Ahh, ballet concert all over. Ended up going really well. I think I was just so cranky about it last time because there weren't any of the mums there that weekend that I have been enjoying catching up with.
Arte - oooh, infertility!! We finally got that too, more than 6 months after DH's snip.
MD - wow at the dreadlocks. Had she just been doing the superficial brushing of the top layer? You were patient - I would have cut them out and hoped she'd learn her lesson!
Cally: 6 months??? it took that long to clear after the snip? woah! i had no idea it could take that long
did she have fun at her concert?
MD: 5 hours???? now that is impressive (i dont run ever either. like never ever. actually, i lie, i ran across the road and down the street the other day - to go to the bottle-o lol - and it just felt so wrong and i realised that i need a better bra).
AFM: just dropped DH off at the airport I so wish that i was going with him!
The 6 months was because we average only once a week, plus DH can only really take the test in the school holidays because it's too hard to do during work time. So he might have been fine earlier, but we didn't know. I think he was told it would take about 20 goes for it all to clear.
Yep, she had fun at the concert - especially because 2 of her little friends came back to our place (being the closest) in the hour space we had before the second performance.
OMG MD - if that was my kid she would have a shiny new cropped hair do after 20 minutes of detangling! You are a star! Tube op went really well. I didn't even hurt enough to bother with a panadol. DH gave me a whole day to spend in bed watching telly, which I didn't really need but it probably won't be offered again in my lifetime so I made the most of it lol.
Cally, that is a long time to wait! That was half of my decision - if DH ever actually got the snip, he wouldn't go back for testing to check it had actually worked. I have a friend that had to send her DH back for a second go.
Cass, bummer about your DH going somewhere fun and you staying at home That really sucks.
I am having an occupational crisis of sorts. I have always known, but it has just sort of hit me that next year E will be in kindy and what the heck will I do with myself all day if she is gone from 8.45 to 2.45pm several days a week? It just struck me that if I want to enrol in any study that I need to decide and do it now. Psychology won't be finished until the end of next year, so I can't do post grad in that area. Not sure what else I could do. I can't believe how quickly it all turns around - all those years where it was hard to find even a few minutes to myself and now my problem is the exact opposite lol.
Cally - yay for the ballet concert! I bet K was adorable. I totally get what you mean about wanting the social diversion of catching up with other mums, especially when you work long hours. And yay for planned infertility too. You'll be making the most of your anniversary getaway then, won't you .
Cass - sorry but PMSL here at you running to the BOTTLE-O??! Need plonk, STAT!! How long is DH away for? Have you moved/when are you moving?
Arte - glad your op went well & you've recovered nicely. Wow I can't believe that E is nearly in the kindy ...?!! Are you looking at starting some post-grad study after the end of next year, so the problem is what to do with yourself for the year until that starts? Is there anywhere you could volunteer that is somehow associated with the general direction you'd like to pursue? OR are there some other skills (eg some kind of computer software, conflict management, OHAS, train the trainer, project management, cultural awareness) that you could learn in a short-course form that would fill in some gaps on your future resume. OR do you really just not know at all what direction to point yourself in? You're pretty smart, you've done smart-person work in the past which means you have all sorts of research, conceptual and analytical skills that are 100% transferable so I'm sure there are plenty of options, esp if you're looking at moving to the little big-smoke at some point down the track.
Re the dreads - about half that time was the very last mega-dread - the others were easier to get out - but once we'd already sat there it seemed wrong to abandon it half way. Plus the mega-dread was pretty close to her scalp so if I'd cut it she would have gone straight back to the too short to put up, too long to have down at school zone. Anyway she's on notice, last time she had her hair cut I told her she needed to get some of the length taken off (poor condition at the ends) and she pretty much ignored me so this time she doesn't get a say.
Yeah, time keeps rolling on. E will be 2.5 at the start of the year and will probably go to kindy for at least some half days and by term 3 she will be there probably 3-4 days a week - I often stay there with her for an hour or two in the mornings and she is keen as to stay longer.
I think the issue is a bit of everything. I have two papers to do next year but they are a double and a semester 2 and won't take up all my free time. I keep gravitating to post grad in educational psychology, which is dealing with the learning disorders, gifted, adhd. But that can't be done until 2015 because I have to finish current course first. I don't know. I keep coming up with a thousand ideas but really, we are so far away from everything here it makes it hard - that is why I did psych in the first place because it was the only thing I could do entirely from home with zero on campus component.
Arte, the educational psych stuff would be FASCINATING. I'm 100% interested in all things psych/neuropsych/learning/memory/cognition at the moment. And add to that anything about positive psychology & motivation. The more I read, the more fascinating it gets - lucky for me there have been a whole bunch of really interesting and engaging non-fic books published on this stuff over the last few years so I've got plenty to go on with LOL. But I dunno, maybe you don't need to pack your schedule full the second E is out of the door for a couple of hours - you know it can do a girl a lot of good to have some plain, unstructured down time.
MD, looks like we are covering the same ground atm! I think the ed psych work would be very interesting and it is the sort of job like midwifery where it helps if the person has lived it itms. I have also been strongly considering doing a hypnotherapy course next year, just for interests sake. I know I shouldn't overfill my schedule but now is the time to enrol in any courses and I really really don't do well when I am bored. Luckily this time of year is pretty busy and my days seem to be filling up easily.
We should compare notes - I am pretty sure we are both looking into inattention dominant ADHD. Let me know if you have found anything interesting that you think might be worth a shot. Atm we are trying exercise (homolateral and contralateral, progressing to crossover when able) and Omega 3.
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(i dont run ever either. like never ever. actually, i lie, i ran across the road and down the street the other day - to go to the bottle-o lol - and it just felt so wrong and i realised that i need a better bra).
I so wish that i was going with him!
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