Marguerite
Active Member
G'day, people.
It's been an eventful week. The sun has been out for all of it so far and the floods are receding, at least near the coast. Inland will take a few more weeks; Australia is a big place and it takes the inland rivers a long time to flow to the sea. Along the expected path, towns have been strengthening their levee banks. Sometimes it doesn't work. We're okay, of course - we live on top of a hill, near the ocean. Our roads get cut by floods but otherwise we're fine.
difficult child 3's been struggling with schoolwork - personal organisation skills plus anxiety. He and I were arguing badly over his work, I have not known how to proceed. But I set things up with his teachers on Monday, and have a lot of stuff in place. difficult child 3 came in to school after college on Tuesday, met with SpEd who has taken on the role of daily nag (over the phone) and liaison with class teachers. difficult child 3 himself drew up a plan (with SpEd's help) which will involve weekly face-to-face lessons (on Thursdays). He's also got college coaching sessions on Wednesday after class. It's early days, but at least it takes some of the stress off me.
I took mother in law out to the neurologist today; I organise our appointments to coincide so we can go together. We got some shopping done too. It's becoming a huge effort for her physically, but she values her independence. I took an easy option for dinner tonight - a shop-bought frozen lasagne. husband just got home form work, we're about to head down to mother in law's to have dinner (which is why I rarely get to post the morning thread these days). Tomorrow is a day at home for me and difficult child 3, hopefully he'll get some more work done. Except I've got a niggling feeling I've got something on... that's right! SIL2's "Shave for a Cure"! It's an annual fundraiser and this year SIL2 is participating. His waist-length curly hair is coming off, with photos. Using my hair clippers! daughter in law is doing this too, in a few weeks. She's shaving her head close, she says. Sinead O'Connor...
Our weather is slowly turning to autumn but we never really had much of a summer. I might get to the beach tomorrow, rain permitting. Yes, more rain is on the way. I have to be back at the school on Monday for job interviews (I'm the parent representative on the current staff appointment panel), after two days of rain forecast. Pray the rain is light enough to not flood the road by Monday morning! At least I have the principal's mobile phone number so if I'm floodbound, I can telephone him and he can stall until I get there.
Ain't life fun? I need to get some beach time for physiotherapy while we have a few sunny hours before the rain tomorrow afternoon. The neurologist was most insistent, although he thought my idea of taking up bellydancing was definitely worth investigating as a way to keep my spine flexible and develop core strength.
Enjoy your Thursday. The weekend is nearly here!
Marg
It's been an eventful week. The sun has been out for all of it so far and the floods are receding, at least near the coast. Inland will take a few more weeks; Australia is a big place and it takes the inland rivers a long time to flow to the sea. Along the expected path, towns have been strengthening their levee banks. Sometimes it doesn't work. We're okay, of course - we live on top of a hill, near the ocean. Our roads get cut by floods but otherwise we're fine.
difficult child 3's been struggling with schoolwork - personal organisation skills plus anxiety. He and I were arguing badly over his work, I have not known how to proceed. But I set things up with his teachers on Monday, and have a lot of stuff in place. difficult child 3 came in to school after college on Tuesday, met with SpEd who has taken on the role of daily nag (over the phone) and liaison with class teachers. difficult child 3 himself drew up a plan (with SpEd's help) which will involve weekly face-to-face lessons (on Thursdays). He's also got college coaching sessions on Wednesday after class. It's early days, but at least it takes some of the stress off me.
I took mother in law out to the neurologist today; I organise our appointments to coincide so we can go together. We got some shopping done too. It's becoming a huge effort for her physically, but she values her independence. I took an easy option for dinner tonight - a shop-bought frozen lasagne. husband just got home form work, we're about to head down to mother in law's to have dinner (which is why I rarely get to post the morning thread these days). Tomorrow is a day at home for me and difficult child 3, hopefully he'll get some more work done. Except I've got a niggling feeling I've got something on... that's right! SIL2's "Shave for a Cure"! It's an annual fundraiser and this year SIL2 is participating. His waist-length curly hair is coming off, with photos. Using my hair clippers! daughter in law is doing this too, in a few weeks. She's shaving her head close, she says. Sinead O'Connor...
Our weather is slowly turning to autumn but we never really had much of a summer. I might get to the beach tomorrow, rain permitting. Yes, more rain is on the way. I have to be back at the school on Monday for job interviews (I'm the parent representative on the current staff appointment panel), after two days of rain forecast. Pray the rain is light enough to not flood the road by Monday morning! At least I have the principal's mobile phone number so if I'm floodbound, I can telephone him and he can stall until I get there.
Ain't life fun? I need to get some beach time for physiotherapy while we have a few sunny hours before the rain tomorrow afternoon. The neurologist was most insistent, although he thought my idea of taking up bellydancing was definitely worth investigating as a way to keep my spine flexible and develop core strength.
Enjoy your Thursday. The weekend is nearly here!
Marg