A Day in the Life of Iris

I am starting to go back to a stable routine. I want to start completing more homework and complete my course early. I have been gone from the blog for a while now. After being sick for weeks now,  I am trying to catch up with all my postpone plans and obligations. It has been interesting, tiring and trying but I still have high hopes. I am going to complete most of my plans before the year ends. 

I currently have a mild headache. I thought that it was related to my cold but it might due to hunger which is weird I don't usually get hungry this early but I am planning to get something soon. Also, it is not helping our neighbor's teenage son likes loud music. He has been playing loud music for more than an hour. I understand that it is a harmless hobby and joy but when you are sick and have a headache that the last thing you need is hearing booming sounds for long periods of time. I have to restrain myself from going to them and asking nicely to please lower the volume. It is a bit much for me to want to do that but I am human enough to admit it. I am not perfect. Have you ever felt irritated about something trivial like this?

I have been getting better. I think that I am finally getting rid of this cold.

I went to a wedding reception yesterday with my parents and my two brothers. I was able to greet someone of my cousins and share a few laughs, but it was a struggle to keep a happy demeanor all night. I am not an extrovert, and I don't enjoy peer pressure to participate when I don't want so you can imagine how horrible it is to have your relatives putting you on the spot and telling you to dance when you don't want to and feel like a bad person for refusing. It is not good. But I was not pressured last night which I am grateful. I am still sick so I wanted to come home a few minutes after we arrived. I am proud of myself for staying strong and not making my family leave early than they wished.

I struggle with emotional situations. I know what you are thinking, WTF? Every day things require our emotional input.   It is strange because, during a health emergency, I am usually the one to get the situation in control and tell my family members to snapped out of it when they go in hysteria.  However, when everything is done. I am left unstable, and no one notices. I don't know why I never ask for help? No, that's a lie. I do know. I rather, they not worry or have another thing to worry about.  I choose to deal with it alone.  I need to stop doing that. I think that I need to have a talk with my family. I need to tell them to check up on me later. It might help them. It will give them something to do.  My father just found out that my uncle (his brother) fainted at his work. We don't know anything else. We have not been able to communicate with him. My dad is distraught and worry. I hate it. Not only because I can understand t...

This is my fourth day with a cold. I dislike being sick like everyone. I dislike the loss of energy and the struggle to complete my daily tasks. I make an effort to not be a bother to my family. I know they would glare at me right now if they heard me say that. They would not mind helping me and taking care of me, but they have enough things to worry about, to worry about me too. Also, I have found that it takes me longer to get better if I stay in bed all day. I like to keep a positive attitude because I tend to get better faster. I allow myself to rest if I feel that my mind and body will benefit, but I don't let it go for too long because I will feel worse later.

I am a very blessed person. One of the riches in the world. My family loves me.

Hi, My name is Iris, and I would like to use this space as a way to express my daily thoughts. I do not have a wildly exciting life. My life is very dull for many. I don't have an active social life, and I don't go on daily adventures. Wow! Isn't my introduction just great? hahaha As you might've noticed, I am not a great writer either, and I am horrible at speaking about myself. But I decided to share about my life, not in an effort to charm and over embellish my life, my end goals are as follows: To learn to be a better writer To learn to express my thoughts better To meet new people To use this space as a virtual diary  To encourage myself to try new things  To learn from my errors in judgment To create a daily log for future reference I plan to write a daily entry, but I am sure some days will have more than one. I will try to keep them short, and hopefully, you will enjoy them.