First week of Tafe over with, many different people, many different opinions, even two fellows in the class, quite a few part time students, it has been a good week. Looks like the work load will be quite high too, but if you get on to it without wasting time then ya should get it all done.
Child one started this week too, met a few people and fitted in just fine, hopefully she wont let the work get ahead of her, cant just attend classes and expect to get a pass.
It was nice to catch up with some of the staff who are still there, some of whom will retire at the end of this year.
Child two enjoying work, looking at increasing hours but the hours are just not available at the moment. Anyway, he prefers work than going to school and he is a good addition to the workplace. I think he likes the opportunity to work and earn his money, he is increasing his model car collection each week.
Child three is doing well at school with lots of story writing and spelling going on. I am helping out with the swimming this term as it is on a Monday, I think there are 2 lessons left to go. He has a great ‘old fashion’ male teacher who will be substituted next term as he is taking long service leave. Darn.
I steam mopped the house this morning, wow, then let the cat out who left footprints everywhere. Speaking of the cat, he ate the tops of my capsicum plants this morning, not satisfied with that he then ate the large capsicum I was drying out for the next lot of seeds. So child three and I hastily made a hot house to save the remaining plants. despite the cats efforts the four goldfish are still alive, which is a bit of a shock considering the lack of human attention they receive.
For those who watched the first episode of Underbelly, don’t tell me about it, I am getting a copy of it this weekend. Looks like heaps of great Aussie actors in it, some of them are my favorites.
Good News Week started again, which was fantastic. Sadly we lost power about 20 minutes into the show so I didn’t get to see it all. If anyone has a copy of that I would love to see it.
Sad news this week, some people I know here in ‘blogland’ will know of a friend of mine who has a daughter with scoliosis, who went through the pain of surgery and recovery (Harrington rod things along the spine) some time ago, well, unfortunately her next daughter had been diagnosed with the same condition about six months ago and was having regular checks in the hospital. This week they informed the child and her mother that she will indeed require surgery (in about 4 months) and prior to that she will be wearing a brace. Bit of a shock as neither of them were expecting this to happen. the doctor must have assumed that they knew this to eventuate but neglected to inform the family. So again, this family will be experiencing the stress and ‘hopeless’ feelings that coincide with the upcoming surgery. They have seen it already, they know about the tough surgery, they know about the painful recovery and they know about the sadness in their childrens eyes as the encourage movement and engaging in social activity. It is a tough time. With this medical attention and a good support system they will triumph once again.
Such is life.
Still eagerly awaiting ‘ebay’ dvd ordered a week ago.
