impending arrival

Posted on Wed 10 October 2007 at 04:49

Today has been a better day. And thank God for that eh?

Poppy kitty looks heavily laden with kittens now.  You can actually see them moving through her skin and feel them kicking when you put your hand on her belly.  Hoping someone can come and house-sit the long weekend I plan being away as I don’t really want to have her boarded out.  I would far rather have her here in the comfort and security of her own space than at the vets as she may associate that with pain and fear and no female should have to go through that on top of giving birth.  Can’t wait to see them – will post pictures of them as soon as they arrive!

Yesterday I finally managed to get the power washer I was lent to work and did the back deck, the back stairs and the concrete area at the bottom of the stairs.  It has come up really well and just the doing of it was therapeutic – 3 hours of being busy and a decent result at the end of it.  We had even got a quote to have the deck refurbished (glad we didn’t spring for that now!) but it looks so much better now, it ought to be a real bonus towards getting the house sold.  If the rain ever stops I will go out the front with it and do a bit there too.

Well, today, armed with my satnav and much trepidation, I set off for Tauranga – a good hour and a half away on the coast.  And yes, I got there with very little problem whatsoever.  Am Loolah was having a coffee morning and only last night I thought I would give it a try.  It was good to have something else to worry about for a change…..  Anyway, nice to meet up with some more ex-pats and to get away from here for a while.  Thank you Caroline, for your hospitality and to everyone else for your company.   If you had told me a fortnight ago I would drive over and back myself, I would have laughed.  It has given me a real boost – I arrived at Caroline’s with a big stupid grin on my face and had another one once I arrived home safely.  Just a pity it was such a dreadful day of rain as that cut visibility right down at one point.

I will be starting the first of my hypnotherapy sessions tomorrow, which I am really looking forward to. Although I have just told you about driving over to Tauranga, I would probably benefit greatly from some positive thinking sessions around it.  Ian, an OT from one of the other wards is looking to refresh his skills so we may both gain something from this.  Ideally, I would like for him to make me cluck like a chicken and ……no, what am I thinking?!!  I would like for him to completely wipe all the pain of the last week but I know that’s not possible.  But if between us we can engender some positive thinking and hope for the future, that would be really good.

So, all in all, a lot more positive today.  I do believe I can find my way through all this – and again, thank you all for your support.  I spent some of yesterday evening swapping PM’s with several forum members and gained a measure of solace from that.  So for those who have left messages of support and offers of help, I would appreciate a PM now and again – my evening time especially as that’s when it gets lonely and sad.

Right, Karen X, News at 5, signing off

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Posted by poppets on Thu 11 October 2007 at 09:03 - Link

glad you having a better day, & all the way to the land where the fairy one lives, well done you xxx