On hindsight

With all the happenings recently, I begin to see God's hand in the situation and am grateful for it. Here are a list of things I don't see except on hindsight:

1. Shifting to Casa Rosa. Although the shift was rushed and unexpectedly early, but I don't need to climb up and down the stairs anymore. It would certainly create more harm since the baby is low now and not ideal. This, I can only see on hindsight
2. Hospitalisation leave. I have always wanted long leave and though the hospitalisation leave was unexpected and sudden, it had given me 5 weeks of leave. Though I spent 3 weeks working from home, but the remaining 2 weeks was spent more leisurely and I can read more and pray more and sleep in more. I can wake up later and rest in the afternoon as well. I experience less stress, more freedom and can put on weight more easily. I can read more to baby too.

I fell sick twice with flu, cough and sore throat and having this hospitalisation leave covered the rest I needed to recover.

My feet has also swelled badly and I can hardly fit into any of my shoes. I bought a pair of slippers but I'm starting to outgrow that too. So I'm thankful I'm asked to stay home so I don't need to buy a suitable pair of shoes and walk around like a penguin.

I also can't fit my bras nowadays. The cup size doesn't seem to fit. But being home, I don't need to wear my bra and feel more at ease and free. It feels good.

Finally, I did a quick count and I would be having 6 months of leave! 5 weeks of hospitalisation leave, 3 weeks of outpatient leave/MC (intend to) and 4 months of maternity leave! That makes 6 months! Not including the 8 days of Annual Leave that I need to complete this year + 6 days of Childcare Leave! Cool! It is unexpected. 6 months of leave out of my 2-year contract! Plus it's paid leave. In all honesty, it feels quite weird to be paid but not doing work. I don't see the logic in it though. If you talk about normal leave or MC, I understand. But for hospitalisation leave when I'm not injured or in the hospital but just ordered bed rest, I wonder how this is justified. Hmm. In any case, I thank God for the financial providence.

My swollen feet:

UPDATE: 

3. I had just closed my accounts for Aug and realised that God provided for me financially too! As I was on hospitalisation leave, I spent very little on food. God must have known I needed the money to pay some baby items and so, everything that was meant to be spent on food went to the baby items and there was enough! Wow! Thank God!

4. By God's grace, there was a big promotion going on between Grab and Uber during this period of time! They were running promotions like they were rivals to promote the carpooling system. Grab was offering $2 rides to any where any time. Uber was offering $5 rides, limited to 1 ride, from a certain time to certain time. It was quite shiok cos I could take a $5 ride back home instead of the usual $17! Plus, I was still on hospitalisation leave and not supposed to be travelling. But cos I needed to go to some place or just go out on Friday night to get a breather, I would make use of this taxi promotion. It's great! Thank God! :)