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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 294834" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>G'day for Monday.</p><p></p><p>TM, enjoy that shower. You've just reminded me to go make sure our electric booster for the solar hot water is switched on - we need an extra shot of juice in winter. Good luck getting Duckie moving. Maybe the incentive of meeting up with friends will do the trick.</p><p></p><p>I spent a lot of the morning making phone calls on behalf of easy child 2/difficult child 2 to various industrial relations government groups. We've got a lot of crud dealt with and now have a couple of directions for her to go. She's going to wait until Thursday when she has her next day off. Until then she has to keep her head down at work, document everything and not react at all to anything her boss says or does. I've got a couple of calls to make in the morning (legal advice on her behalf, finding out what she can rely on and if the planned mode of action is advisable). It's getting nast for her at work but it still could turn around, if head office does what they're supposed to. Thursday will also work to give them as much time as possible to act on what they already have.</p><p></p><p>Other than that - I had to see my specialist but also needed a new referral so I squeezed in an appointment with my GP beforehand. She asked how I was going, I said my rib was feeling a lot better, it only twinges if I try to do something the wrong way (such as pulling up weeds or sawing branches of mother in law's hibiscus tree). The doctor looked horrified - she warned me that my rib is still healing, it's only a few weeks and it will break again if I push my luck.</p><p>The specialist - I filled him in on recent health events (such as the prednisone and the whooping cough) in case it was relevant. He's happy with my progress - I've got 6 months before I have to go back unless there are problems in the meantime.</p><p>On the way (long drive each way) I went through my iPod library for songs to give the choir next practice. I still can't sing in my upper register without it triggering a coughing fit - a blasted nuisance. It's been over 10 weeks now - I strongly recommend you consider getting your adult immunisations for whooping cough. This is NOT nice... I am so glad we didn't give it to mother in law, she would have been in serious trouble. </p><p></p><p>I came up with a bribe option for difficult child 3 to do his maths. He's willing to do it but getting started is a problem. However, I bought a 3 Kg bag of M&Ms. Yes, 3 Kg! I put about a third of it into a gum ball machine I have. We have a jar of coins and he's permitted to put in ONE coin for each section of Maths he completes. So today, he got an entire week's worth of maths done and has eaten a modest amount of M&Ms. It's sufficiently different that it seems to overcome his inertia problems.</p><p></p><p>We'll see what tomorrow brings. husband will be home, we have some garden work to do (on top of my phone calls). I have a couple of trees that urgently need the white oil treatment. No pesticides, but the white oil to suffocate scale and aphids, mainly. Plus more hibiscus to cut and then remove so mother in law won't know how much we've removed from her tree. At least not until it begins to sprout for spring, I hope...</p><p></p><p>Enjoy your Monday, everyone.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 294834, member: 1991"] G'day for Monday. TM, enjoy that shower. You've just reminded me to go make sure our electric booster for the solar hot water is switched on - we need an extra shot of juice in winter. Good luck getting Duckie moving. Maybe the incentive of meeting up with friends will do the trick. I spent a lot of the morning making phone calls on behalf of easy child 2/difficult child 2 to various industrial relations government groups. We've got a lot of crud dealt with and now have a couple of directions for her to go. She's going to wait until Thursday when she has her next day off. Until then she has to keep her head down at work, document everything and not react at all to anything her boss says or does. I've got a couple of calls to make in the morning (legal advice on her behalf, finding out what she can rely on and if the planned mode of action is advisable). It's getting nast for her at work but it still could turn around, if head office does what they're supposed to. Thursday will also work to give them as much time as possible to act on what they already have. Other than that - I had to see my specialist but also needed a new referral so I squeezed in an appointment with my GP beforehand. She asked how I was going, I said my rib was feeling a lot better, it only twinges if I try to do something the wrong way (such as pulling up weeds or sawing branches of mother in law's hibiscus tree). The doctor looked horrified - she warned me that my rib is still healing, it's only a few weeks and it will break again if I push my luck. The specialist - I filled him in on recent health events (such as the prednisone and the whooping cough) in case it was relevant. He's happy with my progress - I've got 6 months before I have to go back unless there are problems in the meantime. On the way (long drive each way) I went through my iPod library for songs to give the choir next practice. I still can't sing in my upper register without it triggering a coughing fit - a blasted nuisance. It's been over 10 weeks now - I strongly recommend you consider getting your adult immunisations for whooping cough. This is NOT nice... I am so glad we didn't give it to mother in law, she would have been in serious trouble. I came up with a bribe option for difficult child 3 to do his maths. He's willing to do it but getting started is a problem. However, I bought a 3 Kg bag of M&Ms. Yes, 3 Kg! I put about a third of it into a gum ball machine I have. We have a jar of coins and he's permitted to put in ONE coin for each section of Maths he completes. So today, he got an entire week's worth of maths done and has eaten a modest amount of M&Ms. It's sufficiently different that it seems to overcome his inertia problems. We'll see what tomorrow brings. husband will be home, we have some garden work to do (on top of my phone calls). I have a couple of trees that urgently need the white oil treatment. No pesticides, but the white oil to suffocate scale and aphids, mainly. Plus more hibiscus to cut and then remove so mother in law won't know how much we've removed from her tree. At least not until it begins to sprout for spring, I hope... Enjoy your Monday, everyone. Marg [/QUOTE]
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