Friday, October 30, 2009
so A. turns six next week, which of course is five years post-diagnosis. exactly. surgeon OK'd me last week. maybe a CAT scan before the five years post-treatment mark.
might I have made it? afraid to take my fingers away from my eyes, really.
A. is all about Halloween this weekend; has a scary skeleton outfit sent to him by MIL, who for all her usual impeccable taste seems to go in for ghoulish kid outfits. so I am going doorknocking with him and some neighbourhood kids/mums tomorrow.
he is also all about star charts (or tick charts) for being good - getting dressed, doing his handwriting practice - and if he keeps that up, he gets another chart for giving the dog water. and if he gets that right, well, I have to buy him a guinea pig.
btw, don't go looking for guinea pigs on Google images. (pause) told you not to look, didn't I? gross, huh?
my current wish is for someone to make a decent mastectomy swimsuit. maybe a two-piece even? in a colour other than black?
might I have made it? afraid to take my fingers away from my eyes, really.
A. is all about Halloween this weekend; has a scary skeleton outfit sent to him by MIL, who for all her usual impeccable taste seems to go in for ghoulish kid outfits. so I am going doorknocking with him and some neighbourhood kids/mums tomorrow.
he is also all about star charts (or tick charts) for being good - getting dressed, doing his handwriting practice - and if he keeps that up, he gets another chart for giving the dog water. and if he gets that right, well, I have to buy him a guinea pig.
btw, don't go looking for guinea pigs on Google images. (pause) told you not to look, didn't I? gross, huh?
my current wish is for someone to make a decent mastectomy swimsuit. maybe a two-piece even? in a colour other than black?
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
nearly up to 5 years post-diagnosis. nearly up to 6 month more of treatment. A assures me that if I have a baby he will get up to it when it cries. I tell him it's not his job to do that, but he can help feed it if he likes, and play with it. I don't know where this is heading.
two friends doing IVF right now: one has been trying for years and is now on egg donation from her sister, and got a negative. the other had a failed first round and is about to try with frozen embies; in the way of these things, her husband's father has just died and he will have to go overseas when her transfer is due. I am campaigning to be allowed to take her to the hospital and home again. these are people who are always going our of their way to help their friends, but never take help themselves. she's the person who came with me to the specialist when the lump was being tested.
so, a little vicarious IVF tension for me.
off on a four-day bike riding holiday with the kid, dh and some motel bookings (not entirely roughing it!) School holidays are good b/c we get to see more of each other, not so good for my work..
two friends doing IVF right now: one has been trying for years and is now on egg donation from her sister, and got a negative. the other had a failed first round and is about to try with frozen embies; in the way of these things, her husband's father has just died and he will have to go overseas when her transfer is due. I am campaigning to be allowed to take her to the hospital and home again. these are people who are always going our of their way to help their friends, but never take help themselves. she's the person who came with me to the specialist when the lump was being tested.
so, a little vicarious IVF tension for me.
off on a four-day bike riding holiday with the kid, dh and some motel bookings (not entirely roughing it!) School holidays are good b/c we get to see more of each other, not so good for my work..
Friday, September 04, 2009
have updated my book list. seem to be actually reading at the moment. have developed a habit of a little read in the afternoon - it's important to keep going on books, I think. if they sit too long they get stale.
A. is reading too...I sometimes wonder what he's doing and find him sitting with his nose in a book. he's mine all right.
looking forward to school holidays and the Big Bike Ride in the hills, with motels and nice restaurants every night.
A. is reading too...I sometimes wonder what he's doing and find him sitting with his nose in a book. he's mine all right.
looking forward to school holidays and the Big Bike Ride in the hills, with motels and nice restaurants every night.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
letting so much go: my boy at 5 1/2. does me little drawings all the time. has a secret notebook for his treasure hunts. says I Love You a lot. is learning to lie, and to give me the answers he thinks I want. still naps in the afternoons when he's not at school. can play happily by himself but has friends. will come shopping with me. can be convinced a show about Pompeii is a "Volcano show". is a fabulous reader and speller (for his age) but needs therapy to help with his handwriting (he is somy kid!).
makes me too busy to blog much...
makes me too busy to blog much...
Thursday, May 28, 2009
just taking a moment out of my busy day to say: am I really supposed to feel sorry for the mother who sent her kids to school with swine flu - or at least flu symptoms right after coming back from frickin' disneyland?
who then went on to whinge about how she didn't know how they "did the black plague without dvds"?
