April is over for
another year, the month saw a few birthdays starting with Dawson's
who turned 18 there was a party for Dawson on the day at his father's
place around lunch time and yes I attended as did his Aunty Sandy and
of course his nan & pop who are in many ways like his parents
being that he lives with them and has done more or less since he was
born.
Also in attendance was
his mum and poppy Roberts, and Liz & Rob who are Leigh's parents,
Leigh is my sister in-law she is married to my brother Dave who is of
course Dawson's dad, all in all it was a good day. Tim didn't go with
me as he had to work that day so I got a lift with mum & dad.
Also in the month were
the birthdays of my niece Samantha and nephew Tyler who are brother
and sister, their birthdays are a week apart. Sam is the eldest of my
sisters children and Tyler is the youngest.
April also saw us
celebrate Easter and later Anzac Day and of course there was two
weeks of school holidays marking the end of term one of school.
Now we all pretty much
know that in April I started to suffer from pain in my right hip,
pain so bad that on two different occasions I had to ring a daughter
to come and help me get to bed where I laid and cried to the pain
subsided. I had an X-ray but don't the results till the 22nd
when we return from our cruise but I can tell you all that at the
time of writing this I am in a lot better place pain wise.
Mum has been put on a
waiting list for a hip replacement, the wait is around 10 months and
at the moment she is in so much pain she is unable to stand or walk.
With the amount of pain
I ended up in by the end of the month I had a new sense of admiration
for my mum as I reckon she is in twice as much pain as I was and
still she rarely complains, although dad at times feels she complains
a lot.
Speaking of mum &
dad, there are times dad wonders if mum will ever get better and be
able to get around again and be able to do stuff as he is fed up and
tired of waiting on her hand and foot every single day. Now don't get
me wrong over all dad is great but like any normal person it gets to
him at times and he sees how mum is at the moment just getting worse
and worse and he wonders will she ever get better. Now mum also must
at times wonder if she will ever get better and she can see she is
getting worse and going downhill and at times it must get her down
but she tries not to show it.
Michael has returned
from Queensland and at this stage they have no plans to move there as
they had problems with Sydney-May's father not wanting them to take
his daughter to another state. Kathy has tried to work it out with
him she has gone to a communication course, he didn't bother to show
up they tried to contact him via phone call and email and snail mail
and he didn't respond to anything. So that is a strike against him.
They are talking about finding a cheaper place to live, only time
will tell if that happens as they are both unemployed at this stage
and that makes it hard to find a rental place.
Michelle has been
having Landon a lot more and has taken steps to get custody back of
him, although she finds after 3 days he is doing her head in and she
needs as break and he goes either back to Dave & Leigh or to mum
& dad.
Mum has stressed to her
that this time around things will be different as now Landon is part
of our family and we want to continue to have him part of the family
we want to see him and have him attend family functions and he loves
being part of the family. Denni is his best friend and we refer to
them as cousins now and mum & dad consider him their grandchild
and of course he is now my nephew and I do not want to see that
change.
Jessica is still
working for the same company and has even been getting more weekend
work which means Tim and I have Leo sometimes over a weekend while
she is working which is ok with us we don't mind helping out when we
can.
Heather and Paul moved
again after years of living in Jewels they are now living in Belmont
again somewhere near the high school I think.
Kelli and Jonathon are
still living in Cessnock and Daemon for the most part I believe likes
school, they have Blain each weekend from Friday to Sunday or
Monday, at times Blain complains that he doesn't want to go to his
dads place but generally I think once he is there he is ok. I told
Natasha that many children are like that complaining they don't want
to go but usually once there they are ok so not to read to much into
his complaining and sometimes a child has to do things they don't
want to do, that is just part of life.
