M'dam to Maid

Once a month, on our FDW's off day, Di and will have a feeling our lifespan had shorten by at least a decade. And its takes only a simple act to achieve that - change the diapers for the 2 munchkins. *Sigh*

And on such days, I am totally transformed from M'dam to Maid. The moment my FDW exits the door for her respite for the day, my "maidom" journey begins. Yesterday was a good example, and errr... a great disaster. Well, things went pretty well in the beginning. Then I heard a commotion when I was feeding En in the bedroom. I could hear Xuan screaming and yelling her lungs out, and my heart just skipped and wild thoughts raced. Could she had fell and hurt herself? Did she get her fingers squashed? Or her faced stuck between the bars of the gate???

I came out of the bedroom to find Di in a pathetic state. You see, things went totally crazy when he decided to change Xuan's soiled diaper. She just refused to cooperate by tossing and turning her body and rolling over on her tummy, reaching out for her poo, snatching away the wet wipes and nappy cream, etc. Di was about to breakdown when I saw him. Well, as much as my heart goes out to him, such episodes are pretty common on a daily basis. In fact, it took me and my FDW a while to figure out tricks to get the munchkins' cooperation during diaper changing sessions. Anyway, we managed to get Xuan's diaper on her and then get her to nap shortly after that. Hence the end to our first crisis of the day, with a few years shorten on Di's lifespan chart.

To keep the story short, we suffered another few lifespan cuts due to the following:

• Crisis #02 - "Feeding woes at Lunch time"
• Crisis #03 - "Nap time struggle"
• Crisis #04 - "Evening bath terror"
• Crisis #05 - "Goodnight, Sweet Dreams"

Hmmm... Looking at the above titles, I think I can make them into short movie clips. Kekeke... Anyway, all in all, I think its reasonable to believe that we've had 10 years of our lifespan shorten. And yes, I was glad to be M'dam again when my FDW returned at 9pm. Praise the Lord!

Nevertheless, I am thankful for my "maidom" days. Not only does Di get to experience what my FDW and I have to go through everyday, we get our RT (aka Re-Training in local army terms) on the things we used to do. Di almost forgot how to operate the washing machine yesterday when I asked him to help with the laundry. Can you believe it??? Hahaha...

My greatest reward on my "maidom" days? Its when Di finds himself appreciating what I have gone through (and still working on it) to raise our bundle of joy. ^.^

"and whosoever of you would be the chiefest shall be servant of all." - Mark 10:44 21st Century KJV