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The next few weeks will be...

As I am sure they will be for everyone - thank god we don't Christmas Shop any more - yes really, I'm serious.

We decided as a family a few years ago that we won't buy for adults any more - you have no idea how much stress that relieves - we buy for our sons and my brothers daughter......and something for each other.

This year we are getting a new 'baby' - an 8 week old Birman kitten - a wee brother for George :)

I am hosting my work Christmas party here - for my team ONLY - team members and their partners ONLY....I have bought them each a gift which I have had for a few months now, it's actually for the girls so will get a small gift for the few men and that's that.  I think I will do a traditional roast lunch - which is actually a lot less to prepare etc than a barbecue - and more cost effective also - just a whole lot of roast veg to cook - too easy!
I have two volunteers to help prepare desserts and set up on the day - what a lovely team I have.  
It seems I may be the only 'manager' that is having a party for their team out of 5 of us in the north of the state - see what happens when I don't organise the lot??
I think it's extremely poor of them.  You must give something back.

Life, to me would not be life if it was a life lived selfishly.
I don't mean give away all that you have
I don't mean let people take advantage of you
I mean giving a little of what you have to another
If that be a shoulder, an ear, a bed for the night (no I don't mean for a stranger off the street!), a meal, a lift to work if it's raining, whatever comes up.......
But it must be unconditional.


I have finally made the decision, and taken the steps towards: applying for the disability pension for Small Man, and organising to meet someone at the college (not the same one that Possum attended....) to discuss enrolment for next year.
Unfortunately the next available doctors appointment with our GP was the 30th December - how friggen ridiculous is that????? Thankfully, I had an appointment booked for the 20th for nothing urgent - so I will swap the appointments around so that we can get Small Man's paperwork filled out and back to Centrelink.
When I think about how I would like his life to be going - this is not even close to it - but at the same time he deserves financial independence.
He would work in a heartbeat if he were physically able.  And he's not.

I was relieved that it seemed fairly straightforward on the phone - compared to how much red tape we've had in every other area...
Big A seemed to equate this to us being 'happy about it' or celebrating in some way.  
Not at all, just accepting the situation for what it is, and how it is.
Our son has been unwell for 4 years and 9 months - with no glimpse of any change - even the lap band surgery is no guarantee of fixing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - he is just going to feel a hell of a lot better about himself - which is the goal - if it helps the fatigue then that would be a dream come true ♥
Until then we must be realistic.  
If I continue to fight against the reality I would break down completely, and be of no help to him whatsoever.  I feel like that anyway sometimes, so lets not make that any worse eh.


He has his Grade 10 Leavers day on Wednesday.
Awww.....my baby :')

Big A has to work night shift the night before and none of the lazy fucks will cover him - well that's my take on it anyway....so he will have to work 12 hours the night before then stay up for the presentation day. 
Not sure how we will organise things yet.  
I'm hoping for a small miracle between now and then, someone to come in for him so he can come home and sleep for a while first....
I will have to come home after that and pack another $8,000 order - I have organised a helper for that also - and have the out of town people coming to pick theirs up - won't hurt them to do it the once.


G
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