G'day for Friday.
Sharon/WO, good on difficult child to look after his mother!
TM, I hope Duckie improves with a bit of rest.
Oh, am I so tired! It was busy today. difficult child 3 had a 1.30 appointment with his therapist. mother in law needed to go shopping at the mall so we dropped her off first ten headed for the city. difficult child 3 wanted to drive (learner) but mother in law has to sit in the front passenger seat, so I sat in the middle behind them and directed difficult child 3's driving from there. mother in law moves very slowly these days, which made us even later. difficult child 3 was 15 minutes late for his appointment. But we got everything talked about.
difficult child 3 is also behind in most subjects, but currently studying war poetry in English, so I read the poems to him as we drove. That way when he sees his English teacher on Monday for another lesson, he will be familiar with the poems. We discussed them while he drove, as much as we could because he needed to concentrate.
Heading back, it was the beginning of peak hour, traffic was thick. And we were coming from the heart of Sydney.
We got back to mother in law just as she was getting very tired. But when I arrived she had found a friend to chat to, they continued to chat while I dashed around and got my bits of shopping done. I didn't need to get much.
Other things today - good news. I won another writing competition. Yay! Bad news - easy child 2/difficult child 2 was in tears when I rang just before we left at midday, she'd just got back from the doctor and she has had another bad pap test result, she has been referred for a cervical biopsy and was distraught. Also worried, because she wants to know what is going on and wants it fixed fast in case it is cancer, but the clinic appointment (gynaecology clinic at the same place where I had my cancer treatment) isn't for another three weeks. So I rang my own gynaecologist (easy child 2/difficult child 2 also saw him, once, three years ago when she had her first mildly abnormal pap test and they said it would be monitored). My doctor has now retired, no longer does obstetrics, and has an opening next Thursday morning first thing. I figure, he will have a look and at least give her some sensible answers. But we won't cancel the clinic appointment, in case she still needs it.
Of course, she wants me to take her there.
On the way home from the mall we dropped in on easy child 2/difficult child 2. I asked her if she'd spoken to SIL2 yet; she had. mother in law overheard and asked what about, so I made up something about a brochure mother in law had given me to pass on to SIL2 for his course. I handed over the brochure (I happened to have it with me) and we got out of that one. easy child 2/difficult child 2 seemed a bit happier this evening.
difficult child 3 drove home, it was now after sunset. We still had to cook dinner - I went right to mother in law's and together we cut up a tray of vegetables to roast for dinner, to go with leftover roast chicken we had.
I am so tired! I think it's having to concentrate while difficult child 3 is driving, especially in heavy traffic. It was harder work than if I was driving.
We've come home early from mother in law's, she's tired too.
Tomorrow I'm double-booked, still not sure what I will do. But difficult child 3 won't be driving! At least, not into the city!
Enjoy your Friday.
Marg