Dominik is 14

My firstborn is a very nice person and always has been. I know, I see, I feel it. This fact is also confirmed from different sources, mainly when he is out with someone else and that someone else tells me his/her experiences with him. He is truly a nice, conflict-avoiding person.

He elongated in the last year and became taller than me. He became not only tall bit also thin. I'm not really satisfied with his appetite recently at all. He is a loving bro of Nolen. I really like his youthful aspect - I learn a lot from him.

He is able to arrange a lot of things on his own - in English. Eg. it happened several times that his gamer accounts were hacked, last time even his gmail address, deleting all the emails proving his legitimacy. Presumably these were hacker attacks from Russia. He uses his brain and is creative enough. Creativity means different thing nowadays than years ago. Recently, I heard his cousin Noel telling him: "If I didn't know you personally Dominik, I would ask for your signature for sure". Cute! He creates and cuts videos and uses many applications that I do not know and didn't hear about them.

Nolen is 3

The youngest family member turned 3 on the 13/July – which also means the end of the maternity leave and that I’m on the DEXON staff again from 14/July, administratively. In fact, I start with my paid holidays. We are fully ready for the nursery ages.

There was a solid celebration on the day with grandparents and unfortunately with missing members. Dominik spent his holiday with his friend at Lake Balaton, my sister’s family was also at Lake Balaton and beyond doubt, grandpa Gabi was the most depressed not being able to present himself on his granchild’s third b-day. He broke his heel-bone and needed to be operated.

Let’s see what kind of child is Nolen at the age of 3. I can bravely declare that he is still high above his age mentally – comparing the ones in the same age or something elder. He is full of beans, always on the move and is always on the right spot where something happens. He doesn’t want to miss any important or less important moment. He constantly has a pair of wide open ears and seriously listens to all the conversations between adults and often asks the question „what is actually happenning” or „what eventually happened”? This makes his father mad. Nolen’s body structure is absolutely well-proportioned and shapeful. He started speak already at the age of 1.5 and told long multiple complex words and by now, he has a rich vocabulary that often makes several people amazed. He memorizes and use the right word in the right situation. As he started to speak very early very clearly, or for other reason, who knows, there is a break in the development of speaking. Most of the times he wants to express himself very quickly and therefore he stutters and repeats the first syllable several times. This also makes his father crazy.

 

Threatening is not his cup of coffee. In case we say something as a penalty eg. „I hit your tushy” so that we dissuade him from some monkey-trick or mischief, he immediately replies „NOW!”. What I do not support at all is the sleeping between us. He does. His father likes it. I don’t. His choice, their choice. This is not according to my principles. His favourite number might be Nr 5. He uses it in each situation. We explain how many years old he is in vain. He shows three with his fingers but always says five and smiles. „How many pieces did you eat from the biscuits?” „Five.” „How much money should we bring for shopping?” „Five.” etc… Althuogh, he can count from 1 to 10 without any mistakes. He waves to each and every motorcyclist on the road, either standing or speeding.

One third of summer (JUN/2021)

The last summer came when I have unlimited time with the guys. No school, no work. Originally, I'm supposed to go back to my workplace on the 14th July, as soon as Nolen turns 3. To tell you the truth, no part of my body feels like returning during summer. I agreed with my boss to go to the office on those summer days when my colleague is on holiday and otherwise I take all my free days I entitled to, and will be back once the adaption period is over in the nursery. In addition, the marketing personnel was quitted, so the transferring and taking over the knowledge was already succesfully completed online, right after my final exam. 

 

 

Regarding the university, I have my degree certificate in hand, certifying that I having completed an approved master's degree programme and fulfilled the academic requirements of the Edutus University and was duly admitted to the degree of Master of Science in Marketing and have qualified as an Economist in Marketing. Overall classification of the qualification: excellent. I'm proud to complete each of the 4 semesters summa cum laude. What I want to always remember out of the big day: after my presentation, degree defense and answer of the thesis dragged out, I was said that I know everything and then the teacher whispered to the prorector sitting next to him "What a feeling if your student knows the curriculum you teached her!" whereupon the upcoming examinee "What a feeling to follow her!..."

So it was another memorable successful day of my life. So much time and energy were invested into this school. I took it seriously, like everything. My teachers and my classmates both encourage me to start further education, to doctorate. But I don't feel like loosing neither my sense of reality nor want to be elitist. Not even a minute. I orientate myself in another way. 

What also in June happened: father's day spent at Lake Velence (of which fish stock was decimated due to the extremely sudden warm up of the water), the very first and not the last garage sale (decided to utilize the purchasing power of the anyway unpleasant crowd parking in our street, attracted by the flea market next to us), a 60th birthday celebration, getting a box of surprise (due to my performance at the conference of Council of Student Research Societies), a dress show organized and invited by one of my girlfriend (known from an Italian holiday) and the usual sister-kids country holiday at my godparents' place. Memorable funful days we spent there and there are always a couple of things left we definitely want to do next year. 

