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creative_writerSenior Contributor
Sometimes I feel like I’m on top of things and don’t feel like my trauma defines me and I don’t feel so ashamed and scared. Other times I want to hide from the world and feel like a **** (I’m not going to say the word here since I don’t want to trigger anyone) 😭, I feel so ashamed that I don’t want people to know
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creative_writerSenior Contributor
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Zoe7Senior Contributor
I am glad to hear you are doing okay for now but suspect you are just getting by Hon. Sending you a whole bunch of love @creative_writer ❤️
Mentally I am okay, physically still not good. I am not allowed back fulltime for the rest of this year and that is going to be hard because I love my kids 😢 I can't physically do it though so I will need to work around it the best I can.
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creative_writerSenior Contributor
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Zoe7Senior Contributor
Oh @creative_writer that is not good. I am glad the pain isn't really bad but I am sure it is enough for you to have to deal with. I do hope you are okay and have your eyesight back to normal by now. Hugs and hugs Hon ❤️
You are right - I want to do more but am so restricted. I do little things like bend to pick something up, forgetting that is not good for me, and usually realise that when I try to stand up again!!!! My kids are like little sheep though - more often than not they have already done what is needed before I can even think about it. We have already started to clean out our room so when it is time for me to move, everything is packed up ready to go. As I can't move anything, I will be relying on others to do that for me - and that is going to be so hard.
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creative_writerSenior Contributor
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Zoe7Senior Contributor
Yeah travelling can be exhausting @creative_writer but it is good you can do some of your work from home.
I had a great morning with the kids - we are making pom poms and spent the entire morning doing that. I wish I could show you some of their creations - super cute.
I have finally booked in for my injection - after playing phone tag for the last 2 days. The department won't cover it but my health insurance will - my case manager said not to get it done until we find out more from the independent assesment but I am not waiting. It will be at no cost to the department but a massive help to me.
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creative_writerSenior Contributor
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Zoe7Senior Contributor
25 kids in our class @creative_writer They made sooooo much mess but then it was like the cleaning fairy waved her magic wand and in minutes the room was clean. Two of my boys even got the vacuum cleaner out (I have a spare one in the clasroom). We have a rule in our class - if you make the mess you clean it up (and that applies to me also). My kids are so beautiful though that they help each other.
Booked in Monday for my injection so hoping that will get rid of the pain.
How did your presentation go?
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creative_writerSenior Contributor
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Zoe7Senior Contributor
Great to have that practice before you present to a larger group @creative_writer Hopefully you can take confidence into that one and crush it ❤️
25 is actually a low number at our school. Next year I think I have 22 but we always have more kids coming in so that could grow. I do love my job - seeing those smiley little faces each day is a joy.
I am off to bed soon Hon - I am extremely tired today. I think it is a combination of all the phone calls and organising this injection with all the ups and downs and frustration, on top of the constant pain. The stronger pain med is helping in the mornings but by mid morning I begin to feel it again. I have also done a lot of sitting today so that does not help. All a bit much tonight so best place is bed and an early night snuggled with my fur babies.
Catch you over the weekend sometime ❤️❤️❤️
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