For the Okinawans, a typhoon is just a big storm. There are
tales of people walking on the streets during the storm and out and about when
the eye passes over us - they have been here longer and know that the damage
will be minimal. All the buildings here are made of concrete and are built to
withstand the storms that frequent these islands, you see, so we will not be
blowing around like those houses on stilts.
Now is the time I should be out buying up water and more M&Ms
for Omar and make sure we have bread for at least a week but I'm in no hurry. I
think of it like this:
All the crazy people are at the commissary right now rushing
around trying to buy up all the food on the shelves because they didn't go
shopping last week and have no food in the cupboards. While I, being the
proactive person I am, went last week and have so much food that if our power
goes off we need to eat like pigs so it does not spoil and have water already
stocked for at least three days which I got last month as a just in case. So I
can relax and just make sure I get those M&Ms before tomorrow night so Omar
won’t be without them and make sure I cook some Omelette before our power goes
out…whenever that will be. Therefore, I don’t have to deal with the crazy
people.
So, for updates on our little typhoon – which since yesterday
has moved it's path from directly over us to way off the coast of us - please
visit the
Joint Typhoon Warning Center. As for Omar and myself, we will be wondering
when we will go into TC-1C and can go home and snuggle for the duration of the
storm.
Posted by Heather
at 11:30am
I Got, Got, Got No Time
Who decided on only 24 hours in a day?
According to Encyclopedia Britannica,
“Most early Western civilizations used 24 seasonal hours in the day - 12 hours of daylight and 12 of darkness. This was the practice of the Greeks, the Egyptians, and the Romans, and of Western Christendom so far as civil reckoning was concerned.”
Ok with that out of the way, it seems like there are not enough hours to get all the tasks that we need
to do finished. Maybe it's just me.
Let us do some math:
24 hours
in a DAY
- 8 hours for WORK
- 8 hours for SLEEP (if I’m lucky)
- 3 hours for REHEARSAL
- 1 hour for EXERCISE
- 1 hour for TEACHING VOICE
3 hours for EVERYTHING ELSE
YIKES! In those three hours I’ve got to cook and eat, clean the house a little and relax (that will be gone once my class starts). No wonder the house never seems to get clean. I’ve come a long way from my too many projects days at UM. I enjoy everything that I am doing, but sometimes feel like I’m neglecting the house.
I’ve been on this website called FlyLady.net. It’s a great site that helps SHEs (Sidetracked Home Executives) get their home together. I did well for a while with all the schedules and little tasks around the house and for a while there the house was always clean…well, most of the time anyway. Now if I have 15 minutes to clean an area it’s during my lunch break when I’m supposed to be eating. Don’t worry I get the eating in there and I am watching my points (just joined Weight Watchers 3 weeks ago).
Then I look at Omar. If I thought I didn’t have enough time, this poor guy doesn’t have ANY time! He almost fell asleep when we went to Chili’s for lunch yesterday – which is odd for him
since he's always been so full of energy.
Omar
at work
He’s working 12 hours a day and sleeping 8 – 10 hours a day. Thus leaving 2-4 hours that is divided into changing in and out of uniform, showering after work, chilling on the computer or in front of the TV and eating. And STILL there are days I get home from work and he’s done the dishes and started laundry…how does he do it?
Is that a bird, is that a plane no it’s SUPERHUBBY! One of these day’s I’ll gain energy that will match his and I’ll be able to finish all the laundry in one sitting, clean the dishes and still be frisky.
Then I'll be SUPERWIFEY!
