G'day, everyone. My, we are a messed up but busy lot today... I'm no exception.
Linda, you keep missing your sleep. Not good. And baking cookies makes it even harder to get a nap - you take tiime to mix t he dough and you STILL can't nap while they are baking, in case all your hard work goes up in smoke... then they're baked and you invite someone round to share them, and there goes the rest of the day!
Heather, you and difficult child sound like you need to coddleeach other. And bunny - if you peel the carrot and offer fresh peel, or squeeze some orange peel near him, he might ventuer out. They have a lousy sense of smell, I used to find. But my pet rabbit accidentqlly bit me once after I'd peeled an orange and had the smell all over my hands.
Lisa, I hope difficult child sticks to the schedule. Will he take it on board?
Lass, your husband sounds like a very useful bloke to have around. I think you did the right thing - by insisting on putting something in place properly, you push the urgency up by making his attendance contingent on this. Do make sure you have schoolwork for him to do while he's at home - I found that setting up "school work during school hours" as a rule was the most important thing, when difficult child 3 began to miss school attendance. We allowed educational computer games as "schoolwork", especially if he had got his bookwork completed. I also would ask the school for any bookwork or worksheets, so they knew I wasn't just giving him a holiday. I found he worked much better at home, too.
Sharon, I'm glad you and your mother have had some good times this visit. it is so important.
TM, don't overdo the cleaning. What are Daisy Scouts?
Steph, I'm sorry you're in pain. It's always worst the day or two after surgery. I hope you get the pain under control soon.
I cooked up another batch of borlotti beans yesterday, I cam much closer to getting it right. It tasted fabulous, with all that garlic and tomato... and today I've been as sick as a dog. I thought maybe I hadn't de-toxed the beans enough, but everyone else who ate some are fine, so I think I have to accept, I've got to go easy on garlic. Trouble is, whenever I have an upset GI tract, my medications don't get absorbed. Then I get side effects from lack of medications - more GI upset. And pain through the roof.
I had to go out for a bone scan today. A three hour gap between getting the isotope injection and getting scanned. So I went shopping, got a lot of fiddly stuff done, managed a half hour catnap in the car, met difficult child 1 and did the grocery shopping. Still feeling lousy, but slowly improving. I see the doctor about medications in the morning, as well as scan results.
Got my passport photo done (again) today - it's probably still not right, the rules are so strict... and, of course, it looks awful. If I can, I might see if we can compromise on the previous photo. Alternatively, keep playing with the camera at home until we can do better.
But we're running out of time.
Have a good Wednesday, everyone.
Marg
