November 2010
16 posts
Well, this has been fun. →
Leaf in the snow. © L McG-E. All rights reserved.
Another day in glorious Autumnal Britain, with snow on the ground, some schools closed and 12′s school bus driver refusing to drive…
Tired and emotional. (No, I have NOT been... →
Snow. © L McG-E. All rights reserved.
12 goes to respite twice a month, she can’t have more frequent visits because less than a fortnight between and she will have a seizure….
Super, duper day. →
Lane in Autumn. © L McG-E. All rights reserved.
Or not.
Not at all.
When you get out of work and the first thing your Hub says to you is, “she’s been very, very naughty”, you know…
Walk round town, get knackered. →
Cardiff. © L McG-E. All rights reserved.
The train was jam packed this morning, not the gentle trip in to town I had imagined. No sitting at ease, gazing out the window, taking…
A little sweetness, a little expectation. →
Vanilla sponge – baked by 15. © L McG-E. All rights reserved.
The thing about working part-time is you think a full day is a long time. Today was my looong day. I’ve been trying to…
I’m not growling, but it’s a near thing. →
So, you have a child, or a sibling, or a parent, or someone else of whom you take care, and they are on medication, life-saving medication and that medication gets changed. What do you do?
Well,…
Delivered – one wheelchair. Who said sarcasm... →
Fog and sunshine. © L McG-E. All rights reserved.
Well, the wheelchair has arrived, right when the social worker was here.
“What’s that all about?” she asked.
“It’s the…
The end of the weekend. →
Level crossing. © L McG-E. All rights reserved.
There’s a certain feeling to a Sunday night, you’re still relaxed but it might be just as well to get ahead on some of the jobs…
Let there be wind. →
Rainy November. © L McG-E. All rights reserved.
I knew I did the right thing going out yesterday because today is a total washout, also a wind out. Yes, there is such a thing, it’…
Mad notion – shelved due to cold. →
Looking over the Cwmcarn Forest Drive. © L McG-E. All rights reserved.
I took a notion at 5.15 in the morning that I was going to go out today. I thought about getting the first train…
I love it when a plan falls to pieces. →
Ivy berries. © L McG-E. All rights reserved.
In the immortal words of, well, I’m sure someone must have said it, “there’s no point trying to plan anything because something’s…
Swings – and more swings. →
Since 12 started her new meds in August we’ve noticed some changes in her behaviour.
Some of these have been good.
She seems to to understand more of what we say to her, I can explain…
When it rains … it goes right through your coat. →
Nice night. © L McG-E. All rights reserved.
Tonight was my night to go see Father-in-Law, my first chance since he went in on Sunday night. I have been on 12-minding duty so Hub could…
Oddest ‘phone call in a while. →
Yesterday I had a ‘phone call from a lovely woman to tell me my daughter’s wheelchair was ready for delivery.
Ummm? What?
12 has many, many issues, but not being able to walk isn’t one of them.
Dreecht and drained. →
Dreecht © L McG-E. All rights reserved.
What a day! The mist has not lifted all day, it’s reflected in my mood. I’m tired, a little stressed and not a little snappy.
It…
It’s easier when it’s not important. →
Keep it all together. © L McG-E. All rights reserved.
You take a notion one day that you’re going to start a blog. Then you think, “who’d want to read it, isn’t it a bit…