VSG Maintenance Group
Sunday January 3, 2021
Liz, I am sure today is a difficult day for you. I enjoyed all the pictures you posted on FB. My dad has said that the second year was tough, too, because people think you have managed the first year and move on with their own lives and leave you to your thought and memories and loneliness. So glad you have a strong support system in place. Use it. 
Tomorrow life returns to Remote Learning normal. I am not excited. I have procrastinated so I have a lot of work to do today in preparation for students tomorrow.
I think Lulu has a UTI. I noticed a little clot of blood in her urine late last night. Friday night she whined when she pottied, too. I have an appointment for her at 4:30. Don't want to mess with this. I understand UTIs are uncomfortable and can "burn". I have not had one, but have had prostatitis once and know how that feels. I can't imagine how distressing it must be to feel discomfort or pain when urinating along with urgency. YIKES!
I have a lot to think about regarding management of my ED. It is feeling an onerous task. Separating the ED from weight loss is a not simple. Making ED management a priority puts weight loss off farther into the future. Highly charged emotions surface when I consider weight loss the lesser priority and dealing with the dysfunctional eating the primary priority.
I am feeling like I must get out of my head, so on with the day.
Happy New Year Lovely Tribe !
Thinking of you lots Liz - beautiful memories x I hope they are bringing you some comfort as you navigate your first year xx
We got back to the city house late yesterday afternoon, in preparation for a return to work this morning. Our time at the farm was ridiculously busy and I truely dont feel like I have had a break......... I got to the farm 11.30pm Christmas night and kids started arriving the next day - they all left 1/1. Nephews moved in along with their partners and my youngest sons best mate and his partner came up for New Years Eve. DSD and her partner brought his Dad who was visiting from QLD too. So all I did was prepare food, rinse and repeat. Im exhausted ! We made a rule this year that each of them had to cook one night and the others clean up. It was a little like herding cats (moreso with the girls !!!!!) but we got there in the end. Our Grandsons are so full of life and of course Nanna Shirley represents food to them so I was in constant demand between food and checking the animals, making cakes with eldest one or collecting chook eggs - you get the idea. DH and I are thinking next year we will tell them that we are selecting 3 days where they can all come and the balance of the time is ours to have a break as its definately not a break when you have 12-20 each day in a tiny house with one toilet and shower - plus a shed........ Definate room for refinement indeed.
We used our Christmas money and my birthday money and bought a Spit - DH made a hood to cover it and we did a 6KG Rib Eye Roast for New Years Eve, Baked Potatos on the BBQ and leftover salads from the family dinner the night before. It was a huge hit.
The last of our calves ( a very big boy) was born around 7am New Years Eve. Our eldest grandson got to see him minutes after he was born while mumma was still cleaning him up. We have let him name him and hes picked Xavier as thats his friend from Childcare. Too cute.... So we have 1 dairy boy (bought) 2 girls and 2 boys. All healthy and happy along with mummas. They are currently in the neighbours paddocks eating down his grass.
Im hoping for a quieter week this week. Have lots of work to do. My boss is back for the first time since his Dad passed on 21st December so I have a lot to go through with him. Our other Engineer is on leave till next week. So it will be head down lots
Mum is coming for tea tonight. Im making her mustard and parmesan crumbed schnitzel, cabbage n bacon with mashed potato - one of her favourites. Will send her home with an extra serve for her freezer.
Hope you are all well and I will try and go back to catch up on everything Ive missed
Stay safe everyone - you are in my thoughts lots
S
I would like to join you and your mum for tea tonight. The meal you are planning is soul food for this German!
Your holiday sounds fantastic - even though it was busy, busy, busy! I would have delighted in a few family gatherings this holiday. But, I do agree that it is time to lay down a few ground rules for visiting and delegation of chores! Somewhere high on your list of priorities should be your role of Nanna Shirley.
Covid is circling. In Arizona, my nieces in laws and her husband's boss tested positive. Her husband's uncle passed away. Good friend's brother, started feeling sick Christmas week in Florida, came home, and while he was waiting for test results, told no one and had lunch with his 83 old mother. The next day he got his test results:positive. My sil is a home health care worker. She wears a mask, but while caring for one of her clients, she was exposed to a house guest who was not masked. She babysat her grandchildren NYE, and interacted with my nephew. She just tested positive, and is feeling pretty sick. Contact tracers told my brother and nephew to wait a few more days before being tested. Nephew's wife did not have a direct exposure, but her entire family did. Does she go work tomorrow?
We took chances over the Holidays. We had my son and his girlfriend staying with us. My bil and sil came over for Christmas Eve. We did not wear masks. I can see how these things can go bad so quickly. The person who infected my sil probably thought they were safe, they just wanted to see their Mom. That one decision, not made maliciously, is now affecting my brother's whole family. (Luckily, not my parents, because they haven't seen them, but they do go visit, without masks. They think I am being extreme by only seeing my parents outside, or with everyone, including my parents, masked). We did visit my parents, but we never removed our masks at any point, and we cracked the windows. But still... We were fastidious about social distancing in the beginning, but like a lot of people, you get fatigued and start taking small chances. So here comes the Christmas infections. The 3 of us are tightening up our quarantine for the next few weeks. I obviously don't want to get sick if I can avoid it, but more so, I don't want to get sick during a big surge. Sadly, my sil is scheduled to get her vaccine this week, so close...
Getting my head straight for work tomorrow. I was so afraid of opening my email, but instead of problems to solve, and fires to put out, there was an email from a parent thanking me, and very positive feedback from an administrator about an observation for my portfolio. That helps me start tomorrow feeling positive.
Still dreaming of my vacation to Florida the end of February. Hoping more vaccinations will bring our country good news and the curves will flatten.
I am eating whatever I want today, except no sweets. I think I have a few tough days of readjustment ahead. Luckily, I truly do enjoy salads, and fruit, I love cottage cheese and blueberries, so eating healthy doesn't have to be deprivation. It's just turning back to those types of foods, once I've done it I should be okay. So onward to a more nourishing diet, one that improves the quality of my life.
