Far and Away

@Faith-and-Hope @Former-Member Had a few hours sleep this morning then out to do some of the things I needed to do - which included a trip to my parents. I still have shopping to do but Dad has decided he is coming Wednesday to do more drain work so I had to come home. He is bringing his helper (which is okay as long as Dad is here also). I will be at work but no doubt will worry all day what they are up to and what mess there will be to clean up. The upshot of his decision (which I do not have the energy to fight) is that I need to clean up and do some of the things that I was putting on the backburner. I have a few hours this afternoon and tomorrow so nights will be on school work. Feeling very overloaded but will need to do it all somehow.

@Faith-and-Hope Jay is cute but 5am is waaaay to early. I hope you have been able to go back to sleep. I have been feeding my fur babies at their 6:30-7 breakfast time and going back to sleep. The funny thing is if I am sleeping on the couch they wait until I am up but if I am in bed then they wake me up. Strange little fluffballs our babies!

I hope your strange dreams settle Hon - they are never nice and can leave us feeling less than okay for the rest of the day. I have not been feeling great today because of mine last night but those change feelings will ease.

@Former-Member I don't expect many people to be up at that time of night - there used to be years ago but the forums have changed a lot. I finally settled with Toby cuddles. He lays on his back next to me (like a little teddy bear) and gets tummy tickles. He then moves to the back of the couch and sleeps above me when I can get to sleep.

It must feel strange being alone - just take it a day at a time and try to fill your time with things you love. What is the Netflix series you are watching?

Hi @Zoe7 ,

You have been a busy 🐝 today. Still you have more to get done I admire your energy.

Good luck 🍀 with all of it. I've always admired teachers and respected there work, I can see you would be going the extra mile to be prepared.

I've had a few friends whom have been teachers over the years and can't believe how heavy the work load is.

I am sorry to hear you are feeling overloaded.

I'm so envious I would love to be greeting those little ones Tuesday morning.

Love the way your fur babies let you sleep in.

I've been watching Tangled an Australian series on Netflix.

Hi @Bow,

How is your cat ? Hope you are doing something pleasant this weekend.....

Hey @Former-Member

my cats are all good. Asleep somewhere warm and dry.

just a day at home here.

Still flat out trying to get things done here @Faith-and-Hope @Former-Member I have been to Bunnings 3 times today and need to go back in the morning. Usually that would be a good trip for me but at the moment it is trying to get things done. I am going to work until I cannot keep my eyes open tonight then up early to start outside again. I have demolished the old pipe and concrete coming from the laundry so I need to put in the new pipe tomorrow and concrete it in. Unfortunately I have also found an issue with a section of the foundations so also need to repair that.

@Former-Member Our job now seems to be 2 jobs in one - actually teaching the kids and then doing all the paper work and admin stuff. It really is ridiculous. All my non-contact time is spent doing paperwork so all the planning, marking and organising stuff for the kids is done out of hours. It is no wonder that come Saturdays all I want to do is sleep 😔 I love the kids and seeing their little eyes light up when they get something or learn something new but do get very tired. It is hard balancing full time work, my physical and mental health and just life.

❤️ @Zoe7

Morning @Zoe7 ,

I admire your commitment to your work and wish you well today in getting prepared.

I'm sorry to hear of your plumbing dilemma and now a structural issue.

Hope the day works out for you 🌻🌹🤗

Good evening @Zoe7 ,

Wishing you a great return to school for tomorrow. Hope you got everything done you needed to, and aren't pulling an all nighter sleep well.

@Former-Member I was planning on an early night so I could get into work early but that is not now going to happen. My Dad says he is coming tomorrow to dig. I asked him to wait until the weekend as I have things still to do outside - his response was 'the car is packed'. There are bricks, rocks, concrete and mud to move ...and he is going to do it all himself. I wanted to stack the bricks and rocks to use later so I hope he doesn't take them away. I just have a bad feeling about it all but there is nothing I can do - no point in saying anything because I am not listened to anyway. I have already fixed the other leaky pipe and concreted it all in ...didn't need help with that!!!! It is going to be a stressful day tomorrow not knowing what is happening and how much of my backyard is dug up - already feeling that stress tonight and that is never good for sleep - so not the ideal start with the kids for me - and I won't be able to do what I planned after work as I will have to come home as soon as I can. Pretty annoyed and upset with all of it 😥

@Faith-and-Hope 💕

Hey @Zoe7 It can make us unsettled when people try to help but take over and the control is taken away from us. I can relate to that. I'm sorry you feel unheard and will have to change your plans around. It sounds upsetting. I hope you are OK and the help turns out to be useful 💝