Life With Drea

The weekday routine of Drea !(very detailed)

Hello everyone welcome back or just welcome for newcomers thank you for your time, my weekday change sometimes but this is my main routine since December I would say.

MONDAY’S are always hectic no one likes Monday’s but I get up get ready for school, i make sure my daughter is also up and ready for school my mom does me the favor of dropping her and I pick her up after school. I so go to school from 8:30 am to 11:15 am then my other class is on zoom from 11:30am to 12:45pm im on the zoom on my phone while I am on my way back home i either get picked up by my husband or I take the bus which he usually drops me off and picks me up but lately I’ve been taking the bus because I prefer it right now for my state of mind of peace and alone time. I get home around 12pm, im still on the zoom class but once im done with that i tend to mom duties with my 2 year old, you know change his diaper , change his clothes, give a snack and a drink , and then i wait for my 6 year old to get out of school while i wait i tend to just hang out with my 2 year old he doesn’t really ask much just company and attention mostly so when he content i watch a little instagram or just relax in bed rest before the chaos. I lately been listening to music and reading while I rest, or just watch reels on instagram or i check other apps like threads, TikTok, lemon8 , Pinterest, and then after i try to make a lunch for my 2 year old first I see what there is then i give to him, time passes 2 hours later i go pick my daughter from school, we do homework which is a struggle for her but i tend to push the routine of always coming home from school we do homework so she can have the rest of the day free, once done with that i make her something to eat and a drink then gets occupied with her iPad which i rather her play with toys first but after that she mostly just rest or plays with her brother and while she’s doing homework and she’s done during that time i try to make my son go for his nap around 2pm so then he wakes up at 4 or 5 pm so then after he sleeps at 9pm through the whole night. Most of our time is spend hanging out i clean my room if there’s a mess i spend quality time with my son after his nap then i get ready for my evening class which is at 5:30pm to 6:45pm when im at school my mom does me the favor to take of them which i appreciate we live together so its easy. After school which is technically 7pm, I get home and it’s dinner time for everyone. Then its resting time after that, and bedtimes differ for all my son i want asleep by 9pm latest 9:30pm my daughter 9:30 pm latest 10:30 because she’ll still get 8 hours of sleep. Myself i try to knock out once they are both asleep if not the latest all sleep would 11-30pm to 12am but if I struggle deeply i sleep like around 2am latest I would say. Before i sleep though I get my daughter’s clothes ready for the next day of school.

TUESDAY, I don’t have school but its still somewhat busy, i wake up and be in bed for my phone, since my daughter is already in school my son is still sleeping, on Tuesday my son has two therapy lessons. Which are child development in home and occupational therapy in the office. I wake up when his therapist arrives at 9:30-9:45am I only wake him up if he isn’t up yet if he is well he’s awake so there’s no need, his session is for 45 min in home, then after I give him a snack and a drink maybe a little screen time on the tv while we wait for the time for 2nd therapy which starts at 12pm. I get him ready around 11am and then I get ready then we leave around 11:30am and I walk to the location with him on the stroller its a 12-15 min walk from where I live so thank god that session is also 45 mins then we leave and on my way back and instead of going home I go pick up my daughter because since its early Tuesday and i get around there around 1:10 so I only wait 8 minutes for her to get out. After school pick up it is sort of a repeat of after school homework, around 2 my son nap time, after homework lunch and then we just rest and do what we like on our free time when homework is out of the way. Until dinner comes. While time comes i see if i myself have any assignments due, if not i either watch a show, listen to music, read a book, play games, spend time with the kids when they are both awake and need me. Then dinner comes eat, play, rest, and bedtimes.

WEDNESDAY, similar to Monday morning, I get up go to school same times, I come home similar thing unless there’s a random errand in the middle of the time i have until my evening class. Sometimes i have to go the store or an appointment thing stuff like that, then i go to my even class same time. After that i either go back home or go to dinner at a restaurant with my husband for him and i time, then go home give the kids dinner, and little play and rest and bedtimes.

