Far and Away

Cheese and bikkies here for lunch @Shaz51

Hello @Faith-and-Hope . I hope you are well and enjoying the sunshine. Beautiful up my part of Victoria.

I am over Covid and lockdowns and people doing the wrong things.

Had to have Covid test yesterday. Wasnt as bad as I had imagined it at all. Negative result. But they confirmed I have tonsilitis. On antibiotics now. Hopefully that will get rid of the bug and stop my larangitis.

I am doing really well. My 2 dogs are good. Although my 13 year old girl is almost completely blind and deaf and in early stages of dementia. But she still gets around and is very happy and has no pain.

My son is at Uni in Melbourne. Living on campus, but all study is online due to lockdown. I worry about him, as there is so much Covid in Melbourne. But he did get his first vaccine yesterday and will get his 2nd shot in 8 weeks. He just has to keep as safe as possible.

I worry more for him mental health though. The only people he sees occassionally are other students living on Campus. All country kids. They try and get together once a week for a bbq dinner or something, and also for walks around the neighbourhood. But they cant do their dinners at the moment due to lockdown. And they can only walk/exercise with one person.

So first year away from home, stuck in his room doing online study instead of face to face. Not seeing friends. Can't come home for a visit. Plus with me and my dad having history of Depression. It is a lot for a young person.

But I have told him to contact the student ? Support people at Uni, especially if he struggles with the lonliness and isolation. They will at least be able to provide him with some counselling. But also encourage him to have zoom parties and chats with other students online.

Anyway. He is really the only thing I worry about. And Im a mum so im allowed to worry. Lol

Talk to you soon.

@utopia @Faith-and-Hope @Shaz51 @Snowie hope your guys are all well Thankyou for letting me read the posts so real love from @Clawde

Hey Clawde ...... good to see you 👋💕

So good to see you too @utopia, and even better to hear you are going really well ❣️

I hear you about your son, and yes, it's a mother's right to worry ..... lol .... especially with the mayhem in Melbourne and Sydney at the moment. You must be proud of him getting himself into uni ...... I have three kidults in lockdown here at the moment, two of them in their own place, but it's close my and they are not functional for long without support so we have a bubble. One is studying, online because of lockdown as am I, the other just has to 'have a day' everyday until they can get back onto their feet. D2 is with me all the time, but we are rocking a home studio, so that is sustaining us at the moment. We were in 7 months of lockdown last year.

Hugs for the furbabies.

Hi @Faith-and-Hope

I just caught up with your studies and your kids here - I am glad you have a "bubble" with them so they can manage

Again - best thoughts

Dec

Good morning @Owlunar @Faith-and-Hope @Clawde @utopia @Shaz51 @Zoe7 and anyone else around. Wishing you all a good day today, hoping it goes well for you.

Lots of love and hugs 💗💗💗💗

Love and hugs back to you @Snowie ..... 💜❄️💞

Hi @utopia

Yes - I understand about your son - with his genetic background - studying on line and living at the university during the lock-down - it would be a worry for you

I can assure you though - I lived at the university myself off-and-on during the last years of my marriage - I had a lot of support there from the counselling staff and the chaplains - they were extremely supportive of me with my troubled son too - it was something I did not expect when I enrolled at university and it was one thing I can say saved my sanity

So I would encourage your son to seek out that help when he feels the need and to to feel ashamed at all - it seems there is so many more mental health issues around atm esp with young people - I am reading it here and it is on the news as well and I am wondering what the hell..... you know? - People don't have good choices here - we either isolate and do our best to keep everyone safe or at least ourselves safe or we go about and try to live with it - which means people can die of it - not a good place for anyone right now

Some areas of Melbourne are free of the virus - touch wood - it is not around where I live atm - which could change - I look at the list of exposure sites each day and hope none of my support workers are caught up with it and I stay at home alone most of the time and I am okay about that - I do wonder though how long this can last - and I am glad he has started his vaccinations and of course you are his mother and you are allowed to worry - but my daughter has had at least one injection - maybe two by now - I was worried in the beginning when she was working in an essential industry but she inherited my spinal issues and has been isolating at home for months now with her husband who isn't working right now so I am pretty sure they are as safe as I am and I don't have to worry about her -

One of your girls is 13 and getting to the end of dog-life but she is happy enough and not in pain. That is good to know - my old cat was 15 and had lived a good life and got sick suddenly and it was my choice not to put her through cancer tests and lots of pain - I let her go that day - I was heart-broken because it was so sudden but I thought back over the last few weeks before that and she had lots of signs of being ill when I had time to put it altogher - I still miss her but I am not replacing her yet if at all - after all - she was a special cat I had from kittenhood - no other cat would be her

I wish you the best with your old girl though - dogs can be pretty clever - as can cats - and they learn a lot with age. Enjoy the time you have left and you will have wonderful memories

Lots of love Utopia

Dec

aw - I totally love it

Thankyou for this message the right timing for your Clawde @Snowie 🙏

How is your day going @Clawde ?