Am Not Coping

Morning @Zoe7 @Faith-and-Hope and whoever else passes through here. Hope today has some joy in it for you

It sucks that you were late and not allowed in to the meeting @Faith-and-Hope Traffic issues can certainly mess up our plans

I can understand you feeling unsure about going back under the circumstances - it doesn't seem like they have a lot of compassion and that is something I would expect with such meetings. ...and considerign it was ony another outlet for you to share what you are dealing with and not a way to help in other ways then I cn understand you questioning whether it is worth the effort going back.

I am pleased you came home and did some drawing in your visual diary - a great thing for you to do to del with the disappointment of the night.

It is also lovely that Mr. F&H liked your little town painting Hon and I hope that he and your baby dragons give the technique a go also.

My little buddy is back to his usual self this morning - don't know why he was under the weather last night but whatever it was seems to have passed overnight. He slept on his bed last night but woke me up jumping on the side of the bed this morning so he is definitely back to normal lol

Goodmorning @Snowie Lovely to see you here this morning

My day has started well with Toby looking much better this morning - I was really worried about him last night - he didn't look himself at all. He is back to being a little snuggly dog and even his smile is back.

I will be off to the pool later this morning - I could quite easily go back to sleep today but need to push myself to get there.

Do you have anything planned for today?

I am glad Toby is looking/feeling better today @Zoe7. The pool sounds like a good idea today. Hopefully you can have a nice relxing float

We are on holidays here so it has been slow mornings which has been nice.

The kids have finally agreed on a movie so off to the cinemas today. Will be crowded and nosiy from other holiday goers so will try and get out in one piece!!! D has some birthday money so will probably look at some shops afterwards too.

Oh movies in the school holidays @Snowie - will be busy for sure! It is good the kids agreed on a movie though

Does D have any idea on what she wants to send her birthday money on or is it just a case of looking around until she finds something she likes?

@Zoe7she better have an idea. I hate shopping to start with and school holidays shopping is even worse!!!!

She has some vouchers from certain shops too so hopefully she will find few things. Also gives S time to have a look what he wants for his birthday since it is coming up.

Better go get ready. Will talk later on hun

I hope the day isn't too taxing on you Hon and the kids enjoy the day @Snowie I better go and get organised too - have some shopping I need to do before the pool.

Catch you later sweet Snowie

Super messy day here @Zoe7 ..... everything is okay, just 🌵 with too much going on and changing suddenly.

A suer messy day and changes is definitely not what you need Hon - I am thinking of you and sending you huge hugs and lots of love @Faith-and-Hope Hope to catch you when it is a little less chaotic for you

Hey @Zoe7 .... 👋💕

Uni day over. We had an absent teacher today, and the relief teacher was sorta just tossed into the class with a brief that didn’t make sense to us, and to make matters worse, there was no real lesd-up. Our teacher had been absent the week before the break, so we had a missed class that week, and this was totally new stuff. We eventually worked it out, and I love what I achieved today, which feels like a really good rebound from 🌵 day.

Regarding last night, I would have coped with it better if they had empathised with me. I figured they wouldn’t want to let me in, but an “I’m sorry that happened and I feel for you ...,. “ would have made it easier to live with. The truth is though, that I had had lucky weeks on the previous visits, but there will be other nights when it’s bumper to bumper, and I won’t actually know it’s like that until I am out there and in it ..... which is why I am thinking twice. They are in the same position as everyone else dealing with our situation if they have the full picture ..... there is nothing they can do except listen to our story, and now they have heard it, even the telling of it can feel like a stick record to me ...... the validation they gave about what we are dealing with was great, but I am thinking that attending ongoing without a diagnosis is not any different to attending psych appointments. It’s all just a holding pattern waiting for the lynch-pin to give way. That will be the point where we will be floundering again and needing support as a newly diagnosed family.