Who am I? Where do I begin.

Born in August 1985 makes me a Leo star sign which means apparently I am... 

"Leos are said to be loyal, confident, and hard-working, and are often natural leaders. They are also known for being passionate, dramatic, and enjoying being the center of attention. 

That sounds really great. To be a natural leader, passionate and hard working. I wish I was, it sounds amazing. I don't naturally gravitate towards the light, I tend to hide away. Scared to give my opinion, but times when I was in the lime light I loved it. I remember my days doing toastmaster speeches, participating in competitions. I loved it. The little bit of a leadership position I had in China was wonderful, I enjoy having people come to me for help. I love being in an assisting role. I want to be a leader that walks next to my employees not in front of them. We are a team, we work together. I love having a supportive role.

Sometimes I wonder if going back into teaching is what I want to do. My biggest concern is the christianization of all the schools. Second is the limited salary, third is the stress. Now I am back to the drawing board. Still trying to re-invent myself. It would have been easy if Corne could go back to the fresh produce market. Work for a stable salary, I would get a job at a school. Get a salary. But things are just not working out that way. 

In the meanwhile I also fell pregnant. 11 weeks already with a due date end of July, I can't see how I am going to get a job now. To be honest, I don't want a job. I want to be driven enough to do my own thing. Either in a supportive role to help Corne start something. Or just do something I am passionate about. But what am I passionate about?

Potty Training

I was so excited to start potty training. Wanted to start my son on the potty when he turned 15 months, but that was a bit early and my mom said it's easier when it is summer. Since he turned 2 in winter I decided to chill out and wait a bit. Luckily we took him out of kindergarten. November 1st was the day he officially started "home school"  what better time to start him off right away. From the research I have done they say you can potty train in 3 days, if  you take him to the toilet every 15-20 min. Easy peasy...

After a view times taking him to the toilet and him peeing in his pant every time I almost wanted to give up. I had some doubts that I am starting him off to soon but he is 2 years and 3 months. His nappy started bothering him a lot, he tells me when he pees and was okay to go sit on the toilet when I asked him to. So I decided to push through. My husband is an absolute star, he continued the next day. Sunday we were at home, it was cold and rainy so we stayed home and took him to the toilet frequently. It took about 3 weeks for him to be fully potty trained without any poo whoopsies but a month in he was doing pretty well. When I asked him if he needs to pee he would tell me "I will tell you if I need to pee". 

All went well 2 months in and we started packing to move back to Pretoria, so he started having pees whoopsies, luckily just pee. He would say, Eckan pee-pee and then just started to pee. Back in Pretoria he also had a few pee whoopsies, strange only when he is at home. Never when we were out and about. Even the whole 2 days of traveling from George to Pretoria he would ask if he needed to pee and sometimes we had to stop on the side of the road so he can wee. I'm so proud of him, he is doing great he is even off of the night nappy but some evenings he drinks to much water then I just put a nappy on.