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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 117150" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>G'day, folks.</p><p></p><p>Linda, I hope kt is better soon. I hope you can enjoy the warmer weather and get things done while you can.</p><p></p><p>LDM/Sharon, kids are funny. If they weren't, I guess it would all me much harder to take. </p><p></p><p>Beth, I hope you feel better soon. You're into genealogy - do you use a good software package? husband has been mapping our family tree for some time, he's merged his data with other geneaologists in the family. It can be very interesting.</p><p></p><p>I had planned a restful day today but it got a bit busy. easy child 2/difficult child 2 was stressing about her college re-enrolment forms (due in the post by tomorrow) and didn't know how to fill them in. I looked at them last night and said we'd make some phone calls - she needed to get info from her disabilities counsellor. But the counsellors won't be back at work until late January, so I took the easy way out - I suggested we drive out to the college (its 20 minutes away by car, on the highway) and I'm so glad I did. There was a series of problems all surrounding her renewal, having the office staff there to help sort it saved us a lot of time and effort.</p><p>We got a lot of other tasks done too - got prescriptions filled at the pharmacy, lodged our recent specialists' bills with the insurance while we waited at the pharmacy, then dropped in to the mechanic to see how BF2's car repairs are going. By this time the hot sunny sky was beginning to cloud; we could see the massive thunderheads forming in the south and heading our way. The forecast had been for the front to hit us after lunch with gale-force winds and torrential rain.</p><p>So back home I grabbed difficult child 3, said, "Grab your swimming gear fast, time to swim is NOW!" and we were back out that door in five minutes.</p><p>As it turned out, we got a good swim session in and were back home for another couple of hours before the weather turned bad. The TV news was reporting flash floods and hailstorms all round Sydney; not a drop at our place. Branches were blowing off the trees, we couldn't hear ourselves think outside. My beach towel went missing, I was ready to search the neighbourhood, but difficult child 3 had brought it in to rescue it (darling boy).</p><p></p><p>Tomorrow the day will be cooler - 22C, they said. The water temp is 23C. I've got my house cleaning in the morning, then I'm off with difficult child 3 to visit a friend nearby. Don't know if I'll get to swim - the visit is a pretext for her to use my super-vision to check her kids for nits (current epidemic). Being extremely short-sighted, when I take my glasses off I have really good super-vision, like I'm wearing magnifying lenses.</p><p></p><p>We're in for a week of this weird, wet weather. it really does seem like monsoon, except that the rain often doesn't turn up when forecast. Weird, wet and warm with lots of UV still getting through and turning my skin dark brown, like chocolate milk. difficult child 3 is tanning a bit too. We do our best to avoid sunburn, haven't done too badly so far. With our darker skin, it takes a bit more exposure than fair-skinned people, to get the Vitamin D we need. easy child 2/difficult child 2 is very fair, she's got Type 1 skin. I've got Type 4. Out in the sun, I strip to swimsuit, she virtually wears a burkah. I don't think my skin was ever as pale as hers. Hers will never be as dark as mine. But we have the same eyes.</p><p></p><p>Life is interesting.</p><p></p><p>Enjoy your Wednesday.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 117150, member: 1991"] G'day, folks. Linda, I hope kt is better soon. I hope you can enjoy the warmer weather and get things done while you can. LDM/Sharon, kids are funny. If they weren't, I guess it would all me much harder to take. Beth, I hope you feel better soon. You're into genealogy - do you use a good software package? husband has been mapping our family tree for some time, he's merged his data with other geneaologists in the family. It can be very interesting. I had planned a restful day today but it got a bit busy. easy child 2/difficult child 2 was stressing about her college re-enrolment forms (due in the post by tomorrow) and didn't know how to fill them in. I looked at them last night and said we'd make some phone calls - she needed to get info from her disabilities counsellor. But the counsellors won't be back at work until late January, so I took the easy way out - I suggested we drive out to the college (its 20 minutes away by car, on the highway) and I'm so glad I did. There was a series of problems all surrounding her renewal, having the office staff there to help sort it saved us a lot of time and effort. We got a lot of other tasks done too - got prescriptions filled at the pharmacy, lodged our recent specialists' bills with the insurance while we waited at the pharmacy, then dropped in to the mechanic to see how BF2's car repairs are going. By this time the hot sunny sky was beginning to cloud; we could see the massive thunderheads forming in the south and heading our way. The forecast had been for the front to hit us after lunch with gale-force winds and torrential rain. So back home I grabbed difficult child 3, said, "Grab your swimming gear fast, time to swim is NOW!" and we were back out that door in five minutes. As it turned out, we got a good swim session in and were back home for another couple of hours before the weather turned bad. The TV news was reporting flash floods and hailstorms all round Sydney; not a drop at our place. Branches were blowing off the trees, we couldn't hear ourselves think outside. My beach towel went missing, I was ready to search the neighbourhood, but difficult child 3 had brought it in to rescue it (darling boy). Tomorrow the day will be cooler - 22C, they said. The water temp is 23C. I've got my house cleaning in the morning, then I'm off with difficult child 3 to visit a friend nearby. Don't know if I'll get to swim - the visit is a pretext for her to use my super-vision to check her kids for nits (current epidemic). Being extremely short-sighted, when I take my glasses off I have really good super-vision, like I'm wearing magnifying lenses. We're in for a week of this weird, wet weather. it really does seem like monsoon, except that the rain often doesn't turn up when forecast. Weird, wet and warm with lots of UV still getting through and turning my skin dark brown, like chocolate milk. difficult child 3 is tanning a bit too. We do our best to avoid sunburn, haven't done too badly so far. With our darker skin, it takes a bit more exposure than fair-skinned people, to get the Vitamin D we need. easy child 2/difficult child 2 is very fair, she's got Type 1 skin. I've got Type 4. Out in the sun, I strip to swimsuit, she virtually wears a burkah. I don't think my skin was ever as pale as hers. Hers will never be as dark as mine. But we have the same eyes. Life is interesting. Enjoy your Wednesday. Marg [/QUOTE]
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