Too much!!

Oh boy.

The last few weeks have been chaos.

Possum starting his new job, my workload increasing dramatically, Small Man starting back at distance ed.......

Add to this a visit from my boss (which is always a pleasure, but adds lots to a busy week), and putting the final touches to our collective complaint over the work situation, oh and the delivery of 145kg of beef last weekend really topped it off - I had to bag it all on my own, it took almost 5 hours!!! But good, organic beef at $4 per kg - awesome - my freezer is BULGING!!

I have a friend in NSW that I met via facebook. She was working at the same level that I was, and has finally resigned during the week - she is a single parent (she lost her partner) and cannot survive on the reduced income.
I was really sad for her, she was as passionate about her work as what I am.
Her manager is a total dick - he is cut from the same cloth as the previous manager I had (and we all remember HER)....I have been helping her with how to go about it all - I have experience with their type of mindset - and it has helped.

Possum has settled in to his new job so incredibly well, I have never seen him smile so much :)
It involves him working at different schools, and finding his own way there, going into environments he's never been in etc.
This is slightly more of a challenge for someone of his nature (shy/anxious/reserved etc).
He has coped brilliantly.
I am so relieved.
I am so proud of him.
It makes it so much more WOW when you have a child that has struggled for many years, especially at college, and then for him to finally succeed - WOW!

He also had the difficult decision to make - to resign from Hungry Jacks.
It was quite sad, it has been a huge part of his life for 2 and a half years.........
But the tax man had to ruin that - he could be taxed up to 45 cents in the dollar - it doesn't pay to want to get ahead in life does it.
It would also mean that he doesn't get much time off, which could be too much for him eventually.

Small Man and I had our visit to the GP.
From this he needed a glucose tolerance test and another sleep study.
We did the glucose test Monday ( 2 hours at pathology), the test also checked all of his other levels - he hasn't had a 'normal' blood test result for 4 years - since he first contracted glandular fever - especially his liver function.
I rang for the results and our GP wants to 'discuss the results at our next visit'.

His sleep study is booked in for the 5th of April.
We've done it before so know what to expect/do etc
I will wear him out a bit more before this one though.
Trying to sleep in a strange place with wires hooked up all over you isn't the best for a typical nights sleep.

I have re-arranged my work schedule so that I have work free Mondays, and Tuesday mornings.
I am using that time to help him with his school work, finish any assignments, organise what needs to be done next....
His teacher this year is lovely, not out to put the pressure on and is understanding of SM's situation.
He still has issues with one of the teachers, he doesn't understand and tries to push, personally I find him a bit rude as well.
If it continues I am going to ask that SM has another English teacher, I tried telling this guy last year what was the best way to get work from SM - and he just ignored me.
The whole reason SM is doing distance ed is so that he's not under this sort of pressure!
Grade 10 is too important - and I know that SM will just shut down and not do anything if he is pressured like this.

Big A is on holidays for a few weeks.
He took Possum tuna fishing Friday night, they were to go for the whole weekend but the weather turned bad yesterday so they were back last night.
I had a mini melt down Friday night, just the usual mother worry about having a husband AND son many, many kilometres out at sea......
So I was sort of relieved that they were back last night.
Then this morning I was in front of my laptop and saw the tsunami warning - OMG - if they had been out in that boat and I read that I would have freaked.
Not that they would go out during a tsunami warning, but still........

Big A is off again Wednesday.
This is his time of year - tuna fishing season.
There will be another very, very special time of the year for him this year, more on that later :)

So anyway, that's about it.
I am currently overworked and extremely underpaid.......
But everything else is going along quite well.

Hope all is well with you if I haven't stopped by your blog lately,

Love to YOU!

G
xx