Marguerite
Active Member
G'day, folks. I'm beginning this morning because it's getting late for me and I need to get to bed to get sleep - I have a very early start.
I know I say it's important to show a school tat you're willing to put a lot in to support them but right now I'm regretting my big mouth - I volunteered to be the parent representative on the school staffing committee (bound by more regulations than you would believe) and although until now, apart from the compulsory training session it's all been possible to do it over the phone, tomorrow I have to attend in person. From 8.30 am! In the centre of the city! For us that means leaving home at 6.40 am, with everything we need - difficult child 3 included.
I had a doctor's appointment organised for 2.30 pm, a meeting beginning so early would surely be over in time. Not so - this afternoon the principal told me to expect the meeting to go for six hours or more. So I rescheduled the doctor's appointment.
I'm still in a lot of pain. I saw the rheumatologist this morning to show him the X-rays etc which all said my hips, bones etc are perfectly OK. Next thing, I'm getting a steroid injection anyway, into my right hip. A tad unexpected... I did some shopping afterwards with easy child 2/difficult child 2 (her day off) but really was feeling too awful to do much. Emotionally fragile, too - I think from the shock of the injection plus the pain levels.
I'm going to take my make-shift hot pack tomorrow (wet hand-towel folded neatly in a supermarket plastic bag, microwaved until hot), all I need is a microwave oven nearby. The only trouble - tomorrow is going to be another hot summery day, having a hot pack on my back is going to really make me feel the heat of the day.
difficult child 3 has to come with me tomorrow, he has his drama class after school plus I managed to reschedule the GP for 4.30 pm for one of us. It will depend on how I'm feeling plus how close to time the doctor is, as to whether it's me or difficult child 3 who sees her.
I've been working on our family Christmas card this evening. Summer is definitely here - you can see it in the sky, in the dark haze on the horizon, in the intense enamel blue of the sky, in the lazy heat that makes the flies too sleepy to take off. As summer wears on we lose all trace of sea breeze and the heat hangs heavy, wraps around you like an unwanted blanket. Don't get me wrong, I love summer, but only if I know I can get to the beach. Not sure how well I'll go swimming this year, the masseuse says I've lost muscle tone in my back. Maybe elsewhere.
Oh well, we'll see. No swimming tomorrow, that's for sure - although we'll be very close to the sea, the Harbour at that point is a bit cruddy with flotsam and traces of oil on the water.
One thing about even a busy summer - the Christmas flowers are everywhere on the drive through to the highway. Flannel flowers, Christmas Bush (tiny salmon-coloured flowers covering large trees completely), purple jacarandas (OK, not native), Christmas Bells close to the ground in red and yellow. We were eased in to these flowers with the Gymea Lilies, the waratahs and the golden wattle. More red, then gold. Soon we'll hear the cicadas pulsing in the heat. For me that is the sound and feel of Christmas! Maybe on Thursday afternoon I'll be home and able to lie on our sandy beach, letting the sun be my natural heat pack.
Enjoy your Tuesday.
Marg
I know I say it's important to show a school tat you're willing to put a lot in to support them but right now I'm regretting my big mouth - I volunteered to be the parent representative on the school staffing committee (bound by more regulations than you would believe) and although until now, apart from the compulsory training session it's all been possible to do it over the phone, tomorrow I have to attend in person. From 8.30 am! In the centre of the city! For us that means leaving home at 6.40 am, with everything we need - difficult child 3 included.
I had a doctor's appointment organised for 2.30 pm, a meeting beginning so early would surely be over in time. Not so - this afternoon the principal told me to expect the meeting to go for six hours or more. So I rescheduled the doctor's appointment.
I'm still in a lot of pain. I saw the rheumatologist this morning to show him the X-rays etc which all said my hips, bones etc are perfectly OK. Next thing, I'm getting a steroid injection anyway, into my right hip. A tad unexpected... I did some shopping afterwards with easy child 2/difficult child 2 (her day off) but really was feeling too awful to do much. Emotionally fragile, too - I think from the shock of the injection plus the pain levels.
I'm going to take my make-shift hot pack tomorrow (wet hand-towel folded neatly in a supermarket plastic bag, microwaved until hot), all I need is a microwave oven nearby. The only trouble - tomorrow is going to be another hot summery day, having a hot pack on my back is going to really make me feel the heat of the day.
difficult child 3 has to come with me tomorrow, he has his drama class after school plus I managed to reschedule the GP for 4.30 pm for one of us. It will depend on how I'm feeling plus how close to time the doctor is, as to whether it's me or difficult child 3 who sees her.
I've been working on our family Christmas card this evening. Summer is definitely here - you can see it in the sky, in the dark haze on the horizon, in the intense enamel blue of the sky, in the lazy heat that makes the flies too sleepy to take off. As summer wears on we lose all trace of sea breeze and the heat hangs heavy, wraps around you like an unwanted blanket. Don't get me wrong, I love summer, but only if I know I can get to the beach. Not sure how well I'll go swimming this year, the masseuse says I've lost muscle tone in my back. Maybe elsewhere.
Oh well, we'll see. No swimming tomorrow, that's for sure - although we'll be very close to the sea, the Harbour at that point is a bit cruddy with flotsam and traces of oil on the water.
One thing about even a busy summer - the Christmas flowers are everywhere on the drive through to the highway. Flannel flowers, Christmas Bush (tiny salmon-coloured flowers covering large trees completely), purple jacarandas (OK, not native), Christmas Bells close to the ground in red and yellow. We were eased in to these flowers with the Gymea Lilies, the waratahs and the golden wattle. More red, then gold. Soon we'll hear the cicadas pulsing in the heat. For me that is the sound and feel of Christmas! Maybe on Thursday afternoon I'll be home and able to lie on our sandy beach, letting the sun be my natural heat pack.
Enjoy your Tuesday.
Marg