THURSDAY, no school for me, but my son has therapy again it use to be just once this day but now he has two this day, they increased it because he is behind for his age but it’s okay, he has child development at 1:30 pm and now he has occupational therapy at 12pm. While we wait for the therapy times my son and I just hang out we play, we snack and drink our milks or water or juice. I change his clothes and diaper. Watch shows or he plays while I watch a show or read a book. After the therapy leaves us with 15-20 minutes left to go pick up my daughter from school and repeat of other days of after school activities unless again there’s errands to be made.

FRIDAY, i wake up early from my morning zoom online class which is at 8:30am to 9:45am which is a struggle because I am so tiredddd. I don’t want to get the class is boring i fight sleep in it. Once that is done I can’t even go back to sleep. So i just rest then on my phone then you know after i hear my son wake up its time to get up and do the repeat of changing him and snack time / breakfast he’s pretty content when he is getting what he needs he usually fusses when he wants the attention or dirty diaper or tired , sometimes when he wants a little more snacks. After this, this is day that im like technically what i am up for since it’s Friday, do i wash? Do i clean? Do i rearrange my room? Do i have any appointments ? Stuff like that since it’s Friday or should i just rest and chill with my son until my daughter comes out of school and continue the relaxing as long as there happy and occupied with playing for the day. And in the end of the day of course bedtime.

This might change after my son’s speech therapy begins which might be in May, and the my daughter might start maybe behavioral type of therapy there’s a lot going on so things might later on.

If you made it to the end thank you for your time. I appreciate it

— the messy life with Drea

What would I choose & why ?

If you could be a character from a book or film, who would you be? Why?

If I could be a character from a book or film it would from a film/show , Olivia Benson aka Mariska Hargitay because I love how she is in the show representing women can do more be as good as men. I also love how she loves to help the people who need it and how serious it is for her.

I feel like I can relate with her on that part of her caring and taking it serious to help people in need because that’s how I am. I also feel like I react the same when things don’t go as planned as for punishment for the person who did the wrong.

You can say I’m obsessed with her because I named my bunny after her. She likes my role model I would say.

Overwhelming mom that loves her kiddos

Hello everyone ,

As shown in one of my pages I have kids.

Well today I would like to talk about it with you. I am a mom of two , a 6 year old girl and a 2 year old boy. They are completely different as every child is but I can tell and it’s cute. But one for sure thing is they sleep in the same positions sometimes and they only cuddle when they feel like it.

It’s beautiful having kids in my opinion even though there are hectic days and chaos almost every time. But I love hearing them laugh and giggle. I love seeing there smile. I love that they feel safe enough to cry and express themselves. Mostly my daughter which I admire because I remember I couldn’t express myself much around my parents.

But there are challenges such as bedtimes, or morning times for school & homework.

There are times when I don’t want to do it and I want a break I don’t want to push homework or bedtimes because I’m exhausted myself. Then I feel guilty there’s always that guilt when you’re like I’m I doing the right thing is this bad that I’m slacking off. It’s overwhelming when it’s a lot especially on top of being a college student going for a bachelor’s.

I remind myself though that I’m doing this for them I want to be better and have a good enough career so I can give them what they deserve what I didn’t get. That’s why I push myself even when there will be obstacles on my end mentally sometimes but I’ll get through it. It’s all for them my babies my lifesavers.

— the messy life with drea 🫶🏼

Life with Drea

What animals make the best/worst pets?

I feel like the best pets to have are puppies/dogs , and cats because they are they’re for you yeah maybe there can be chaos but its a beautiful chaos. I would also say a bunny because I have one lol, it can be a mess but I love her she’s been understanding when I feel down she comes to for cuddles and pets.

The worst pets, mm spiders because they’re scary. Other than that I don’t really know.

Third book review yay!!!

