Josephine Fahy
My day started off well with an early morning call from an old friend. The only trouble with this is that it alerted my girls to the fact that I was awake. Usually, if I am quiet, I can make them respect the don’t-come-in-unless-you-are-on-fire rule until the leisurely hour of 10am. I wake pretty early anyway but I get to doze and dream and make plans, waking myself up slowly, at my own pace.
Then by lunchtime I was out with the whole extended whanau watching R and her school choir performing at a local art expo. There was some really good art and craft stuff there from all the local schools. I had fun watching her sing. She was all nervous and kept looking over for reassuring smiles. It was nice because I felt like a Mum and it is something I don’t often feel I do well. Actually, R has been telling me a lot recently that I am a cool Mum which is giving me a lot of warm fuzzies and making me a bit more positive about the whole thing.
But now I am home and have started to feel very cold and upset in my tummy. I feel like having a big long sleep but my tummy is too yucky. So I am blogging to fill in time.
Things to note about my week - Thursday night was lots of fun as J and I went to see a concert by Chris Cain who was fabulous. The theatre only holds 180 so it was a cozy little gathering and I came back with renewed enthusiasm for my guitar lessons.
Last night I had to take R to the doctor as she had slipped and smacked her arm on the edge of a sliding door at her daycare after school. She was very excited to come home with her arm in a sling. It is all better now though will come out in a nasty bruise. Second “incident report” I have had to fill in this week for that girl - she is either stationary or moving at full speed.
Well, I think I will settle in for a quiet night and see if I can find something to cook for these kids. Hopefully I will feel better soon because I don’t feel like doing much of anything and I have used up my spaghetti-on-toast quota for the week already <sigh>.