Hello, world.
It has been a while.
Life has been busy with work, the kids and a new marriage. It is also Ramadan.
We moved into a bigger house about a month ago, and I am still adjusting.
There is more space now, but somehow there is also more furniture, more belongings and more things to organise.
We are a family of five: AK, HN, A, H and Hn.
These days, I wake up at 5:00 am to prepare sahur and get the kids ready for school.
We pray Subh together and leave the house by 6:40 am.
HN sends Hn to school before going to the office. I send A and H, then return home because I am still working from home.
Once I get back, I usually clean the house, get ready and scroll through my phone before starting work.
Sometimes, if I am early enough, I take a nap.
Work usually begins around 9:00 am, although meetings occasionally start at 8:30.
At 12:20 pm, I leave again to pick up Hn.
Then I drive about 20 minutes to A and H’s school. Depending on what time A finishes, we normally reach home around 2:15 pm.
Then I go back to work.
During Ramadan, HN comes home around 4:30 pm. We often buy food for iftar because I usually work until 6:30.
Throughout the afternoon, I check whether the kids have prayed Zohr and Asr, make sure they are not playing games for too long and intervene when someone starts fighting.
Sometimes I feel like the worst mum ever.
Then I remember that if I were working from the office, I would probably only see them after 6:30 anyway.
That thought helps.
At Maghrib, we break our fast and eat together.
This is my favourite part of the day.
We pray Maghrib together, eat, talk and then have a short stretch of time before Isya’ when I can finally breathe.
The kids go to bed around 9:30 pm.
Then the day ends.
The routine is completely different when the kids are with their other parent. I will write about that another time.
For now, I am still getting used to this house, this routine and being a family of five.
Talk to you soon, insyaAllah.
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