Sleeping too much

oh goodo @TAB Back to sleep then. hehe!

Gotta rush Hi @Faith-and-Hope xoxoxo

Hi @Former-Member

Thanks for asking ..... I'm "okay" ...... 😏

D3 lost a bulk of her assignment work yesterday to a computer glitch and it looks like that was the last straw for her. She says she has thrown in the towel ..... 😔

Spoke to the Head of Academics at school ..... he says she only needs one of the two TAFE certs to graduate ..... she was taking two so if she didn't pass one, she could hopefully pass on the second one .... 👍🏼

Although submission day was supposed to be today, the year group have been given today and tomorrow cos most of them hadn't completed the work (very few are doing TAFE - most sitting WACE exams .....) so she has until end of day Thurs, but he would even extend into the marking period for her cos she has been so sick - so all up she would have about another week .... and although the second TAFE assessment falls beyond the graduation week activities including final assembly, it's still possible for her to graduate before the end of the year on that one too .... 😳💛

She was exhausted and 🌵 yesterday .... went to bed early .... WH chatted with her compassionately for a while (!!) so "good" WH was with us .... hoping she will get up and try again today .... she is just soooo close .... ! 😁

Accused me of trying to force her through it yesterday .... I said I was just keeping the door open for her .... up to her to do the rest if she wants to or not ..... so I have backed right off .... in her state of mind she just wants to lash out so encouragement is gonna be thrown back at me as manipulation ..... baby dragons ..... :face_with_rolling_eyes: .... sigh ....

Last one !!!

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Hi @Faith-and-Hope

Having been through a hard year with dd in year 10 I have a bit of an idea of how rough it can be with kids battling the odds - but losing so much work due to a computer glitch - ah oh - this is not good - was this glitch with her computer or the computer at the school because it might be worth getting professional help to recover the work lost

But then - if D3 feels as if you are being a helicopter parent then if it was me - I would back right off - what can you do - with teenagers we are often in the wrong no matter what we do - I am sorry about this reality but it's reality

huh - aw the pain of being a parent - I am glad WH had a talk with her - that's a good sign

However - there is something likely to happen in time that might give you a little insight - time passes and Baby Dragons have their own Baby Dragons

It's such hard work being a parent - I am glad I kept my bunch of kids small - and that was just about more than I could handle

Thinking of you

Dec

I have been sleeping too much - I figured it out - it's my antihistamine - I have decided I will take it late in the day instead of in the morning

Anyway - taking Snugly to the vet was a bit too much - I have no idea why I bought such a big cage for her - but that's the one I have - and it hurt my back just carrying the cage with the cat in it out of the front door so the taxi driver could pick it up and put it in the cab

So her teeth are fine - no need to have her teeth scaled yet - but she is losing weight and as she is getting on in years and long in the tooth - she has had blood drawn for tests in case there is trouble with her kidneys or thyroid - funny - I never thought of a cat having thryroid problems.

So yesterday she had her share of needles - two shots for FIV and cat flu and gastro - and two for bloods - I am glad I didn't see her getting the bloods taken - and today I am waiting to her from the vet -

But the cat behaved herself - she did not fight me with the cage - and she did not fight to get away from the vet and how she was praised - it is more peaceful at the vet than at the animal shelter - the smell of scared animals must be obvious to a cat who lives a very sheltered life really

But poor me - oh wail and moan - I felt destroyed when I got home and went to sleep for too long - you would think my cat was a human baby from the way I carried on - it was really hard

Decadian

I think it's definitely time for warmer weather - maybe then I will find it easier to get up in the mornings

Hi @Former-Member

I do understand what you are talking about - I think - I find weekends hard enough - long weekends are torture and January is an odyssey of isolation - and I know I should push myself to go out but it is often too darn hard -

My pain specialist said I am walking bettere (that's my expensive new shoes) and seem more alert - (since my mother died) and will not allow me more medication and knows my pain is worse because of that - but I can endure it better now - I found that such a put down - and now unless someone pushes me I will stay here peacefully and attend to my interests -

But I have those flashbacks - less atm - but I get that

Let me read again what you wrote - ah gotcha - you don't want to be a recluse but it seems best - I feel like that - and yes - I do have my routine of helpers - and this is really helpful socially - but I get the "always waiting" thing

And - I am recalling something I was writing but lost - about someone without love having a voice like a clanging bell or a clashing symbol - I can look up the right words later - yes - those people without love do speak like that - it hits the ear drums - nearly busting them - with insincerity

What are you saying @Former-Member? You used to be one of us but people have busy lives - yes - I understand that - it seems to me that everyone has busy lives - and I have time - lots of time - and I would gladly donate my time to whomever needed it - and do

But those people are thin on the ground - they are not brave and honest as you are - you have told me and I heard - you are a l w a y s w a i t i n g - but I still heard you.

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..phew.. @Former-Member .. ..yeah, I gave up trying to keep up if not mentioned, and yes, some don't talk to me ..(shoulder shrug) tis what it is.. yeah, I like to think I come across OK in public, but prob not always the case. That's life. I also spend way too much time on my own, well a I do prefer it that way, but can take it too far unless push self, well sometimes just think shouldnt have to force self to go out, so don't unless have to or actually feel like it. ..and not trying to push my 'stuff' on you, just saying I can relate to some of things you are saying