my new roller blades too, I was terrible but at least I gave it a go. I think we will go for a family class this year, at least once !

Saitaomei wows me with her courage and determination, she always volunteers and puts her hand up for all competitions !

Saitaoha skating with her cousin. They enjoy spending time together so much.

Look at this happy person!

We had Vietnamese for lunch, we really wanted chicken rice but they were packed so Vietnamese it was. It turned out to be a pretty good choice in the end, the restaurant was comfortable and the food was not bad. It was just nice to hang out with my family.

We had pasta in the Valley for Saitaoha’s family birthday dinner. I’ve been wanting to bring my family there since I visited during Father’s Day last year.

Birthday girl with her Ben and Jerry’s icecream cake. The cake was extremely decadent and everyone enjoyed it very much. Saitaoha was the happiest because she doesn’t like cake, I think I will have to get her an icecream cake every year.

I wonder what was her birthday wish.

A picture with her favourite cousins.

One with their favourite Gung Gung and Mah Mah.

The two sisters.

She loved all of her birthday presents! Lucky girl was thrilled with all her presents this year, she’s so loved and spoilt.

It’s been a glorious long weekend and wonderful birthday celebration for Saitaoha!