This book was one of the first books I (my husband) purchased back in November of 2025 along with “It ends with us” (which I haven’t finished) I read up to 50 pages and I completely got side tracked and didn’t pick it up again until April 2, 2026 and I read a good half and finished the whole thing the next day which was April 3, 2026. It was such a good book and for it to be my first spicey type of book it was good and the story was good at least for me it did catch my interest I was invested I couldn’t put the book down I took with me everywhere like when I went to the dentist with my mom and to pay the rent I am telling you I was invested I felt like I was on a mission. Let me tell you every time I got to a juicy part I was like “whaaaat” .. “wait” .. “nooo” and with face expressions. I really enjoyed reading this book and the fact that it was sitting in my room for like 4 months makes me upset and what’s funny is that I had it for that long and I still went on buying more books while not finishing that one yet. Although the good part is that I bought the second book not that long ago so I can start it now cause the book left me on a cliffhanger that I wonder what is going to happen because I was left like “nooo omgggggg” like that book omg why have me guess, I feel like if I didn’t have the second book I would of been bummed out like now I got to wait but I don’t thank god for that.

The story is like about those snippets you get on adds about mini stories about a rich girl going poor and then meets a rich CEO man but in this situation the girl gets poor because her father died and his belongings went to ruin and she was left with nothing….. then instead of a CEO its a lawyer…. I don’t want to say too much but this lawyer wants to possess her little does he know he wants more than to “possess her”…. Anyways it’s good I had laughs and shock moments.

If you made this far thank you for reading and taking the time out of your day for my review below I will put and book review with the rating and my favorite quote and all.

Correction .. the spice level would be 3/5

The messy life with Drea

What job would you do for free?

A job I would do for free would be taking pictures I think I take good decent pictures that I would do it for free. The reason why is because I feel like its pricey to get someone to take photos of you and don’t get me wrong I understand its a job but if i had the opportunity to do so it would be photography taking pictures .

typing what comes to mind more like how I felt today.

Have you ever been lost in your thoughts. But when I mean lost your thoughts I don’t mean negatively. I mean just lost where it’s just you and your thought alone in silence. You don’t even realize it until you’re like what just happened? where did I go? or what was I doing? how did I get distracted? If you haven’t I would describe it as an odd feeling because it’s not negatively nor positively it’s just nothing just quiet and silence and then you blink. When I go into the trance of “spacing out” where it’s just me and my mind alone and it’s quiet I don’t know whether to feel sad or a bit relief. When I come to I feel confused. I feel lost but also okay.

Today for instance, I was reading my book and listening to music and out of the blue I actually felt it. I felt myself slowly drifting into and I shook myself to coming back because I was enjoying my reading. But what I don’t understand is why was it happening when I was enjoying myself. I was peace. I wasn’t overwhelmed or stressed I think that’s why this time I felt even more confused but also I found it interesting because I felt myself going when usually I don’t.

I don’t know if what I’m writing makes sense but that’s how I felt today. It happened mid-day I would say around 2-3 pm it’s now 5 pm. I’m still getting adjusted to reading it could be that. I’ve been reading for the last 3-4 days it might be my brain telling me to take a break but why if I’m enjoying myself book but I guess it makes sense I need to rest from reading perhaps. But I am on a streak fyi. I have finished 2 books within last week on the 30th of March and April 1 of 2026. I’m reading another book on which I feel like I’ll finish either by tonight or tomorrow.

Back to the topic have you felt this way? Or I’m I losing it? If I am why is it with everything going on? School? Parenting ? Relationship? Life? I’m not sure, school is fine almost over with spring term I do need to keep pushing myself though making sure I don’t miss any deadlines I have to stop slacking off. Parenting it’s pretty okay, all they need is attention, food, and care well more one then the other my little one needs it more then the oldest but I’m still there giving them it’s not much of a difficult thing although my 2 year old is going through a phase but it’s understandable. Relationship I feel like it’s still good strong my husband may be tired / exhausted from the new job but between us feels good. Life well life I don’t know. It’s going okay I’m pleased I would say.

Thank you for listening/reading just felt like letting go and just type how I felt / feeling.

