This weekend has been a long time coming; tomorrow Boo sits her exam for her senior school. Two hundred and seventy children vying for just eighty places! I figure we have done all we can, she can only do her best, and what will be will be (and other such philosophical observations).
Meanwhile I've been getting used to balancing my time between home and work again, taking things very slowly. So far so good. Some lovely readers have asked how my pain is - well, it's still there, less prevalent, but still there. I loop around in my mind whether there is less pain or whether I have become adept at dealing with the pain. Still no conclusion but it's not getting me down like it used to. I am taking steps every day to work through it and one day, I believe it will go.
I do believe that.
Tonight calls for Friday night curry and traditional family times snuggled in front of the fire. I am relishing life right now; I feel like everything has happened this way for a reason and rather than question it, I am trying to just accept it; enjoy it, take it for what it is...
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| ...twice this week, at the farthest point from home when dog walking, I've been caught in the rain... |
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| ...snuggle up... |
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| Kirsten Scott Thomas |
Have a cosy time this weekend!
Hi Lou. Just read todays and your last blog post. I didn't know about your jaw but my middle daughter's jaw locked at the age of 15. She has had three ops and will be 21 in June and still no different. I hope yours gets sorted. Email me if you need any advice or anything about it. Have a lovely weekend xx
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely beautiful :)
ReplyDeleteHope the exams go well tomorrow, I am sure they will....have to tell you that the ratio of applicants to places sounds pretty good to me, up here it's between 12-18 for each available place!! Crazy!!! My friend's son sat for an extremely good local boys school last week and saw a Dad giving his son a really tough talking to before he went into the exam....followed by Red Bull - for the child!!! Seriously.....I nearly choked on my coffee when she told me that!!
Enjoy the Friday night curry :)
LOVE the blue scarf in the 2nd photo, I would so wear that!! XX
Dear Lou
ReplyDeleteI will keep my fingers crossed for Boo tomorrow! So happy to know that your pain has become less prevalent and wish that it disappears forever. Have a wonderful weekend, Lou. Warm hug, Manuela
P.S. Love the first and the last photo and think that Walt Whitman is so right in what he says.
So happy you are managing your pain and managing life with a job too.
ReplyDeleteWishing you a joyful weekend
I hope your daughter does well in the exam. Love the happy quote, I've had that one in my inspiration folder for quite some time ;-)
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the weekend!
Hope all has gone well today. I do remember the anxiety when my girls were taking their entrance exams. Now it is GCSES!
ReplyDeleteLove the umbrella picture, I have always yearned for long blond hair. ( mine is short & brown!)
Have a good weekend.
Hi Lou
ReplyDeleteI hope you have had a restful weekend, such a momentous occasion for your daughter and you! Hang in there.
I am sorry to hear that you are still dealing with the pain, is it still your jaw? I have been out of touch for so long...seems like time flies by too quickly. Thinking of you and wishes you well Little Sis..
Jeanne xx