January 28, 2010
Thursday again.
Thursday, and I am lying low, trying to avoid any thursday-ish occurences. I dared to go into the outdoors earlier to attempt some herb-garden-weeding but I stood on a very hot and melted citronella candle and burnt my foot.
I have retreated to the indoors with air-con pumping and curtains drawn, in order to clean the house in relative comfort. No sharp objects. Did I mention I stabbed myself in the back of the hand with a stanley knife whilst covering schoolbooks?
The girls started back at school yesterday (yr 2 n 7) with much excitement! Today was much less enthusiastic with both kids worn out from the big first day back and the return to usual routine. I helped Titchy to unpack into yr2, she’s already quite familiar with it all due to the cleverness of her and being moved up to year two for literacy and maths last year. I’m sure she’ll be back to usual form soon and asking the teacher if she can help teach the class. Lil was nervous but excited about her new class – Senior!! She has made an awful lot of resolutions and set a lot of goals for the year so I hope she can keep a few of them up and make herself proud!
I’m finding my current workload very do-able, and enjoying it while I can, trying to get a lot done around the house. I know it will become hectic and draining soon enough with the return to Study and Prac. I think I’ll just do one day a week of Prac this term and study at my own pace – if certain Government Departments aren’t happy with that then i shall suggest and recommend to them the practice of eating shit and dying.
Yesterday I was amazed at how much more I can get done with the girls at school! It’s bizarre when they are both fairly independent and self-sufficient that they are so much more work, almost as though just being in close approximation to them exhausts me. I guess when I am home alone there is a lot less talking, nagging, and thinking for three people while simultaneously keeping track of who’s eaten/washed/dressed, who’s playing/messing what and how everyone is feeling. It is life draining. So yesterday I did my meetings in town, cooked myself a scrummy lunch, ironed and hung curtains, cleaned up the kitchen, swept and tidied then slept deeply for 1 hour before picking up the kids. After Snack and Homework time, I started weeding the herb garden. Turns out it’s mostly weeds and mint in there, with the occasional sprig of a struggling tomato or basil and a good clump of chives. It’s that fantastic big clump of chives i’ve been nurturing for 4 years now that qualifies it as a ‘herb’ garden and not just another weed patch. I have great plans for that patch, so listen up Thyroid and general health: don’t mess with me, ok? I have gardening to do;)
Today I am washing, washing, washing and cleaning out the kitchen dumping grounds cupboards. I have an extremely sore left shoulder/back muscle thanks to carrying the school books/reams of copy paper up to school yesterday. I’m trying to take things easy and make no sudden movements in order to prevent a cramp. That last one lasted for months. I’m taking nurofen and magnesium/calcium to help too.
I see my new (old) doctor on Tuesday, shall be interesting to see what she makes of my latest diagnosis’is;) I never did phone in for my Lupus/MS test results but I’m assuming they were all clear, a Dr would ring you about something like that, right? My usual (fave) Dr.M has gone on maternity leave, so it’s back to Dr.J who was the one who first diagnosed me with Hashimoto’s (only because i cried and begged and refused to eat the antidepressants until everything physical was ruled out) I hope that she will listen to my latest brand of whinging without whipping out that script book again, Sure, i get depressed sometimes but that is Because of the physical illness – fix my sick and i’ll be happy as Larry:) (whoever he is)
Ok, time to hang wash and de-clutter things. i’m sure i had more to report?? but I’ll be back, promise;) m.
January 28, 2010
Titch and the tummy names…
ok, for those still wondering: No i did not name my second-born darling daughter “Titch”. Well, not officially.
When I was expecting for the first time, I somehow came to refer to the lil’ baby in there as “Lil” (and hoped it was a little girl lest he grow up with a complex) When it was confirmed, my lil’ girl became known as lil’ Lil. That was her Tummy name and was quite extensively lengthened to Lillaina for official purposes;)
When expecting for the second time, Lil was 3 years old and desperate for a little sister. She decided that if it was a boy, we could always just leave it at the hospital, right? To prepare her for the worst, I referred to the baby as ‘little brother’ and encouraged her to think of boys names. She chose the name ‘Titch’ (remember the books? or more recently the childrens show?) and so our Titchy came to be named after a little animated mop-haired boy who rides around on a red tricycle and talks cute. I admit, I even thought about naming him that, but say it out loud to yourself keeping in mind that 3 year olds’ commonly pronounce a ‘ch’ sound as ’s’. Yeah. After the first couple of – “you’re naming your baby brother Tits?!?” I went off the idea. Fortunately, at the half way mark, we found out that Titchy was a girl, so the nickname stuck around but I was able to move on and consider other names, finally settling on Zoey (me n lil were watching a lot of childrens’ tv in those days ok?) and Lil called her Titchy-zo-zo for the first few months of her life.
Using the girls Tummy names on here just seemed to be the thing to do. It also helps me to remember that they are still my little babies and to bite my tongue at times when tempted to blog my burning desire to sell them into slavery or throw them off things:) I love my babies, and am very pleased that none of them are named Tits.
m
January 14, 2010
long time no weird
Well Hi!
I haven’t popped in to write for such a long time…
After Christmas I was too busy having the best holiday ever! And unfortunately didn’t get a chance to write about how great I was feeling. I had my bestest, longest run of good health I can remember for a long time with just a bit of fatigue now and then. It really helped to have Trusty about and we spent a wonderful week together with all three princesses. I miss them, especially cooking meals with trusty at night and tucking all the girlies in to bed with hugs n kisses before flomping in front of a movie together with a glass of wine:) just like a real life family.
Now I’m emerging from the shittiest week of shitty health that I can remember for a long time. I have been so exhausted and hurty all over. I hate feeling like this and watching the days drift by me, not being able to do the things i want or need to do. I have had the deepest foggiest spootiest brain fog and spend the days sleeping, crying, feeling all alonesome and wishing this crap would end. I think I am starting to come out the other end today (eww, sounds like my disease just digested me and shat me out, feels like it too) I can think and write a bit, did a little bit of cleaning in between naps though my body is still hurting and aching like I have flu or something. I have snotted a lot and put loved ones through the wringer once again, the people who stick by me deserve medals, i tell ya!
Hope to write more soon when I’m back to ‘normal’
m:)
December 23, 2009
Merry Christmas!
Wishing everyone a very merry Christmas!
-they think they're pretty cool-
