1/12 of the Year is Over
OMG nobody warned me that time goes quicker, the older we get. We are already in February and although January seemed to take forever, I can't believe it's actually over already. We tried last week to plan a girl's day at the beach, just three friends. End of April is the earliest we can all do! WTF? Again I'm behind on study, maybe I should only mention when I'm up to date so as not to be monotonous. I was in Baku two weeks ago, the Netherlands last week and I had my T-BOSIET offshore training earlier this week, followed by me having a really high fever and feeling nasty the last two days.
We have a dying cat, Orange. She has FIP (Feline Infectious Peritonitis) which is terminal. She's only four years old. She's on palliative medication but she'll die in the next few months. Her quality of life has been pretty good up until last week when she picked up another viral infection (weak immune system) so I was back at the vets. Long story short, she was filthy by the time we got back and ran in the house. I had to catch her and was covered also. I gave her a bath first and she scratched me badly so I had to have a tetanus jab, precautionary antibiotics and cream. The jab made me very sick!
We have a back up kitten in the garden; Eddy, a cute boy, waiting to take her place 😳
I'm the sad old cat lady....
There's so much more going on. The trip to the Netherlands was good, fruitful, plus I got confirmation that the company want to keep me here permanently. I am just curious as to what that package will look like. If I can do five more years here till NJ flies the nest then I will see what crosses my path. Anything could happen.
I've been in to school today to discuss how they can support NJ better with the dysgraphia (among other things) as I don't think all the teachers seem to understand the implications of the learning disorder. My boy is so smart and it's so clear in his verbal communication but when it comes to getting it down on paper, he really struggles and becomes demotivated. Now don't get me wrong, he can be lazy too but if you read up on this learning disability, that's how it can come across. And if it's not recognised and children are chastised for not putting in the effort, they tend to give up. He's not doing that bad, his grades are average, but everyone can see that he's so much smarter than that. When I helped him structure his work for the latest science project; I didn't help him, just aided him in breaking the work down into manageable chunks, he scored very highly. It's sometimes hard to know what to do. No-one knows my child like I do, I don't have the other parent to discuss this with. I could try (I have tried), but he doesn't know our son in the same way and so has a completely different take on things. It's like talking to a distant family member. I worry I am failing my little boy sometimes, but I need to put it in perspective and he's really doing OK.
Weekend for us, catching up on study (broken record) and hopefully some sleep for me, coffee with friends and maybe some sunshine, although it's a little cool still!
Love and hugs xxx
We have a dying cat, Orange. She has FIP (Feline Infectious Peritonitis) which is terminal. She's only four years old. She's on palliative medication but she'll die in the next few months. Her quality of life has been pretty good up until last week when she picked up another viral infection (weak immune system) so I was back at the vets. Long story short, she was filthy by the time we got back and ran in the house. I had to catch her and was covered also. I gave her a bath first and she scratched me badly so I had to have a tetanus jab, precautionary antibiotics and cream. The jab made me very sick!
We have a back up kitten in the garden; Eddy, a cute boy, waiting to take her place 😳
I'm the sad old cat lady....
There's so much more going on. The trip to the Netherlands was good, fruitful, plus I got confirmation that the company want to keep me here permanently. I am just curious as to what that package will look like. If I can do five more years here till NJ flies the nest then I will see what crosses my path. Anything could happen.
I've been in to school today to discuss how they can support NJ better with the dysgraphia (among other things) as I don't think all the teachers seem to understand the implications of the learning disorder. My boy is so smart and it's so clear in his verbal communication but when it comes to getting it down on paper, he really struggles and becomes demotivated. Now don't get me wrong, he can be lazy too but if you read up on this learning disability, that's how it can come across. And if it's not recognised and children are chastised for not putting in the effort, they tend to give up. He's not doing that bad, his grades are average, but everyone can see that he's so much smarter than that. When I helped him structure his work for the latest science project; I didn't help him, just aided him in breaking the work down into manageable chunks, he scored very highly. It's sometimes hard to know what to do. No-one knows my child like I do, I don't have the other parent to discuss this with. I could try (I have tried), but he doesn't know our son in the same way and so has a completely different take on things. It's like talking to a distant family member. I worry I am failing my little boy sometimes, but I need to put it in perspective and he's really doing OK.
Weekend for us, catching up on study (broken record) and hopefully some sleep for me, coffee with friends and maybe some sunshine, although it's a little cool still!
Love and hugs xxx
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