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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 271767" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>G'day.</p><p></p><p>Linda, I too have been mostly absent lately. Partly recovery from easy child's wedding, plus sister in law/brother in law have been staying here and we've been ferrying them around a bit. I'm glad the renovations have been going well for you. It sounds very exciting.</p><p></p><p>We've had a busy week, even when staying home helping difficult child 3 with his study.</p><p></p><p>Today was a red-letter day - we went to see "Guys and Dolls" in Sydney, then had dinner in Chinatown afterwards. It has been a week-long (longer) effort to get difficult child 3 to come with us. Tickets not cheap and he has difficulty with ANY new movie/book/TV show/stage show. We buy tickets that include him and often find ourselves having to give away his at the last minute, due to his panic attacks. But last night I borrowed a DVD of the movie from difficult child 3's godmother, plus I had easy child 2/difficult child 2 and godmother in the queue for the spare ticket, if we needed to do it that way. So we were up very late last night, difficult child 3 & I, watching "Guys and Dolls" on DVD. He didn't like it much, said it was too long, didn't follow the story well - problems. I asked him to sleep on it then decide in the morning. I literally had the phone in my lap and my finger on the dial button, when he finally agreed to come.</p><p>And it was great! He enjoyed it more than he thought he would, behaved well, then even continued to hold it together when we ate dinner. However, he didn't eat much at all. He's not great with Chinese food. So I bought some barbecued pork from the restaurant and we just got home, I opened it up and got him to eat some. </p><p></p><p>husband has gone to mother in law's to have coffee with sister in law & brother in law; I'm going soon but after spending most of the day with them and trying to be nice, I need a bit of a breather. It's not that I don't like them, but lately I'm finding them (especially brother in law, and as a consequence the influence he has on sister in law) to be really hard work. So I thought I'd pop in and say G'day to you lovely lot, you preserve my sanity.</p><p></p><p>Then I'll toddle off to mother in law's and save husband's sanity. I might even feel charitable enough to inveigle brother in law into coming for a walk with me, to find some of the local deer herd. We're fed up with the local deer, but to him it will be a novelty. And he probably will be needing a breath of fresh air by then, too. Abrasive people tend to also find other people abrasive. And me - I'm treating him as an interesting experiment in psychology... otherwise I'd have been screaming long ago!</p><p></p><p>Tomorrow we're having a big Mothers Day celebration at mother in law's, difficult child 1 & daughter in law are coming too. Possibly in the evening easy child 2/difficult child 2 & BF2 will come; not sure how BF2 will get on with brother in law. Because brother in law tends to avoid coming to visit with sister in law, I don't think he's ever met BF2 (who has only been on the scene for 4 years!).</p><p></p><p>So one more day of family togetherness, on one of the biggest days of the family togetherness year, and we then take them to the airport on Monday morning early. VERY early. When I will have another really big day committeeing at difficult child 3's school. </p><p></p><p>Mixed feelings are such a trial - we miss them when they're not here, we feel guilty when we find them too much. But if we work at it, we will enjoy our time together. And that is the aim right now. Even if I feel I'm doing all the work - the result is what counts here.</p><p></p><p>Enjoy your Saturday.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 271767, member: 1991"] G'day. Linda, I too have been mostly absent lately. Partly recovery from easy child's wedding, plus sister in law/brother in law have been staying here and we've been ferrying them around a bit. I'm glad the renovations have been going well for you. It sounds very exciting. We've had a busy week, even when staying home helping difficult child 3 with his study. Today was a red-letter day - we went to see "Guys and Dolls" in Sydney, then had dinner in Chinatown afterwards. It has been a week-long (longer) effort to get difficult child 3 to come with us. Tickets not cheap and he has difficulty with ANY new movie/book/TV show/stage show. We buy tickets that include him and often find ourselves having to give away his at the last minute, due to his panic attacks. But last night I borrowed a DVD of the movie from difficult child 3's godmother, plus I had easy child 2/difficult child 2 and godmother in the queue for the spare ticket, if we needed to do it that way. So we were up very late last night, difficult child 3 & I, watching "Guys and Dolls" on DVD. He didn't like it much, said it was too long, didn't follow the story well - problems. I asked him to sleep on it then decide in the morning. I literally had the phone in my lap and my finger on the dial button, when he finally agreed to come. And it was great! He enjoyed it more than he thought he would, behaved well, then even continued to hold it together when we ate dinner. However, he didn't eat much at all. He's not great with Chinese food. So I bought some barbecued pork from the restaurant and we just got home, I opened it up and got him to eat some. husband has gone to mother in law's to have coffee with sister in law & brother in law; I'm going soon but after spending most of the day with them and trying to be nice, I need a bit of a breather. It's not that I don't like them, but lately I'm finding them (especially brother in law, and as a consequence the influence he has on sister in law) to be really hard work. So I thought I'd pop in and say G'day to you lovely lot, you preserve my sanity. Then I'll toddle off to mother in law's and save husband's sanity. I might even feel charitable enough to inveigle brother in law into coming for a walk with me, to find some of the local deer herd. We're fed up with the local deer, but to him it will be a novelty. And he probably will be needing a breath of fresh air by then, too. Abrasive people tend to also find other people abrasive. And me - I'm treating him as an interesting experiment in psychology... otherwise I'd have been screaming long ago! Tomorrow we're having a big Mothers Day celebration at mother in law's, difficult child 1 & daughter in law are coming too. Possibly in the evening easy child 2/difficult child 2 & BF2 will come; not sure how BF2 will get on with brother in law. Because brother in law tends to avoid coming to visit with sister in law, I don't think he's ever met BF2 (who has only been on the scene for 4 years!). So one more day of family togetherness, on one of the biggest days of the family togetherness year, and we then take them to the airport on Monday morning early. VERY early. When I will have another really big day committeeing at difficult child 3's school. Mixed feelings are such a trial - we miss them when they're not here, we feel guilty when we find them too much. But if we work at it, we will enjoy our time together. And that is the aim right now. Even if I feel I'm doing all the work - the result is what counts here. Enjoy your Saturday. Marg [/QUOTE]
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