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Sekilas Cerita Weekend

Okaaayyy.... Sooo, Onya is 5 now.
Udah masuk SD.
Been 3 weeks since her first day at primary. 
It was reaaallly sad leaving Little School, we miss Little School very much.

Tapiii... Good thing-nya, Onya enjoy banget di primary-nya. 
She's so excited about it. 
Daaann gw ampir tiap hari ngawasin dia dari rumah pake binocular 😁 
The joy of tinggal di gunung, sekolahnya pas dibawah jadi keliatan cukup jelas dari rumah. 

Tonight, Im proud of myself. 
I defeated all my social anxieties dan ikut dateng ke gathering emak2 primary school-nya Onya. 

Rameeee. Ada ampir 25 orang yg dateng and I was the only Asian.
Acaranya malem, 19:30 baru mulai. 
Cuma acara kumpul emak2 aja sih. No kids and no husbands, diadainnya di salah satu rumah emak2 itu. 

Dari 25 org itu yg gw kenal cuma 2.
Gw bahkan ga kenal sama yg punya rumah, jadi gw diundang ama salah satu yg gw kenal itu. 

Acaranya hari ini, gw stressnya udah berhari2 dooong. 
Not only Im an introvert, tapi gw juga punya social anxiety hahaha kacau dah. 
Tapi Im glad I went sih.
Sekarang udah lega. Udah lewat. Waktunya buat recharge my inner self. 

Sekarang lagi tipsy sih. 
Tipsy enak, ga sampe mabok... Enak melayang aja gitu hahaha. 
Had 3 glasses of wine. Well, ga sampe 3 si karena minumnya pake gelas champagne, jadi ya less than 3 deh. 

So yeah... im quite happy.
I deserve a pat on my shoulder.
Kemaren gw nemenin Onya playdate yg mana itu juga bikin gw stress. 
Ya itulah, gw kan ga kenal ama emaknya temen onya.
Cuma ketemu baru 2x pas jemput onya for less than 5 minutes tus tau2 udah diundang aja gitu ke rumahnya.

Jadi 2 hari berturut2 ini gw mengalahkan social anxiety gw dengan mantra "demi onya, demi onya, demi onya".

Mind you, gw ini ga pendiem or appear to be shy loh. 
Selama playdate n acara emak2 tadi gw ngoceh kok.. Banyak juga cuma cengar cengirnya sih. Im not shy. I just have social anxiety aja. 
And being an introvert that I am, udahannya tuh berasa tenaga gw kayak abiiis kesedot and Im gonna need an alone time to recharge. 
Tapi gw legggaaaaa... Pheewww. 
Well maybe the wine did help hahahaha.  

Onya tadi pagi ballet, trus keyboard, trus si Ethan dateng ke rumah maen. These two get along really well, walo Ethan itu loud and pecicilan. Dan anehnya, di sekolah (iya, sudah bersatu kembali karena Ethan masuk primary duluan bulan April kemaren - disini ga ada cut off date - pokonya begitu anak ultah ke 5, mereka bisa langsung masuk primary ga peduli bulan apa) mereka ga gitu maen bareng loh. 






Comments

Arman said…
social anxiety? jadi tiap kali mau ketemu orang selalu berasanya males gitu ya?

onya cakep banget jadi ballerina :)
Viola Deo said…
onya ud gede banget. Kapan kapan share donk edu system di sono, kalo SD mulai umur 5 itu formatny gmn? Btw same here, gue selalu bil.demi anak demi anak kalo keluar bt playdate ato hs co op, akibat py anak extrovert abis sedangkan makny introvert gini ><

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