It is confirmed.

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Haish I am not referring to me. No lah, mamafami, I am not pregnant. Not going to be while Tia is still in her rowdy phase, thank you just the same, heh.

I was, actually, referring to the husband. He would not be able to come home this weekend. So it means that we probably if we are lucky would be able to see him this coming weekend only.

I am not really sure how I feel about it. This would not be the first time that the husband had been away. He had been away last year for about a month when he had some things to take care of back in England. One whole month. Done. Though I must admit it was not easy.

Oh I know a lot of couples are doing this, this long distance marriage thingy. And I am sure absence does makes the heart goes fonder. But how do you answer to your little tot when she kept pestering for Daddy? She kept asking me to go with her to pick her Daddy up over at the airport. It could be heartbreaking, really.

My mom and step-dad were here for couple of nights. They left after Friday prayer, and then it was just me and her. Tia was such a trooper. She don’t even cry when her (very much missed) Mak Tok waved goodbye. She properly salam, give both maktok and tokwan kisses and hugs, then promptly greeted them with salaam and I love yous. She waved them goodbye, then went inside to watch Pocoyo.

And since the husband is not around, I had to go and do the weekly grocery and the round over at the local wet market. The husband would usually do this, but since he is not around, I had to make do. Thankfully my mom was around, so she mind Tia while I went out this morning. I went out not that early, around 9am, so I was kinda worried that I might not find what I wanted to get.

I forgotten the fact that our wet market over at Kulim is undergoing some major refurbishment, so the sellers were moved to another location just across the road. I had been there once, and had not want to go there again. So I decided to go to another wet market not five minutes away, at Kota Kenari. This is the place that the husband would go to get some fresh chicken and meat, and not to mention seafood and vegetables, too. The local pasar borong is located over there, actually.

But I did not go to the pasar borong. I went to few stores, conveniently located just along the road, to get whatever I needed. Having said that, I know that I could easily bring Tia along the next time that I needed to get anything over there. I mean, if Tesco or Giant is just ten to fifteen minutes away, I could easily do that. But our local Giant would be ready in about a year or so, so I have to make do with whatever handy, right?

Anyway, another matter I had to settle was about gas. I am not talking about gasoline, I am talking about gas to fuel the stovetop. Over in Malaysia, most people still uses this gas container, bought over at sundry shops. Usually, shop owners would send these tanks to your home, and they would take away the empty tank. But, I couldn’t find any stores that offer this service. That was so surprising. I couldn’t lug the empty gas container for it weigh a lot. I went home, and mom said that she would go to the store with bapak and send a new gas container home before leaving. Another thing settled. The husband did call and inform me that a store over at Jalan Junjung would send gas containers for you for a fee of RM2.00. OK, that is not bad. I would do that next time around.

Phew…. I knew that I take my husband for granted sometimes for what he did around the home and for us. My sister said that my husband spoilt me like he does Tia. Now I am really starting to feel that. But heck, not that I have to get a gas tank every month, eh?

I better stop before I started to feel sorry for myself heh…..