Mrs
Jo-Anne Meadows
P O Box 253
Warners Bay
NSW
2282
Australia
Wednesday 6th February 2019
Dear
Great
to hear from you again,hope all is well with you. Don't worry about
taking a while to write back sometimes life gets in the way or we
just don't feel like writing.
I
am doing well my state of mind has improved and I an not as
depressed, in fact I am feeling so much happier. Yes my body is
letting me down but I am still able to do lots of stuff. Helps that I
am taking my medication as I should.
Been
stinking bloody hot here the last few weeks thankfully we have air
conditioning. I really don't like it when it is humid and I find
myself dripping in sweat. When it is stinking hot I prefer to stay
home and do little.
As
I write this my dad is in hospital again, he had a bad night last
Wednesday night and Thursday morning my sister Sandy rang the ambos
for him. He was unable to catch his breath and nothing he did or
took helped. Since being in hospital there has been little change in
his health, he is still having trouble breathing.
During
the school holidays we didn't go away or do much at all Tim had some
time off work but for the most part he just stayed home and chilled.
Tasha
has at last got rid of Steve's dog she rang the ranger who came and
collected it. She has also got rid of Steve's stuff, I did a little
happy dance.
On
Christmas Eve Jessica was driving out to Cessnock to see her cousin
and she gets pulled over by the cops for driving an unregistered car,
and an uninsured car, this was what the hell how the hell did that
happen. Jessica rang me in a right state she was crying and really
upset it took a while to calm her down and when we went to the RTA
they said I had stuffed up this made me feel awful.
When
she bought the car last month the first thing we did was go to the
RTA and transferred the car into her name and get a further six
months registration, at that time nothing was said about the CTP
which struck me as odd.
Well
a few weeks later she gets the CTP renewal notice in the mail and I
went online straight away and fixed it up, I then went to the RTA
site to check it all went through but I must have stuffed up somehow
because the RTA told us on Christmas Eve that it didn't go through.
Anyway
since we had the receipt for the CTP we have written a letter
explaining everything and hope they will at least wave the uninsured
ticket, we have enclosed a copy of the CTP receipt so now we just to
wait and see.
Jessica
wrote away about her fines so they are under review and as yet we
have heard nothing.
Around
1am on Boxing Day Tim & I are woken up by Natasha and she was in
a right state the mother of a really close friend had just passed
away, Natasha thought of the woman like another mother.
On
Boxing Day we all went over to Kathy's for a belated Christmas
lunch, the day was good, although Kathy-Lee really needs to learn
how to cook a baked lunch which is why I generally prefer to do a
baked lunch here as I know what I am doing.
Christmas
is all said and done, all in all it was a good day, although it
didn't start off that well as I had a upsetting dream the night
before and this left me feeling down and sad.
Tim
worked Christmas Day but I did see him in the morning and in the
afternoon Jessica & Leo came over and both of them liked all
their gifts.
All
my girls went over to see my parents on Christmas Day, we have all
accepted that it is unlikely dad will be around for another
Christmas, so we all wanted Christmas Day to be special for him and
both mum & dad said how nice it was to see my girls.
It
was the first Christmas they have been at my parents place in like 5
years. We even got to see Blain on Christmas Day as he spent part of
the day with his mum.
On
Christmas Day my dad was walking from the kitchen to the lounge room
with just his cane but he wasn't using his cane properly and lost his
balance and fell over.
Blain
quickly went and got my brother David who picked him up and his wife
Leigh patched up his arms, one of which was bleeding badly.
I
received some also gifts myself from my siblings and children and
grandchildren, on Thursday Tim bought me a newer mobile phone,
similar to the old one just a bit newer. I am happy with it, I didn't
expect it so it was a nice surprise.
On
Wednesday the 9th
January, Natasha was concerned about the woman whoo lived it the unit
next to hers as she hadn't seen or heard her since Sunday night. So
she contacted the woman's son, he hadn't spoken to his mum in days,
so she rang the police.
The
police turned up an hour and a half later and had to break into the
house which wasn't easy as she had crimsafe screens. The woman was
found deceased in her bed, it looks like she died in her sleep. We
all knew the lady she has lived there for 20 odd years.
Tuesday
the 22nd January was my granddaughter Sydney-May's
birthday she turned 9 when I gave her, her birthday present I also
gave her sister Summer a small gift.
The
idea of giving the non birthday sibling who is close in age a small
gift is something I got from my mum.
As
mum says at times a young child may not understand why they do not
get a gift and giving a small $2-3 gift can save tantrums.
I
have gotten used to not being able to drive although it is
frustrating at times having to rely on other people.
On
the 8th January Tim & Leo went away camping for 2
nights and Leo had a wonderful time, he was well behaved and loved
playing on the beach while Papa did some beach fishing. He has asked
Papa if they can go away camping again next school holidays.
Speaking
of camping while he was with his dad & Kelli, Blain also went
camping but only for 1 night as it was too wet when they went but
anyway Blain said he had a good time.
On
Australia Day all the girls as well as Michael (Kathy's partner) came
for lunch as it is/was Tim's birthday he is now 58. It was a nice day
I did a roast beef and veggies for lunch.
Well
that's all from me for this letter, until next time take care and I
hope life treats you well.
Jo-Anne
