Marguerite
Active Member
G'day, people.
Well, so much for good intentions. I was later to bed last night than I had intended, but I was helping difficult child 3 complete some schoolwork I told him we HAD to post off this morning. He's had a mental block with it, don't know why because it was easy. Maybe too easy, he might have been mentally looking for the catch. Or maybe it was not complex enough to stop his attention from wandering, but he's taken about two weeks getting nothing else done.
Anyway, about midnight he completed it, I signed it and sealed up the envelope (along with other worksheets due back). It meant this morning he could start on fresh work. I settled down for a day catching up on rest and otherwise staying home.
But this morning - the phone rang. It was my brother in law, giving me the latest information on my sister who's in ICU. She is desperately ill, critical, and the doctors don't know why. brother in law was picking my brains about my bout of whooping cough and difficult child 3's pneumonia, anything he can suggest to the doctors. It's a huge worry; she's not strong. She's holding her own, it's about all we can say.
Then over the morning I took call after call. About six calls were from various people at difficult child 3's school, needing to talk to me (mostly) about how he's going. As a result I had to change the work I'd planned on giving him, but to his credit he completed the stuff the school were stressing on. It was due on Tuesday (or the H/O of Dept of Ed would nave un-enrolled him in his extension course). The school also asked my why difficult child 3 hadn't returned any extension work yet - I said it had never arrived. Turns out it was posted last month, so they're posting it all out again. Probably won't arrive until Monday, now. But while I was talking to the teacher over the phone, difficult child 3 was rummaging on the school's website and found the online lessons for that subject, so he can start before it arrives formally in the mail.
Phone kept ringing - a friend asking how I was, then wanted to talk for over an hour. I was going form call to call, terminating the previous call each time I heard the 'call waiting' beeps.
Sis-in-law (currently staying with mother in law) dropped in to send an email. mother in law came too. I was just making lunch for difficult child 3, so I offered them the same thing - chicken and salad burritos. Meanwhile the phone kept ringing - another school call, then the Breast Care nurse. I was a bit distracted, told her I was OK but actually as today has gone on, I've been realising there is more swelling again, especially in the lymph node area.
I've got an appointment with the dentist tomorrow, then I've got an appointment organised for myself and difficult child 3, with the bank. We're setting up his "salt it away and don't touch it" bank account, so we can restrict his access to his pension money. We'll let him have access to $160 a month, out of which he has to pay about $70 monthly expenses (we now expect him to pay for his own medications). We'll then see how well he manages his spending and saving.
mother in law & sis-in-law are coming out with us tomorrow, they can wander around the mall while difficult child 3 & I are doing our own thing. difficult child 3 is hoping he can hook in to the dentist's wireless internet so he can do his online schoolwork while he waits for me there. Fingers crossed!
I've managed to keep my outings down for this end of the week. The dental appointment was booked before Christmas, long before the cancer diagnosis and surgery. I can't skip it, I have a broken filling that is HUGE. The bank stuff - can't be postponed. At least the bank is literally next door to the dentist. Plus both are next to the mall so I can park there, get everything done and then collect everybody to go home when we're done.
No chance of getting to the beach today - definitely cold autumn weather (well, cold by my standards). It's going to be cool and damp for the next few days at least, probably right into this time next week.
I'm on cooking detail tomorrow night, I've got it all planned so it should be fairly easy. Sis-in-law will probably help; I'll cook down there and if I need to rest, I can.
Enjoy your Wednesday, everyone. Remember (those of you in the northern hemisphere) that summer is heading your way.
Marg
Well, so much for good intentions. I was later to bed last night than I had intended, but I was helping difficult child 3 complete some schoolwork I told him we HAD to post off this morning. He's had a mental block with it, don't know why because it was easy. Maybe too easy, he might have been mentally looking for the catch. Or maybe it was not complex enough to stop his attention from wandering, but he's taken about two weeks getting nothing else done.
Anyway, about midnight he completed it, I signed it and sealed up the envelope (along with other worksheets due back). It meant this morning he could start on fresh work. I settled down for a day catching up on rest and otherwise staying home.
But this morning - the phone rang. It was my brother in law, giving me the latest information on my sister who's in ICU. She is desperately ill, critical, and the doctors don't know why. brother in law was picking my brains about my bout of whooping cough and difficult child 3's pneumonia, anything he can suggest to the doctors. It's a huge worry; she's not strong. She's holding her own, it's about all we can say.
Then over the morning I took call after call. About six calls were from various people at difficult child 3's school, needing to talk to me (mostly) about how he's going. As a result I had to change the work I'd planned on giving him, but to his credit he completed the stuff the school were stressing on. It was due on Tuesday (or the H/O of Dept of Ed would nave un-enrolled him in his extension course). The school also asked my why difficult child 3 hadn't returned any extension work yet - I said it had never arrived. Turns out it was posted last month, so they're posting it all out again. Probably won't arrive until Monday, now. But while I was talking to the teacher over the phone, difficult child 3 was rummaging on the school's website and found the online lessons for that subject, so he can start before it arrives formally in the mail.
Phone kept ringing - a friend asking how I was, then wanted to talk for over an hour. I was going form call to call, terminating the previous call each time I heard the 'call waiting' beeps.
Sis-in-law (currently staying with mother in law) dropped in to send an email. mother in law came too. I was just making lunch for difficult child 3, so I offered them the same thing - chicken and salad burritos. Meanwhile the phone kept ringing - another school call, then the Breast Care nurse. I was a bit distracted, told her I was OK but actually as today has gone on, I've been realising there is more swelling again, especially in the lymph node area.
I've got an appointment with the dentist tomorrow, then I've got an appointment organised for myself and difficult child 3, with the bank. We're setting up his "salt it away and don't touch it" bank account, so we can restrict his access to his pension money. We'll let him have access to $160 a month, out of which he has to pay about $70 monthly expenses (we now expect him to pay for his own medications). We'll then see how well he manages his spending and saving.
mother in law & sis-in-law are coming out with us tomorrow, they can wander around the mall while difficult child 3 & I are doing our own thing. difficult child 3 is hoping he can hook in to the dentist's wireless internet so he can do his online schoolwork while he waits for me there. Fingers crossed!
I've managed to keep my outings down for this end of the week. The dental appointment was booked before Christmas, long before the cancer diagnosis and surgery. I can't skip it, I have a broken filling that is HUGE. The bank stuff - can't be postponed. At least the bank is literally next door to the dentist. Plus both are next to the mall so I can park there, get everything done and then collect everybody to go home when we're done.
No chance of getting to the beach today - definitely cold autumn weather (well, cold by my standards). It's going to be cool and damp for the next few days at least, probably right into this time next week.
I'm on cooking detail tomorrow night, I've got it all planned so it should be fairly easy. Sis-in-law will probably help; I'll cook down there and if I need to rest, I can.
Enjoy your Wednesday, everyone. Remember (those of you in the northern hemisphere) that summer is heading your way.
Marg
