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My fiancé and his friends had a “picnic” in Clear Lake last Sunday (June 27th) since the restrictions changed. So my girlfriends and I were talking in our group chat how lucky they were to finally got the chance to get together while ours got postponed. In a whim, we all decided to get together the following day: Monday. Their husbands and even my fiancé asked if it’s because we got jealous that’s why we also decided to meet up. Well, I told him, yes we got jealous at the same time we already planned to meet before but we cancelled it due to my side’s exposure to a COVID positive person.
It was our first time to meet since last year and it was also the first time for them to go out with their 3-4month old babies without any family member to help them. Was it a challenge? Yes. On my part, I was so scared to drive because the lives of a 3 month and a 4 month old babies in my own hands. I used to drive 110km/h but when I was with them, I was driving 100km/h. We were supposed to leave around 2pm but, le fiancé was still with me around that time and I still had to wash the dishes—so we ended up leaving at probably 3:30pm. It’s kind of funny when we picked up our girlfriend, A, she struggled a bit with her son’s stroller. She said that her husband showed her how to fold it earlier that day (or was it the day before?) but she does not remember how. Brain fart. Good thing she figured it out in the end. The challenge for them was probably the going out with the babies?
This hang-out is like a trial for all of us to see if we would be able to survive the day without their husband’s help so that we could go out again with just the three of us (plus the babies of course). They managed it real good. Babies were happy *I believe* and didn’t really cried much unless they were really hungry. Another challenge we encountered was: how to deal with the mosquitoes and other insects. There was no insect repellant that is safe for the babies (for less than 6months) that they could find in store. We were worried that there might be a lot of mosquitoes in our spot. But, thankfully, there were none. Well, almost none. I honestly thought I didn’t get any bite but when we came home I had lots of red spots on my arms. Then H said her babe had one red spot on his face. Crap. Well, another reminder for me to put insect repellant lotion/spray on my arms and not just on my legs LOL
We spent most of the time just talking about things—mostly the developments/milestones of their babies, their birth experiences, A’s surgery, and the struggles of being a mom. It was really refreshing to see them both outside the hospital. And I’m so happy that they are doing well despite of the challenges they faced—well they already overcame those challenges so really proud of these two mamas.
Since we realized that we actually survived the day, we decided to meet again on July 11th. This time with the husbands because my fiancé and I will go camping this coming weekend and we are going to be close to the newly found spot. Besides it’s A‘s big 3-0 birthday celebration. She said it was okay for us to gather that day as she will celebrate it on the 10th together with her babe’s christening. Her mom and sister’s birthday is this July too, so they will all celebrate it on the 10th. I think that will be the plan. Hopefully we’ll be able to push it through. If not, there will always be a next time.
Once again, this is a late post. I got busy with work and couldn’t find time to actually sit and finish this post LOL Will update soon. Stay safe!
Ciao!💋
