Night Shift

Good morning,

how is everyone?

Aw @BlueBay

With everything else you have going on right now your son is going away too

Birds have a habit of leaving the nest - in fact - maybe birds have the right idea - when the time comes they do what they are programmed to do and get in first and turf the little birds out -

But we humans have fewer children and we have them in our nest for longer - but it is hard when they fly the coop

My daughter left home at 17 - and moved in with her boyfriend - I could have worried - I probably did - but I would not say it was easy - but when the times comes - let's say that the worst has not yet come to pass

A lot of young people leave home early now - and it is tough on you because you have so much happening right now

And your job - and you have to go in today - damn - and what are you planning to do at work? Are you going to make a list of all you do and write a resume and ask for more pay? That will be hard but you will know where you stand then

It's been raining all night here - I guess it will be rotten going out with a cold too -

Things really are pilling up on you

Decadian

I think it's great you keep working on them @Mazarita. One of my biggest issues is finding internal not external motivation for things. I admire your dedication to it. Not sure if you'd want to but I love to see your work one day.

Morning @Former-Member. Are you an early riser or messy sleeper like us? I hope this morning has you feeling ok

Hi @Former-Member

I am up early this morning - I found it hard to sleep last night - but I did zed-off while I was watching TV and then when I could not sleep I got comfortable in the lounge and watched a DVD so I slept for a while then

How are you today?

Decadian

Thanks, @Former-Member. Most of them I can't share here unfortunately because it would compromise anonymity (my real name is in the credits). But there are a couple of simple ones I made a while back with text by @PeppiPatty that I uploaded to a youtube site I made up specially to preserve our anonymity. They've been posted here before but I don't think you've seen them. Here's one attached. It's only short, just as most of the videos I put together are.

G'day @Faith-and-Hope@Mazarita@Former-Member@Former-Memberand @Snuchu

I hope you are well today - or as well as you can be - it was been raining all night in Melbourne - but it's not freezing cold at least

Decadian

So far so good @Decadian. I'm trying to pull myself back up. Hopefully today will be better than the last few. I need to try and come back into the land of the living. I'm glad you seem to be travelling ok.

Sort of @Former-Member .......

There is so much going on I am on an emotional roller-coaster, but it is hard to remember a time when I wasn't ..... we seem to be one of those families where you get to the end on one drama, only to find a new one waiting for you .....

Its not all bad though. We jp have had some amazingly wonderful times and experiences beyond what most other people ever know ..... so I have just accepted that our waves are bigger than most people's - greater ups and greater downs, and that's just the way it is ..... better to get with that program and take things as they come.

So yes, in between skating with other things, there are the special "wedding moments" happening too. Later this morning I am going with D1 to a fitting for her wedding dress, and really looking forward to that.

Then I have a couple of appointments for D3. It is a Yr 12 dinner dance for her at school tonight. We are also sorting out the last of the preparation for her 18th birthday party next weekend ......

Then tomorrow I am on a plane to Sydney. I am entering a painting into an art competition - the first time I have taken on something this big. I don't expect to win, but I would dearly love to have my painting accepted into the gallery exhibition ...... especially after sending it across the country ......

My in-law family used to scoff a bit at me "playing with art" when my focus ought to have been on having an immaculate presentation of my house and my children - their values - instead. They viewed it as a selfish indulgence on my part. I can live with the differences in outlook, I am long over that one, but it would be bitter-sweet to have that achievement registered for myself, my kids, my father, in memory of my mother, and in light of both of my siblings suffering disabilities.

Its only a 24 hour turn-around, cos D1 will have to drop and collect D3 with school for the one day, and I am returning with S2, and there is the house to prepare for a ton of family and friends (Big Fat Greek 18th 😊) next weekend with a less-than-spotless outcome ...... but near enough is good enough as far as I am concerned.

It will all happen, but I need to stay in the moment with each aspect, and just focus on the tasks at hand, or you lose the beauty of each one as it is happening.

That's really beautiful @Mazarita. Sorry I didn't think of the anonymity, doh. Do you source the video?

PS thank you for sharing it, I love the music you used😊💜