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| Tue, 05-03-2005 - 10:22pm |
Its the return of the prodigal poster! (sounds a bit like a horror story if you ask me...)
We have finally paid the phone bill- even tho I no longer live in this house it still beats having that little timer ticking away in the corner telling me how much time i dont have left! It will be a long long while before I get the internet on at home but I should be able to visit a little more regularly and brighten the place up with my gleaming halo once more.
Natalie is over at her mums house, recovering from some major surgery. She had a circumferential body lift operation after losing almost half her body weight. She is sore and still very swollen from the op but determind to progress enough that her mum will be happy to let her come home. I know how mothers of her generation think... so I have cleaned the house top to bottom with disinfectant and it smells cleaner than the hospital in here.
I am still working at the boarding kennels, picked up an extra day a week and an afternoon feed at least once a week so life is good. I like being the nice feeding person for a change instead of the horrible waterblasting one!
The kids and I are pretty much moved into our own house now, have no phone, no tv and no washing machine yet. They will have to start taking the train to school soon. I am not too happy about sending my 10 year old on the train so I will bribe her brother to walk her to her school before he goes to his. Next year she changes schools so it wont be a problem.
Nat and I still have a very up and down relationship but after so long it has kind of become normal. Despite the problems, we have gotten used to having each other around and have decided its a case of "better the devil you know". I promised her when the swelling goes down from her big op, I will take her shopping for lingerie- stuff she has always wanted but couldnt wear before. Her mother was going to take her, but I said no way- thats my department! lol.
Anyway, enuff waffle - I have to go and do housework now but I'll be back!! (thats both a threat AND a promise!) I never got the gossip so I guess I will have to stay up all night for 3 weeks to catch up around here...


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Hey Pam! Its good to see you too and great news that you are now in your own space. I would like to do a lot to my place, but as its a state house I am not sure how much I am actually allowed to do.
Nat has no problem with me coming to wash my clothes and jump on the internet, she was a bit worried when I moved out that she wouldnt see much of me. The phone is in my name and I will only get stuck paying it if she doesnt. I am happy to contribute towards it as I use it as well. Its only been a couple of weeks since I moved out permanently and she has spent that in hospital and at her mothers so she hasnt actually had to try and manage financially on her own. She is hoping to be back today so she put some money in my bank to get her some groceries, one of our major stores is having birthday celebrations (the one who has a tresspass order against her!) so I managed to fill her freezer and cupboards with all the specials they have at the moment. see? Not just innocent, SMART as well! ;-)
I dont know that the surgery will help Nat with her self image issues too much. I think it will just take the focus off one thing and put it on another. She said beforehand that she had high hopes of getting off the pain relief she abuses but I have a feeling she was using those body issues as an excuse for taking the drugs and that it wasnt actually the reason. Time will tell.
Hi Ting!
It's great to be back. It was a real pain using the paid computer with the little timer ticking away in the corner. Did my typing skills the world of good though, lol- the less time I had the faster I had to type!
Well, Ven I don't mind giving you my yahoo id, it's soda111111, please feel free to "buzz" in at anytime. I'm usually home at 5:00, I don't know what time that is in New Zealand. But if you're up to a conversation, just go ahead and "pop" in anytime that you're free. I hope to be "talking" to you soon, and btw, my phone number hasn't changed. So call me, when your phone gets turned on, or if you have the time.
Hope to hear from you soon.
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Sebastian
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Did you ever imagine you could feel so strong,
And what you fear just turn into relief,
Yes see your doubt become your own belief,
Though tears don't come to cry some grief away,
The tears will help to keep your need at bay,
Pass In Time ~ Beth Orton
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It sounds as though a wee bit of distance is helping you to see Nat more clearly and in better perspective.
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