I don't think she should be hung. but she ought to at least apologise for causing the whole SCHOOL to be CLOSED for a WEEK.
it's not rocket science, people. it's epidemiology. or, if your kid is sick, DON'T PASS IT ON!!
if someone's kid dies as a result of the flu that started with her kids, how would she feel? I suspect she is yet to make the connection between her actions and what's happened. idjut.
A's school is yet to be affected - we're very close to 2 primary schools that have it and there's a lot of mixing between schools at weekends and so on - I am just hoping the school doesn't get it before the weekend, as we have my elderly parents booked to babysit him so we can get some time away. if he's exposed, we'll have to cancel. because, you know, we don't want to SPREAD it. and we have half a brain between us.
next week, bring it on. it's going to happen, I know. just not this week. please?
who then went on to whinge about how she didn't know how they "did the black plague without dvds"?
I don't think she should be hung. but she ought to at least apologise for causing the whole SCHOOL to be CLOSED for a WEEK.
it's not rocket science, people. it's epidemiology. or, if your kid is sick, DON'T PASS IT ON!!
if someone's kid dies as a result of the flu that started with her kids, how would she feel? I suspect she is yet to make the connection between her actions and what's happened. idjut.
A's school is yet to be affected - we're very close to 2 primary schools that have it and there's a lot of mixing between schools at weekends and so on - I am just hoping the school doesn't get it before the weekend, as we have my elderly parents booked to babysit him so we can get some time away. if he's exposed, we'll have to cancel. because, you know, we don't want to SPREAD it. and we have half a brain between us.
next week, bring it on. it's going to happen, I know. just not this week. please?
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
hmmm.. got an email from blogger that suggested someone may have tried to use my account...odd.
nothing to say here, apart from kid growing up and up and up.
just spent the morning at his school's Grade 4 doing a talk about my work. all very worthy but I really don't have the time. this project is bigger than I thought. or I have less time than I thought. either way, the boulder's not moving.
nothing to say here, apart from kid growing up and up and up.
just spent the morning at his school's Grade 4 doing a talk about my work. all very worthy but I really don't have the time. this project is bigger than I thought. or I have less time than I thought. either way, the boulder's not moving.
Monday, May 11, 2009
is it really stealing chocolate from my son's easter bunny if I only take from the back of the bunny, leaving the face intact?
big mother's day yesterday: drove up to see my parents, took them out for high tea. A. was very well behaved and as always it was more relaxing having other adults to help wrangle him.
there may be an issue at school, I'm not sure. he's learning well and has friends, but some bigger kids are getting him to do things he doesn't want to do - being rude to other kids, kissing girls on the chest, things like that - I only heard about it through another mother but he has now confirmed it and told me some other things they've done. I've acted like it's no big deal but suggested maybe he should avoid those kids, or at least not go to the "secret hiding places" with them. would quite like to have a word in the ear of the kids concerned - they are four years older than him - but if it comes down to it will probably have to go through Channels, ie the teacher and possibly principal. hoping he will handle it by telling them to nick off. and heartened that at least two older kids are on his side - both the kid through whom the information came, and another who apparently told them to leave him alone.
the thing is, he's so sweet and compliant, I can see how he could be a nice toy for them. and how that could hurt him when he sees it for what it is.
big mother's day yesterday: drove up to see my parents, took them out for high tea. A. was very well behaved and as always it was more relaxing having other adults to help wrangle him.
there may be an issue at school, I'm not sure. he's learning well and has friends, but some bigger kids are getting him to do things he doesn't want to do - being rude to other kids, kissing girls on the chest, things like that - I only heard about it through another mother but he has now confirmed it and told me some other things they've done. I've acted like it's no big deal but suggested maybe he should avoid those kids, or at least not go to the "secret hiding places" with them. would quite like to have a word in the ear of the kids concerned - they are four years older than him - but if it comes down to it will probably have to go through Channels, ie the teacher and possibly principal. hoping he will handle it by telling them to nick off. and heartened that at least two older kids are on his side - both the kid through whom the information came, and another who apparently told them to leave him alone.
the thing is, he's so sweet and compliant, I can see how he could be a nice toy for them. and how that could hurt him when he sees it for what it is.
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