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Freedom days | First week

People have been asking me "how's life?" these days knowing I am enjoying some time off work.  The first day of freedom, I felt really weird.  In fact I woke up at 540am (it's summer so it's all bright and cheery by 5am) and I could not get back to sleep.  I started to think of the weekly 8am meeting at work and told myself not to be so silly because I started to feel nostalgic and sad.  K being a light sleeper saw me tossing and turning and told me "don't be crazy, get back to sleep…"

In the afternoon I thought I'd take a 20min walk to our high street to get some food and also some flowers for the house since I will be home for most of the time now.  When I was there, I was greeted with groups of school kids after school hours - giggling, laughing, chasing one another down the road - and the sight just looked really foreign to me.  The whole day I kept having this thought of "omg I am jobless?!".  Silly I know.  It's just realising how much we put our lives through a routine that all of a sudden you feel lost without a job?  Before you start shaking your head, I promise you I will soon get used to a life of doing nothing :)  This is but a transition.

Day two of freedom I decided to venture out.  I didn't quite know where to go (no plans made whatsoever), I decided to go to Tower Bridge and then to the Design Museum nearby.  It was a sunny day so a nice day out.  I bought a drink and a pastry and sat at the foot of Tower Bridge for a while, just watching people (including the many tourists trying to do a selfie with the selfie stick just cracks me up) and enjoying the majestic bridge in front of me.



Not a bad idea
I slowly made my way to the Design Museum and walked around for an hour or so before deciding I should head back to start cooking dinner for my hubby.  It was interesting but I still prefer the Design Museum in Copenhagen.



I did like the cute doodles they drew on the white walls


Eating Healthy

Staying at home and preparing breakfast and lunches, I have turned to eating healthy for some reason.  I guess making a salad for one is easy.  Plus it's summer and I am a salad convert now.  For breakfast, I decided to indulge in triple chocolate cereals and decided to top it with fresh strawberries.  I even made a glass of fresh juice to go along.



For lunch, once I even made a baked salmon salad.  I threw quite a few things on the plate: carrots and hummus, cucumber, tomatoes on a bed of Italian leaves drizzled with olive oil, balsamic vinegar and lemon juice.  I topped it with baked salmon with garlic and lemon.  It was lovely.


Good meal on a hot summer's day

Now bring on week 2!  I am convinced that by the end of this period, I would be like "work?  What's that?"

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