A week

Happy birthday to me for last Tuesday..3 years til 40..nice thought. Its funny how even though your body seems to gain more skin tags every month and the skin on your hand is wrinkling a little, inside you still feel like a child. You still need your mum to hold your hand when you are feeling down, your dad's praise when you have done something good and the rediscovery of french skipping makes you want to put your hair in pigtails and shout yee har!

I worked alot of hours this week, 30 in three days but loved every minute of it. Spent one of those days in the children's ward. It was great because I was able to give continued care to the boy with Special Needs from yesterday. And spend some time talking to his mum. Outwardly appearing very competent, very together but after finding out about B, she had a few tears when talking about the stress of it all. Some of us know this so well. It's a different world and if your child has complex medical needs as well as special needs, its a continuous roller coaster of emotions and trying in between to fit life in. Unfortunately sometimes life just cannot fit around them and the need to multi-task and rearrange becomes a regular occurrence which can wipe you out. I love what I am doing and if I get to meet people who for just a tiny time I have helped just by listening for 10 minutes then it reconfirms that I am doing the right thing. She thanked me for being there.

Today we had practice for our practical exams. I am very nervous about this. 3 scenarios in 15 minutes. Real people pretending and us having to remember the "script". However competent I feel can be wiped out by nerves and blankness comes in. Fingers crossed I get through. I do not want to have to resit. Mock on Monday, feedback Tuesday and actual exam Thursday. In the meantime, assignment is due Friday and written exam to revise for for the week after.

Yesterday I got a report from school on all incidents of B's headaches since September. Coupled with the home incidents, its 27 days. Although I didn't make a written note for the first 3 months so it will be alot more. 27! This is in preparation for our upcoming Neurologist appointment to talk about what to do.

and then its Friday. Wine time, B comes home time and perhaps a bit of relaxation time. I am sitting here, smelling her dinner (spag bog in case you are interested) cooking in the background, listening to her in her bedroom, door open, music on, her singing. It makes me smile every time. More so because the music she is listening to is from my era and I love it! Not quite El Divo though :) More like Rave!

It's the weekend.......YEAH! Hope everyone has a good one.