by Penbleth on Wednesday 9 May, 2012
I have been thinking lately about what I want to do, where I want to be. Some of those decisions are taken for me. I have a husband, a family, a daughter with a high level of needs and demands. She, quite rightly, has the most call in my time. This month is about me [...]
by Penbleth on Friday 4 May, 2012
What an odd week. After months of fairly consistently good behaviour 13 has been such a rascal this week. We had the saga on Tuesday of the child who wouldn’t come home. Then it appears that yesterday she wouldn’t get OFF the bus when she got to school. Stroppy doesn’t begin to describe her some [...]
by Penbleth on Wednesday 2 May, 2012
Yesterday started out pretty nicely. I was home, I had time, the day was mine to do with as I pleased. Well, as long as I got all the house stuff done but let’s pretend we don’t have to do that, sooooo dull. Around the time I was expecting 13 to return from school [...]
by Penbleth on Tuesday 1 May, 2012
Peace. Mayphotoaday. © L McG-E. 2012. All rights reserved. There is a moment, it doesn’t last long, when the house is empty, kids gone to school and the day stretches out in front of me. I take that moment, breathe it in, enjoy it, relish it. The day will rush on with its needs and demands [...]
by Penbleth on Thursday 19 April, 2012
That was yesterday. Yesterday was definitely a, if it can go wrong it will, sort of day. Which sucked. First 13 woke REALLY early and taunted me. Then we turned up for an appointment with the neurologist to find out we should have been there the day before. As we marched back along the [...]