Far and Away

I hope you can nap today too @Zoe7. I may not be up for retaliation, but I believe that as long as I stand clear, there will be natural consequences to what he / they are doing that will rebound on them anyway.

Once I get past that initial burst of anger and disappointment, I hand them over to God, according to my faith, and park them out of the way of my day ahead.

Preparing to check in to an online class now, but gonna make a cuppa to have with a hot cross bun first ❣️

Once all the legals are out of the way and both you and the kids are clear of his ongoing control then I believe there will be natural justice too Hon. The kids are certainly wise enough to know what is going on and the push back will come. ...and along the way your relationship with your kids will grow even closer as you share the hurt and comfort from each other.

You have a great attitude to help you through @Faith-and-Hope - but there really is nothing more you can do to get through each day - and that is yet another example of the wonderful person you are

Enjoy your cuppa and hot cross bun Hon. I am off to Bunnings but will check in with you when I get back. Stay strong sweetheart - you are amazing

Home again @Faith-and-Hope Been to Bunnings and got everything I needed. I have already washed the bottom half of the biggest wall - need to manoeuvre the ladder around furniture to do the top half then the massive job of the ceiling. I will have to do that in small stages as my arms will certainly get tired. I still have some sanding to finish also - on the ceiling and walls - and a couple of small spots to patch that I missed last night. I hope to get to the painting today but still a lot of prep to do so it might be tomorrow - see how I go and if I crash later ...very much over tired so can only do what I can do.

I hope your online class went/is going okay and you can catch up on some drawing and sculpture work today.

Hi @Zoe7

I will throw myself into my drawing and sculpture work today, like you are with the painting ...... so grateful to have that to focus on, and to compete in intensity with the other rubbish.

I am grateful also that you have those things to focus on @Faith-and-Hope Put aside the rest of the shite for now - there is nothing you can do about what He and his bit have done - get angry but channel that into your art ...as you said - the best revenge is success and you are certainly achieving that. Hugs and hugs and more hugs Hon ...sitting with you and holding your hand as usual

@Faith-and-Hope Walls and ceiling all sanded and all walls washed. I still need to wash the ceiling but my arms are cactus at the moment. I think the rest of the afternoon I will spend cleaning up all the dust then have a shower and leave the ceiling until later.

There are little sets of paw prints throughout the house as both Toby and Cat have wandered through the dust 🐾

How are you travelling this afternoon Hon? 💜💙💚🧡💛

@Zoe7 seems like you have accomplished a lot today. Well done hun.

@Faith-and-Hope sending you lots of love and hugs. I'm glad you have your course as a distraction for all these trying times you are going through. Take good care of yourself hon 💕💕

Thanks @Snowie The clean up now begins so I can have a clear run at the ceiling and painting. I should be able to get one coat on tonight then either 1 or 2 tomorrow - depending on how well the paint coverage is. It is a really light cream so it may need 3 coats (hope not but will see tomorrow).

What have you been up to today?

Great work hon @Zoe7 You have been very busy today. How did the foreman (Toby) go?!

My day has been quiet. Kids started school today via online so that was interesting. Seemed to go ok, they were both able to connect to the school and see their class and teachers. So I would say a success. Had a gp appt. this morning and then dietician this afternoon. Besides that just the usual washing, drying, folding, repeating!! Such fun 😉😒

Oh yeah - I forgot your kids started back today @Snowie It certainly is a different world but glad to hear it went well. We have another week and a half before we are back and we already know there are going to be lots of kids at school - so we will be doing both in class and online learning at the same time. The ide is to have some teachers on class (combining classes) and the rest doing online learning - and that will change throughout the week. We will all be following the same planning so all the kids will get the same learning (hopefully).

Tobes has been a great supervisor - lucky he is all white though becaue if he wasn't then he would be now lol I think once I get cleaned up I will give him a bath before I have a shower - otherwise I will have white dust everywhere again!