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| Peace and contentment | | | I love my new home. It's peaceful and the views from the window are to die for. I'm finally peaceful! Work is another story for another time, but I love my home and at last I am content. Knitting progresses and is keeping me chilled... | | Don't worry, be happy | | As a mother I am bound to worry. I forget that I have a DD who always lands on her feet, even thousands of miles from home. She has settled well into Canada and seems to be loving her new life. I'm really pleased for her. Now just need to get organised as we move house in 3 days and we're not packed and I'm still suffering from swine flu. It's really knocked me for six - I have been off work for almost a week and still don't feel well enough to return.
Really looking forward to the move - little house in the country, wood burning stove, my own study. What more could a girl want? Just to feel well, actually. That's all I am asking for right now. | | DD flying to Canada | | | As I write DD is sitting at Heathrow airport in London about to fly to Montreal. I can't believe she's gone already, and despite the dramas of the last 48 hours - no visa, tears etc. she is now on her way to teach for 9 months. Our house is sold, and we are due to move in a couple of weeks. We are surrounded by packing cases and I'm exhausted! Really looking forward to October when I go away for our 25th wedding anniversary | | So much going on! | | Life is busy busy busy! DD passed her driving test today. DS gets his first car tomorrow and in 2 days I am going to stay with my parents for a few days. After that, DD is moving to Canada! She's going to be a teaching assistant near Quebec for a year as part of her language degree. I'm nervous and worried, but she's almost 22 so I ought to stop worrying so much.
Our house is still for sale, and there has been some interest but still no offers - and it's so frustrating - we have the finances sorted and have surveyed the new place, we just need a buyer for ours. I want to be moved by Christmas, but at this rate I'm not so sure it'll happen.
Work is going reasonably well, with progress being made. | | Settling in | | I'm a survivor of two whole weeks in my new job. I'm travelling by bus everywhere and really enjoying it! I'm amazed. I'm getting home unstressed, and my knitting is benefiting too - have made a whole sock in the 2 weeks travelling. The family all have bets on how long it will work, but I'm ignoring them. I am enjoying the newness of the role, and only worrying slightly that there is so much work to do!  | | Worrying is a female attribute | | Well my brother is improving and amazingly is out of hospital. I drove him home earlier in the week - the journey took it out of him more than he'll care to admit, but at least he's now in the same county as my parents and his OH is really great at caring for people, so I can stop worrying about him. (for now)
DD is out tonight, and I know it's after midnight, but I guess at 21 she's old enough to be doing this - I guess being a mom never gets any easier though. DS is being hassled by his toxic girlfriend again and he just can't seem to let her go. I don't see what he gets out of this relationship other than a messed up head, but as I keep being told I'm an old lady and I wouldn't understand, I guess I'd better butt out and just be there to pick up the pieces. Why is motherhood so hard? | | Dilemma | | | So, my brother is improving, but he is still confused - however he sounds very plausible. Herein lies my dilemma. The nursing staff will not tell me anything. They say that for reasons of confidentiality I should talk to him, and that they cannot talk to me. He however is afraid to ask questions and also knows his memory isn't good. He still doesn't remember any of he events of the last 10 days and needs to keep checking the book we have written everything down in for him. He then gets upset because he realises he isn't his usual self and isn't coping and managing. I just wish the nursing staff would advocate for him, but I feel they are not. I think I need to go down there tomorrow and offer some support, but what would you do in this situation? | | Brother improving | | | Thank you all so much for your thoughts and prayers - he's improving! It's slow but steady right now - off the vent and beginning to talk, however he does seem to have aspirated and his chest is pretty awful right now. I'm exhausted with all the travelling - had to pick DD up from Uni - 500 mile round trip in last 24 hours but at least we are all home and safe. | | Brother in ICU | | | Well, there's nothing like a family crisis to make you see how piddling and unimportant work really is. My brother arrested on a trip to the zoo. He's 43. He's now in an ICU 100 miles away on a vent. My family are keeping vigil. It's taken me all of my strength to get them there, and all of my wits to arrange hotels and keep them informed, not to mention sorting out a crisis when someone posted something about it on facebook (wholly inappropriate comment) which his kids might have seen - and we hadn't told them he was ill yet, until we knew which way things were going. His other half has also needed support, along with her small children, and so I stayed there for 3 days - no change of clothes, no toiletries, nothing. Have just arrived home and I feel exhausted mentally and physically. There's no rest for the wicked though - DD needs collecting from college tomorrow, so I'm back in support mode tomorrow. | | Can't face work | | I know I only have 13 more working shifts, but I really can't face work right now. I am a nurse manager and some of my team are making my life an absolute hell. I don't understand why they would be doing this when I am supportive, soft and wouldn't ask them to do anything I wouldn't be prepared to do myself. I remember all of the really bad managers in my 30 year career and have based how I am on all of those things I vowed I wouldn't be if I ever got to this level - you probably remember saying the same.... "if I ever get to be a boss, I am NEVER doing that!" etc.
I guess I will never know why they are like this and must keep being positive and looking forward - only 13 more shifts and then I'm outta there!  |
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