Having an awesome day here! Chased up a couple of refunds from bond/electricity/enviro rates, and checked the balance of a property I have been guessing rates for the last couple of years - way in credit! Almost 2K coming my way!!
Then on the way out of Kindy Miss A found a snail, then just lying on the path a few steps away was another one for E which means they are both happy and there is no snail envy/fighting It is all coming up Arte today!
Arte I LOL'd at you remembering you don't like the heat. I recently bought myself an umbrella with a SPF factor so that I can take the shade with me. I'm also getting to the point where there's going to have to be some glasses/sunglasses action too - I can't work it out either.
That's great to hear that W is getting benefits from the counselling. Having a shared language ("engine running too fast") helps with being able to bring it to his attention when he's at home too. Having a 5 or 10 point scale can be useful as well. Anyway I hope you see the improvements continue during the term too.
Finally got my essay in, later than late, but it was still accepted and marked, did quite well even after it was penalised for lateness and wordiness. LOL. Anyway, got another couple of big ones over the next couple of weeks, so it's no rest for the wicked at my place.
MD, bummer about the overdue assignment, but yay for a good result anyway.
I think I have decided on a pair of prescription sunglasses and I will just have to change between them and my normals. I thought about contacts and normal sunglasses which may be cheaper, but my eyes are pretty sunken and black these days and I prefer my normal glasses so it isn't as obvious lol
And I was meaning to say thanks for your input in the blocked ears thread. I had a head cold last week that left my ears very blocked and I went home for the weekend so I had several flights to nurse my ears through. You might have saved me a burst ear drum I was holding my nose and swallowing constantly during the decents, something I wouldn't have thought to do because some long ago teacher told us we must never do that!
MD, I saw a real life narcoleptic! When I was visiting my grandfather in hospital, my uncle and his girlfriend were there too. Every time the conversation lulled, she would tip forward and start snoring!! Totally fascinating (from a psychology perspective and as someone who doesn't have to deal with it....). I can see how easily it can ruin lives though.
MD: I so do not envy you with those assignments. blergh! but massive relief at still getting good marks despite the norti marks taken off lol.
I think that i am dealing with some mild depression TBH. the move has not done my mental health all that well and the shocker year with Emilia is really driven home as i go through her memory book and see the 'before' and 'after' pictures of our little family (before all the crap hit the fan and after). I have a good counsellor in melbourne and think we will go in as a couple at the start of the year when we get back, as i think i do need to debrief it all etc.
Arte: I was *so* sure that i had replied to the super snail find. we had a similar story except that for Miss M it was a dead snail and we all didnt realise as she carted it around for around an hour...she is desperate for her own 'pet' but for some reason only seems to be attracted to the dead things...caterpillar last week and a centipede thingy the other day hahaha.
I do the yawn trick for blocked ears on flights. i look like a no0b but it works lol. i also make sure that i have a pack of ear candles in my back pocket at all times. those things rock my world.
my passport photo looks like a mugshot. i am not kidding. it is so atrocious. i was hating on the woman taking my pic so much lol...she was a cranky old bird that killed my joy...and it shows hahaha.
Man, i need a haircut and a bikini wax...winter is over...time to de-fur lol (prolly shoulda put an image warning on there lol).
Re: Miss Es diagnosis...i feel relieved. i finally feel that what i knew was there is now recognised. Her neurologist right at the beginning did tell me that it would take roughly 2 years to diagnose, and it took just under, so i am happy for that. it changes nothing really for her care, just means that we have to keep taking her in every few months for chats and the like. it is all very hands off when there is not brain impact etc. she has an EEG coming up in March to compare to her last one. but thankfully it looks to be just a day stay (as opposed to overnight like last time). I am so super happy with her care at the RCH, they are super awesome people and her neuro is just right on the same page as us. so all good really
That is pretty tough news about your granddad. confidence within themselves can also be a huge hinderance to getting better and i have noticed that as my own grandpa feels less and less confident with his body that he is deteriorating at a much faster rate. it just plain sucks.
Gosh I read your post Cass and replying has been on my list and now it is nearly two weeks later lol. Not that much is happening, but there are a lot of little bits and bobs that seem to take up a lot of time.
So when do you go?! Where are you off to this time? I don't even know what an ear candle is!
It is quite comforting to have a diagnoses. It seems to have made a huge difference to BIL to know what is wrong with him. He is actually being mostly reasonable for the first time in forever.
Not a whole lot of anything going on here. Making our way into the downhill slide that ends at Christmas. Only 5 weeks of school left! We made the decision to close the school at the end of term 2 next year, so I am not sure if I am going to start A there knowing it is a short time or do the two school drop off jig for those terms. Can't believe she will be a big school girl next year! She seems tall for her age and with W being small they are almost even now. He is going to spew when people start asking if they are twins lol.
hi everyone :-)
it has been ages since i have been on to see how everyone i going and to update you! Cass - when are you leaving on your trip? it sounds like it will be an amazing holiday! jealous! we are doing the beachouse again this xmas holidays - it works really well for us to have a close to home easy break at that time esp as it is so busy in the lead up.
we have booked to go to cambodia and vietnam next year tho whoch will be fun. and it also looking like i will go to usa for work in march... so lots on as usual! work is really going gangbusters for me, i am enoying it a lot but v firmly in the career mum bracket which also comes wth the guilt, worry etc.
i didnt realise cass you were feeling so down. i am glad you will spend some time with the counsellor and hope that helps. i also didnt know E has a diagnosis? gosh i cant believe it has been 2 yrs since all that horror began.
Arte - so what will happen with the school closing? if you start A there will the kids move with her? that would make it a little less disruptive. why isnt it an end of yr thing to mke it easier to transition?
all is well with the boys. i have just had J assessed by an OT, as he is super smart but struggling a bit motor wise, esp finemotor so we want to get in top of tht b4 school next year. she has assesed him at school so i willhear next week what her thoughts are.
I just bought N his first judy blume! tales of a 4th grade nothing. ah the nostalgia!
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It is all coming up Arte today!
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