Far and Away

😏 Love it @Former-Member .....

That box city of yours keeps going @Former-Member It is tiring unpacking things especially with your reduced space to actually be able to keep some of those things. I have lived in my house for 7 years now and still have a few boxes packed away - nowhere to put things with all my shool stuff here also. It is frustrating but nothing I can do either until I can afford to put in a ceiling ladder and reinforce the floor up there. Then I can store what I need out of the way and reclaim my house again.

I already have some Vit B and C but will look into the complex Vit B you suggested ...thanks Hon 👍😁💖 Just had another nap as well but could quite easily lay down again - gotta keep pushing through though as I need to get things done.

I had a big clean out of things last year @Former-Member What is left is 95% school stuff. I really have nowhere to put it all at school and next year only being on class one day a week I am reluctant to take a lot in. There is thousands of dollars worth of personal and educational resources, games, toys, art supplies, etc. I take in what I need when I need them but next year I think I will take in the beanbags and some toys. I will be in a different room with more storage space.

I am still slowly plugging away at the reports but confident I will get done tonight what I wanted to - might even be able to begin the second half 👍 Then I will try to get a few hours sleep and do the rest as early as I can so I have some of the day to relax. Tobes needs a haircut too so hoping to get that done also. How is Georgia?

@Faith-and-Hope above also ...

@Faith-and-Hope wrote:

Thank you so much @Emelia8

The waves are still really big in my life, and I am tired from swimming on through them, and wading through the sludge left behind them when they are not so big ..... along with my course. I tend to go a bit quiet @Emelia8, and keep to myself more, trying to conserve enough energy and stability to manage my commitments around D2, which of course s2bx wants me not to achieve ..... or not be able to achieve my study commitments. Well, he has failed to knock me off-course for another year ‼️

I am hoping to be more present on the forums soon, but things look like they are coming to a head on three fronts here ..... and by "coming to a head" it might be for months yet ......

You will know that I am "around" by my dropping Support on threads across the forums, but I am generally sticking to little corners for now ..... tired and resting in the love here.

At the moment s2bx is trying to ruin my plans to spend Christmas time with my kids, apart from all the legal wrangling 😔. Double-binds work both ways though ..... he doesn't seem to recognise that. They can expose the one who deals in them for what they are.

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Thanks for your reply on the other thread yesterday @Faith-and-Hope . I am just bringing the convo here, a thread of yours, rather than clogging up the ANC thread. Hope thats okay. And my response is more "Far and Away" related anyway. 😔

Yes I am aware from your posts that you are still negotiating a lot of heavy waves and turbulent surf in your domestic life. Its been going on for such a long time, it would be dreadfully draining for you. But it does sound like progress is being made ... so keep on swimming when you can ... and take a breather and tread water when thats appropriate too. You are such a wonderful woman and steadfast inspiration to so many of us here, as I am sure you are in your real life too. Its so unfair how the best people most often suffer the worst from others. That is certainly the case with you. Stay on track, stay true to the course. You will win in the end.

I will just say that you being quiet of late, is very understandable. There must not be a lot of juice left in your tank with all thats needed from you in your real life. I appreciate each and every one of those 'supports' you occasionally hit on my posts. Its comforting to know that one of my favourite people is listening. But please never feel that you have to respond by way of a reply. I know how hard it is for you. When the time comes where you are able to spend more time on the forums again, that will be a good day indeed for so many members, and I relish that time. But until then, an occasional support button is appropriate and fully adequate.

It must be a continuing heartache for you that you are still restricted from visiting the West for the 'other half' of your immediate family, including grandchild. With borders slowly reopening, hopefully that can soon be remedied.

I am having a border issue myself right now. My father in law died yesterday ... he was in WA. Borders between WA and NSW still require 14 days isolation, so even if we were to go now, it would rule us out of attending the funeral. And in truth, with my surgery last week, Im not up to travelling right now anyway. And nor is hubby. All bad timing.

My husband is the eldest child, and its so hard that we will not be able to be there. We last visited WA to see his Dad this time last year. We were to visit again for a family wedding in March this year. But our trip was cancelled just days before we were due to head over, due to sudden border closures with COVID. So although we have spoken to my FIL at least weekly during that time, its just not the same as physically being there for him. He was 94, and had a good innings, being pretty healthy right up to the end. So it was a shock yesterday to learn of his unexpected and sudden death. And its devastating that we could not be there over the past 8 months, or now for his funeral to say our final goodbyes.

Really feeling it today.

Emelia 😔💕🤗

Oh @Emelia8 .... that is so heart breaking for you. I am sorry to hear this has happened, and just as the borders are starting to open. It doesn't seem fair.

There is a small comfort in knowing that we are not alone, that so many of us are separated from those we love and wand t be with, for so many reasons, so there is a solidarity in the sense of grief, like we are mourning as a nation. In saying that, I am so, so grateful we are not mourning COVID deaths anywhere near the extent of many overseas countries. It makes it feel at that level that we are doing the right thing, even though personal costs, like this one regarding your FIL are high regardless.

Sending gentle hugs your way, and thank you for all your lovely, lovely words. I feel special here, but special amongst so many special people ...... this is, at its core, a wonderful community, and I feel so honoured to have been so well received here - especially perhaps, in the face of the abusive behaviours I have been co-existing with for a long time in my domestic situation, and I know you appreciate that too.

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Clawde love you love

@Former-Member I have things everywhere but my loungeroom and dining room are clear of school stuff (except what I have for everyday planning and some art stuff I am organising for the kids). I try to keep those spaces for me so I don't feel as closed in. I really want to get the attic area done so I can move it all there. That is going to be a summer holiday job (finances permitting). As long as I can get the ladder in, the floor reinforced and covered then that will do for now. The garage is too small to store all of it and I really want it all in one place.

@Emelia8 So sorry to hear about your FIL 😥💖

@Faith-and-Hope A very long day today but the kids absolutely loved the quilling. We are going to run that over the next few weeks (as long as they want to really). Some are doing really intricate projects and some are doing simpler ones but they have so far all been engaged, happy and really enjoying what they are doing ...so that makes me happy 😁 Tomorrow I have preps most of the day so going to do some paper crafts with them too - putting spikes on a hedgehog or scales on a fish 👍

How has your day been?