 

Ever best summer is ahead

I have finished with the last term-time at the university. The end of the fourth semester came, which means the end of this school. Exam period is also over, summa cum laude, again. The final exam remained which due in June, together with the defence of the thesis. I can’t believe that I don’t have to take part in any online lesson on Saturdays. In each semester I had 6 subjects, except the last semester when I had only 3, plus the degree work. In this very last semester, on the very last lesson of the very last subject, I finally got permission and had the chance to introduce the company where I work, hand in hand with my favourite country, Japan. International and intercultural marketing allowed me to be on the wing and to add my personal experiences to my presentation and slides. Irony of fate, the attendance education was missing because of the pandemia. As I was at home on maternity leave all the while, I would have loved it. But everything was good as it was. And all is well that ends well.

How it feels at the age of 40 and those things I’m proud of

 

(A little bit belated post, originally due in last December.) 

Basically, I’m a lucky woman, might was borned under a lucky star. I feel it. I know it. I experience it. Many times in my life, in my past. Therefore endless grateful. To God. To Fate.

I have everything. Everything that one can desire: a loving family, loving, supporting, proud parents, two intelligent healthy children, a nice two-storied family house with big garden (which I proud to maintain and carry on for several years on my own), a college and very soon a university degree. I have a dream job that helps me to stay in routine in English, to keep contact with people from any part of the world and occasionally have the chance to travel to any part of the world and the salary satisfies. Do I have the feeling to come to port? No, not yet. I have doubts. I got most of the things I desired and some more, unwanted shit as well. Grain of sand in the machinery. I cannot see the final outcome yet, but I’m sure the time (and me) will solve. I’m not in a hurry. I have everything.

I believe that every moment of our life can have effect to the rest of our life, in a later phase. Everything is connected with everything. Just need to see it and understand it. We are our decisions. Truly, we never fail, everything happens with reason. Just we need to be aware.  

My personality is shaping well and might changed in the course of time as well. The unassured, little bit plumpish girl with lack of self-confidence became an independent, self-dependent, practical woman who stands up for herself in any situation. By now, I'm not full of confidence but it often happens when I feel really good in my element. Awareness also gave confident. Politics is far from me but anyway I can put a word in anything and any situation. I'm endless humane. Tale of woes, but I bravely hold the field. What doesn’t kill you, it makes you stronger, though. I learnt to stand up for myself, to protect my interests and safeguard what is important for me. I learnt to recognize what is abnormal, not to admit those things that do not put on me but take away from me. Not any more I fight against clock, I became a brilliant time and money manager, years taught me how to handle these two. Both of them are limited and therefore needs to be respected. Pomposity is far from me, but I run the risk of being the healthiest, fittest, slimmest (regarding my generation), greenest, most educated in my big family. What is the bug? To boost my look, I have done some steps. First one was the orthodontics, second one was the eyelid plastic surgery and then the eyelid tatoo. Not great matters but they mean a lot for me. What I never want to give up if it rains or shine, is the regular, daily workout and healthy nutrition. These two are the keys for everything. The key of living long(er), feeling good and sometimes the key of survivorship. Believe it or not, I(’m proud to) fit into all my maiden dress even after two deliveries - but I am a woman therefore I never can be fully satisfied with myself. My efforts reflect that I make good in more and different fields of life such as sport, work, child-rearing, gastronomy, travelling... I('m proud to) aim the best of myself, because it is good being above the average in more things at the same time. I'm very comfortable with driving. My favourite teacher (God rests his soul) at the college always called me Fittipaldi. I was dare-devil on the road until I became a mother, but my routine did not wear away. I'm OK on any road of any country, in any car (even right-hand drive). Housework, cooking, baking don't get out of me. Learning besides children is not easy but absolutely solvable. Remained maximalist and never talk to the wind. I tend to take most of the things seriously, sometimes too seriously. I'm persistant. I'm rather diligent than clever. My favourite nation is the Japanese and favourite coutry is Japan that fully enchantes me. I(’m proud to) have a brilliant business idea that would make the world a little bit better place and could be profitable. Therefore I know very well what to do with the lottery prize (if I had a lottery ticket). It seems (according the quick test of yesterday) that I'm still negativ, not infected with SARS-CoV.

Before my pregnancy I desired a kind of deceleration and I got it. Better than I thought. I think I could grab the opportunity and could utilize it entirely. I had time to arrange my rows and to get ready to the second part of my life.

Thank you Mom and Dad, becoming such a person, who you both can be proud of. It is your excellence.