I am in awe and also envious of his skill. After watching a couple of Hahn videos, I suddenly want to make leather bags. Seriously.

Before Covid, I had been seeing on Instagram some leather craft workshops that I wanted to attend. But I was thinking I couldn’t fit it into my life because I was with J at that time and attending to his wants and needs already took up 80% of my time. I had no time for hobbies or down time for myself.

Now that I don’t have that kind of issues anymore, I will try the workshops once I’m done moving houses.

Once I have the skills and confidence, I will try to upcycle some leather bags here that have lost their luster or sustained damage. It’s exciting to learn skills like this because it would allow me to create with my hands something beautiful and practical. It will also help me de-stress.

Meanwhile, I brought Twin I to the ENT because of excessive nose bleeding. While past tests showed that nothing was wrong with her (her aplastic frontal sinus does not contribute to the nose bleeding, the doctor said), we are still going to double check what exactly is going on. She will have an nasal endoscopy at Delos Santos Medical hopefully in the next two weeks and either she will only have local anesthesia or we need to sedate her if it’s going to be difficult to keep her still. We just have to get rid of her cough and colds this week, which may have caused her to have more frequent nosebleeding.

But the initial diagnosis for now is her allergies are keeping her sinuses inflamed all the time. The doctor said (as several pediatricians have told me) that nose bleeding is pretty common for her age.

“Do you have pets?” he asked.

“Yes, two cats.”

“Oh, is there a way we can remove the allergens?”

“NOOO! They’re like my children as well,” I protested.

“Then Twin I just have to wear mask at all times around the cats.”

He said that there is no need to bring her to the ER as long as we pinch her nose and the bleeding stops in 30 mins.

I told my twins that they should stay away from the cats from now on. Stop irritating the cats.

I think I will have a bigger problem when we transfer to our new house. My hometown is hell for those suffering from asthma and allergic rhinitis because of all the trees that flower every summer and the year-round pollen showers.

I wonder how I survived with all those allergens around me while growing up.