Must be something about this time of year!! I am sick too and have a sore throat and sore ears but am taking cold an flu tablets and sucking on soothers in the hope that it will just go away. I went to work today as I have a student teacher this term and don't actually have to do much teaching so I just go and supervise. I will do the same tomorrow and on Wednesday!

Asha is doing really well! She has cut tooth number 6 and is almost running now!!! She is in to everything and has just worked out how to open the kitchen cupboards and turn off the TV (much to the delight of Emma and Jack). She broke on of my chinese dipping bowls last night so I have to ask the landlords if I can put catches on all the cupboards ... all 14 of them!!!! There is no way to keep her out of the kitchen as we have an open plan living area!!! Oh well it is for her safety!

I haven't been able to post much as my parents have been visiting and things are not so good for them right now. They have decided to seperate for 6 months and see how they feel once that 6 months is over but that means my Mum has moved back from the UK and is now living in Perth. I have spent the last few weeks helping her to find a place to live and get her furniture sorted out. She is now in her own place and has most of the furniture she needs and is now looking for a job so I have been helping her apply for jobs and sorting out her resume and typing a cover letter for her to use when applying for jobs. I am hoping that one of the two jobs she applied for yesterday will be hers so I don't have to worry about her so much.

My grandparents have also been in hospital, but they live in Northern NSW so it has been hard to keep track of what is going on with them! My Granddad had Pneumonia (sp??) but jsut before that he had a mini stroke (he had a major one in 1994) so we have been worried about him. He has been back to hospital today as he has had a pain in his groin area but they are pretty sure it is a strain from all the coughing he was doing with the pnuemonia. But he has had to get blood tests etc becaue he is on Warprin (I think that is what its called) to thin his blood to help prevent another stroke and a so they have to make sure everything is right so he can continue to take his medication. Nanna was in hospital becasue she had a bad dose of the flu and was just exhausted from looking after my Granddad. She is home again now but is still not 100%.

My Dad is back in the UK and is off to the doctors next week to change his anti-depressants because the last ones had side affects that he didn't like. He has been in a bad way for a while now but won't help himself at all. The depression has nothing to do with their seperation but it hasn't helped as Dad just stopped communicating with Mum.

So as you can see I have had a couple of months where life has been pretty full on! I am trying to get back into the swing of things but now that I am sick it is making this a bit tricky!!! The kids are all well and living life to the full! Emma is still doing dancing on Monday's after school and Karate on Fridays. Jack is doing sport after school on Mondays now as well as football training on Wednesday ights and football on Saturdays. Tee-ball will start soon which will be Wed nights and Sat morning. I will be team manager for Jack's team again this year and just generally help out with Emma's team. Jack had a gala day for footy on Saturday which went form 9am until 2pm so that was a really tiring day and I wasn't feeling the best which made it worse but because I am team manager I couldn't not go!

Anyway enough of my boring dribble!!! I have been reading about all of your tales and I am sorry there are no persoanls today but I really jsut needed to get all of this off my chest ... maybe it is stress causing this flu!

Better go, time to cook dinner. Will try and get back more regularly from now on!

Cheers