— the messy life with drea 🫶🏼

My second book review

I got this book last month in March. I got it at Barnes and Noble. It took me about 3 and half weeks to finish it because I had to pause for some days. This book I love it. I enjoyed every bit of it. I even teared up a bit towards the ending. It was a good ending I lowkey thought it wasn’t going to be a good ending but glad I was wrong. This was just like the other book I finished it was one of those you see in the moment and it calls for you, it just catches your eye for me it was the title and the cover and it did for me I was like this could be interesting and it was. I went to the book store for other books and this one looked like it was going to be good and interesting (and it certainly was). So I got it. I don’t regret at all. I was indeed invested.

This book explains how it feels to grief. The stages of denial and anxiety. It also talks about LGBTQIA the character trying to figure out who she is and what her purpose is. It talks about what she deals with in every step and I enjoyed.

The book “how it feels to float” is an amazing book it made me realized that I’m not the only one struggling with mental health and the way I’ve grieved was normal and not weird. I would recommend this book for anyone wondering how it feels the struggles within. I would give this book a 10/10.

This was I think the first book Helena Fox published and I loved it. She did good I applause for her. I might get her recent one that she published called “the quiet and the loud” I might I’m not sure yet. Check below for a more kind of detail review of the book it has my favorite and everything. Thank you ❤

— the messy life with drea

Book review the first book I finished

Omg this book “don’t believe everything you think” by Joseph Nguyen took me I would say 6-8 weeks to finish and it was small book in my opinion. It took me long because I kept getting distracted at home and someone needing me either it being my kids or my husband or brother and mom. So I would technically read it when I would be at school. And I finally finished on Monday the 30th of March.

This book in my opinion was a good read at least to me. I got this book because it spoke to me, you ever felt that before ? I was walking around Barnes and Noble with my husband and I came to this book it was in one those tables for show and I was like yes that’s the one. It spoke to me since I myself an over thinker I was like why not give it a try. So I did and I was invested from the beginning to end. It made me realize and taught me things that I didn’t know or thought of. It changed the way I think with certain things. Towards the ending was my favorite because the author involves himself and his life with similar aspects one has in life.

The author gave examples and methods to help you change the way you think and to help you to stop overthinking when you don’t need to. He describes the difference between thinking vs. thought. That I was surprised about because I didn’t think there was a difference. But there is.

If you’re a person that overthinks when there’s no need and wants to know how to change that this books is it. It’ll help you understand that there is technically no need to overthink. What I also like about it is that he responds in a way someone understand for instance you try his method but you go back to square one he says that it’s totally fine it’s okay it’s something to adapt to since you’ve been use to the way you think or that’s how you were raised it is okay to go back and restart. That’s he’s been in that place before.

I also got this book because I am a psychology major and I wanted to see if this was relevant to that but it wasn’t much but I don’t regret it helped me personally because I don’t want to overthink. I don’t to continue suffering because of my thinking. AND THAT what I just said is what technically what the book resonates “thinking is the root cause of your suffering”. Thinking causes stress makes you overthink you feel heavy and unhappy even with things you might have accomplished it’s because of the thinking. Although with thought, thought is positive it’s goals you achieve happily with no pressure it’s your happy place. In the book he describes much better.

End of conclusion I give this book a 5/5 because it helped me come to understanding things with thinking. vs thought , the negative and positive emotions, and understanding intuitions job it’s a great book in my eyes I’m happy I got it. And if I ever need a reminds I can always go back to it and refresh my mind with this knowledge I learned.

— The Messy Life with Drea

My book collection

I have no words, I started with buying two books one day and now I have 21 books in total. I don’t know what came over me, I’m not much of a reader but once I held a book of my interest that caught my attention I was invested and fell in love slowly with reading. I have started 6 books out of the 21, 2 of them are almost finished (I finished 1 already), 2 are half way, and the other 2 I’m still in the beginning of them. Since I just started my journey with reading and I barely finished a book I would like to update you guys about them and perhaps give my thoughts and opinions about them towards the end.

#reading #bookhaul