What They Need

September 21, 2022 Wednesday

Another tight day but still life goes on. It is all about getting there no matter what it takes.

Well, as I have mentioned here and other platforms, I am a mother of three. Yes three so I am not young anymore. Out of my three children, two are students, one in elementary and one in secondary.

Before the pandemic hit, me and hubby are both employed. The expenses at home and for our childrens education are closely meet. Though it all changes when pandemic hit and hubby got jobless. He was included in the list of employees for retrenchment just for their company to survive. At first, it was not hard because we have some saved money and they were paid one month salary after being retrenched. Also no face to face classes so all expenses was lessen.

Though the years of not having a face to face class give us a big help somehow financially. We do not have to worry everyday for their snacks and other needs in schools. Not until this year that the Department of Education announces the face to face classes to start. Oh, we are really in trouble. I am solely working for all of us with my side hustle and the little reselling business we have is not really doing good. We do also sell some homemade foodies but it is just being eaten by our daily needs. So now that the school year started and my children have started their face to face class, some needs are still hanging.

After 2 years of staying at home, of course we all grow up. Being home with less hardwork and more time to eat makes us all gain weight and so I my children. So here's what my children needs that I have to work hard to.

Uniform

Basically we really need to buy a new school uniform for them. Because after two years my son really grows big and healthy. He needs a pair of school uniform and another set of PE uniform too. Last week since I have an extra, I really asked the tailor that we will order a pair of uniform and I even fully paid it. Because I do not want the money to be spend for another and I will have headache again looking for the payment to the tailoring. But the PE uniform is quite expensive and its not really for daily usage so I just buy it later when I have a budget. Also my daughter in secondary needs a pair of uniform because before the pandemic, she was graduating in elementary and now she is in high school so another uniform needed. Though our neighbor gave her an old uniform skirt, it was too short for her because my daughter is tall. Ohh.. this is really needs more time to work harder.

School Shoes

School uniform is completely wear with an appropriate school shoes. Since they are growing, old shoes are all goodbyes. For the meantime, we buy some secondhand shoes though it has some issues when you use them during rainy days. The shoes have some leakage due to a little worn out making their socks get soaked at times. Also quality shoes are really expensive even those we can buy at the department stores also are easily worn out before. So better invest for quality shoes to last long this school year.

Notebooks

Notebooks, papers, pencils, ballpens and some other requirements required by their class adviser are almost done buying. Actually, I really prioritize these because they will use it already that is why I also order acrylic paint online and it just arrives this week. Right in time because they will be having a poster making and slogan in science class tomorrow in school. Also some of their school supplies are given by their granny from Mindanao in advance before the school year starts.

Actually the DepEd said it is not necessary to wear school uniform but of course we do feel the children's feeling being out of place for not wearing the complete uniform. That is why we are working hard for their uniforms.

Closing Thoughts

Being a mother is really thinking on how to provide their needs especially now that the face to face classes just started. Having the price increase of most needs are a bit of a headache and also if there is only one working for the whole family. Hubby is really trying hard but still there is no job vacancy nearby for him. Before he works too far but having the high fare price nowadays is not ideal to get a job in a distant afar. Though we do some reselling, I am just really keep on doing some marketing so if we have a bit of a customer then at least we can save little by little to have what they all need.

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