I know, I know. I’ve been incessantly complaining about the heat all summer. But if you’re here you’ll surely understand why I needed to wake up at 2 o’clock in the morning just to take a shower and freshen up, then go back to sleep again.

This is probably the worst summer of my entire life. Ever. Climate change is one son of a b!@tc# (weatherization training, anyone?).

There are people dying of heatstrokes, people who are dehydrated, lethargic – everyday lives is being affected. Personally I’m almost always in a bad mood. Sure, you can argue that one can turn the air conditioning on, but with the electricity bill doubling in the past month (with hardly any change in our consumption), I’d rather bear the heat.

Only ten more days until June. I hope the rainy season starts early. Please please please.

A recent death in the family made me think of my own mortality. Somehow, I am getting convinced that there really might be some benefits in getting a term life insurance. I am single and I have a 3-year old boy. I am an only child. My father lives on the other side of the world with his wife. I am estranged from my father’s relatives. Sometimes I think, what’s to become of my son if I die? What would I leave my son?

Somehow it scares me. But I think it’s wise to be ready.

Busy, busy, busy. This is why I haven’t been able to blog daily as I used to. A mother’s work is never done. There’s a child to raise, a house to keep, a garden to tend.

Here’s a short list of the things I have to do.

• Get rid of the aphids on my Acalypha plants.
• Nurse my ailing Boxwood topiary.
• Find a good preschool nearby.
• Crunch the numbers and figure out my son’s enrollment this schoolyear.
• Get a wading pool. The summer heat is killing me.
• Have a look at all those insurance quotes

This isn’t it. These are just the things that are on my “immediate” to do list. I still have a gazillion things to attend to after I’ve finished with the above.

What is keeping you busy these days?