Fotografo de Bodas, Santiago

October 19, 2008

Sundays for me are like any other workday. The only real difference is that I sleep in and may or may not take a longer lunch break to go out to eat or go on a walk or do something fun. But 99% of the time I work as many, if not more hours than I do during the week.

I like to take advantage of the “day of rest,” to work more uninterruptedly. On Monday-Friday I receive floods and floods of emails every day. No, I’m not superpopular. Keep in mind that I write for 5 different blogs, and work for one online business and therefore have 5 different internet bosses who are in constant contact. I subscribe to various newsletters relating to celebrities, fashion, eco-friendly lifestyle and photography, all of which I at least try to keep up with since these are things I need to be able to write about knowledgeably. That’s on top of personal blog emails, comments and communication with friends and family back home. I’m, unfortunately, not exaggerating when I say that I get up to go to the bathroom and by the time I’m back there are 10 new emails in my inbox. On Sundays there’s a pause in the madness.

S. knows that I work on the weekends, so today he asked me today, “Do you have a lot to do or can you watch Scrubs with me for a little bit?” I was in kind of a bad mood and I responded, “Look at my to-do list for today and tell me if you think I have time.”

He scribbled something on my notebook, came back over, handed it to me and said, “Problem solved.”

In case you can’t read his completely unintelligible handwriting, he wrote, “Scrubs with Papinni and S,” at the bottom of my list (Papinni is our nickname for Papito). I stopped what I was doing and watched two episodes while we all cuddled. If only every day were that simple.

These two melt my heart.

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Your photos are adorable.

Comment by Sara — October 19, 2008 @ 6:45 pm

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I love it. And am so glad you get to have some days like this… even if it is not everyday.

Comment by Clare — October 19, 2008 @ 6:50 pm

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That is the cutest thing EVER. I love how Seba took care of that (instead of like snapping back or something).
Breaks are very very good sometimes! Learn the value of ocio. I’m learning that “ocio” is a political statement in itself. Or something, haha

Comment by Amanda — October 19, 2008 @ 7:10 pm

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Awww, what a cute story. I love that pic with Papito under the covers… soooo adorable!

As for working on weekends, do you work Saturdays too? If so, you are a trooper! I bet you are daydreaming about your RTW trip huh?
Before I had a nanny helping me, I was also working on the weekends and it definitely took a toll on my family. We aren’t doing that anymore though. I have decided that unless it’s super duper urgent, I will stay free on the weekends. Quito is so boring though that I sometimes would rather work!

Comment by kumichan83 — October 19, 2008 @ 9:09 pm

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How cuh-yoot!

Comment by EvilJoy — October 19, 2008 @ 9:22 pm

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cutest pictures and note ever!

Comment by Isabel — October 20, 2008 @ 6:51 am

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I love it. And this is why you have a good marriage

I also love that Papi is Papinni…Lola is Lolini, something about adding “ini” just works.

Comment by Emily — October 20, 2008 @ 7:52 am

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I hope you do take a day off occasionally. I’d hate to have one of my favorite bloggers burn out!

Comment by PastaQueen — October 20, 2008 @ 7:05 pm

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I love Seba’s sense of humor!

Excellent tactic man!
Fned.

Comment by Fned — October 20, 2008 @ 9:56 pm

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Awww

Comment by Ordinary Girl — October 21, 2008 @ 2:56 pm

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I have always been super impressed with how much contact you have with everyone back home! You know what is going on in people’s lives way more than I do, and I live in the US! And, I’m even more impressed now after reading your weekly schedule, that you make it a priority to stay in contact with people. To sum it all up, you pretty much rock.

Comment by Lindsey — October 26, 2008 @ 2:29 pm

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