What a week that was.. trying to get back on track and prepare our family trip to Lake Balaton!

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Sore throat and a 1 day fever

Last week my boyfriend mentioned that his throat hurts and I immediately told him to keep that pain there, and not pass it to me for once. Of course that sort of a joke, which he didn't listen to.. It didn't take more than 1,5 day for my throat to start bugging me, so I knew this was not going to be fun. Usually I try to cough my brains out after a few days, which will give me an exploding headache as well. Although I still had a fever for a whole day, lying under a blanket, with a little girl being the sweetest thing ever all day because mommy was ill, the couching wasn't as bad as it usually is.

Nights are normally the worst

This time they weren't. I started playing a meditation file a few days before the sore throat arrived, and continued to do so when I was ill. I was surprised to sleep through the nights with only a few interruptions where I needed to cough compared to continuous coughing without being able to sleep all night. It even meant that I woke up rested and didn't feel like I got hit by a truck at all. So I will continue to listen to these files at night. We also saw an improvement in our daughter's sleeping behaviour because of this. Even when she started to have a snotty nose and cough a bit, she slept well for a few nights, and it all just disappeared. Yesterday she was the sweetest thing all day long, she woke up happy and was so cute all day. Until dad got home, she started to get wild, because she knows she can play wild with him if he isn't too tired. But dad had a rough day so that didn't work out. Meaning the last few hours were a bit of annoying, but overall we had a super good day together.

Tickets for Balaton trip are in the pocket

We all can't wait until we are lying on the "beach" at lake Balaton in a few weeks. It will be so nice for our daughter, swimming every day, but for us as well.. My head has been filled with tons of ideas, and at the moment I just need to clear my head first. As I want to be prepared as can be, I also decided to buy the train tickets to and from the lake yesterday. My daughter and me went to the train station, and bought them. I love these ticket prices here in Budapest (especially compared to Holland!), for a 2 hour train ride from Budapest to Balaton, we buy a family ticket for as little as 15 euro (total for all 3 of us) including seat reservation. So the return ticket is only 30 euro for all of us. While we bought these tickets, boyfriend let me know that his flight to Holland is also booked. Unbelievable that a company only books with these expensive airlines for a short flight like this. The total costs for his ticket only were above 1000 euro, while you can fly budget for a lot less. So while we prepare for when he gets back from this business trip, he's preparing for this first.

Yesterday I got a bit anxious

As the news hit me that he will be gone for 8 full days due to the very inconvenient flight times. I'm sure we will manage together, our daughter and me, but still it's weird that this will be the first time in years to be seperated for this long. I'm quite used to the fact that when we go somewhere with our daughter, he's there as well. So when she doesn't listen, he backs me up, and vice versa. Because that happens a lot with her at this age, and yes it's all a phase and it shall pass.. But it suddenly started to sink in that if there will be a problem during that week, he won't be there to help or back me up. My boyfriend can be very helpful with things that seem little effort for others, but are a huge help to me. For example, I have to be careful not to overload groceries to spare my back. We buy bottles of water in bulk nowadays (not bulk but 6 packs haha) as it's gone in 2 days, and whenever I buy them I can only carry 2 or maybe 3 of them at once. This morning he was ready to go to work early, and offered to get a 6 pack of water before he left. If he's in Holland, I will probably have to go get the water daily, and that sucks...

I will miss him, and sure daughter will too

We will miss him when he's gone, and although I'm glad he will probably learn a lot about the new company while being there, I also am a bit jealous that we will not be joining on this trip. Not that I would enjoy going to that place where he will be located, but the trip part itself, going to the airport, take a flight somewhere. But we will be much better off here in our own apartment during this week, plus I found out there are some fun things to do for children during the weekend. I hope everything works out well, so me and my daughter will be able to go have some fun when dad's gone. And we know that when dad's back home, the next day it's Balaton time!! It will probably be a bit tiring for him, as his flight arrives late, and we leave early in the morning.. but it is what it is, enough time there to relax and take some rest when we are there.

Trying to push myself to write

But I noticed I'm not feeling really passionate yet, and still am a bit drained. I thought it would be smart to start with a write up about last week, to get me started. So here it is, nothing fancy to mention, but a lot going on at the same time. I'm sure in a few weeks I will have a lot to share as we will then be at the lake, with the most amazing sunsets ever, which I'll hopefully capture on camera now that I can use a tripod for those moments. Hopefully everyone reading this is doing ok, and hope to engage more with everyone soon.

~Anouk