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Yeah, I think having to ask for a seatbelt extender must be the ultimate in humiliation. EVERYONE knows and is watching what happens when they come with it.

I got such a shock tonight. Husband didn't talk to me all day, running around busy, and then said late this afternoon that, by the way, our YS was IN HOSPITAL SICK!!!! Gosh!!!! How can he 'forget' to tell me that!!!!!! I went to bed early last night. I always take a sedative for the plane because I'm a shocking flyer (well, shocking at lots of things that are 'scary'), and so sleep it off at the other end. After I was asleep, YS staggered out of his room shivering and shaking and took himself off to the local hospital. He thought he had a UTI (pretty unusual in boys but being a nurse he was testing his own urine with dipstick and declaring it abnormal etc), but they said no, he was having a bad reaction to a flu shot he'd had that day. ORDINARY flu shot, not YKW!!!! He was so sick they kept him in last night, and he's been vomitting a lot, as well as high temperature and feeling terrible. He was let out this afternoon and has put himself to bed at home. Of course, his mother's "curly-tailed flu radar" is beeping loudly!!!! However, it's probable that the vomitting is actually a reaction to not being able to have a medication he has to take at exactly the same time every day (or else nausea and vomitting result). Or he could have vomitting wog and flu at the same time. But he was sick two weeks ago from medication withdrawal when he missed a dose of his medication. He gets a flu jab every year because he works in hospitals but this is the first time he's supposedly had a reaction to it.

Boy, I don't know, but I did have a bit of a hissy fit at husband before calming down. Husband got a text from YS this morning saying he was OK but would be staying in hospital for the day, and then husband 'just stopped worrying about it so forgot to tell me' and 'forgot I'd been asleep when he was sick last night' etc etc etc.

Anyway, over hissy fit now and calmed down. If it is SF and not just a normal reaction to a normal flu vaccine I won't find out for a week anyway. OS is suitably spooked so I guess I won't see him much this week - ha ha! Pity it's YS's 2 days off so he can't even take sick leave!!!! They maybe had to stabilise his blood level of the medication he's on, don't know. But he sure knows how to keep my heart pumping!
 
Hello Niyah,

Hope your younger son is recovering nicely as I type away.

Aren't you glad that you have loads to spare on the seatbelt of the plane? I was so glad that I had so much space on an economy seat for once. Also, the distance between my stomach and the tray was large. I could even have the space to cross my legs comfortably!!! All these couldn't have been possible 4 months ago. I would have to fit just nicely into the economy seat with little room to spare...such an embarrassment and yes, often had to loosen the seatbelt 3/4 of the way. Now I've got to tighten the seatbelt all the way in!!!

Hey, enjoy your shopping tripsssss. I find mall shopping helps me to lose weight faster because firstly, I enjoy the shopping and I get to exercise at the same time!
 
Son was still pretty sick this morning. I was late to work and he staggered out, still very fluey and not at all well. Hope he's OK. I'll check on him later. He told me he needed a fluid IV in hospital for dehydration, but I think he's still quite dehydrated.
 
My skin is coming out in some kind of horrible rash!!! I can't think what on earth it might be - wondering if it is because I used a different shampoo when I was away that I've never used before. Otherwise - must be something I've eaten? However, can't think what was that different that I wouldn't have had before. Maybe something on the airline? It's not itchy, but blotchy red spots everywhere, and feels just slighty irritated. Had a small bit on the back of my neck yesterday, and today it's spreading all round the front. Looks disgusting!!! I'm not sick at all that I know of. Boy, glad I didn't have this on the weekend - would have wanted to hide!
 
Actually, the funny thing is that I have a big bottle in my room and haven't taken any for the past 2 weeks! I got a bit sick of all the pill swallowing - Vitamins etc. Looks like I need to get back to it.
 
Checked the boy tonight and managed to get him to eat a bit. Making a curry is a sure fire way to do that! However, he'll be back asleep again soon, so I'm back at my desk finishing all this concert stuff for tomorrow.

Will be busy tomorrow - rehearsal, then the thing tomorrow night, so don't know when I'll get back online.

I've asked Friday to get GD for a while. They've been staying elsewhere and I'm missing her like crazy. Last I saw of her was her dissolving in tears last Friday that I was getting on the plane without her. So she's coming over to stay for a night. She told her Mum "Nanny is taking me on a plane all by myself!". Well, it won't be QUITE that exciting, but will have to see what I can plan to do with her that's nice.
 
I've had a careful look and a think, and am now thinking maybe this rash is a heat rash. I don't know how in the middle of winter etc, but I do feel cold on Cohens and tend to have my room at work HOT. I wore a very light, synthetic-y top yesterday and don't think my skin liked it much (and I turned up the air-con more because I wasn't warm enough in it). Think I'll have to give that one a miss in future. But - studying up on internet, because of where it is and how it is spread, much more likely to be a heat rash than anything else. I've had a bit of heat rash in summer a few times, but this feels ridiculous! However, obviously I have sensitive skin so that is not helping at all. I will take the calcium tomorrow and stick with it. I have some cortisone cream at home - put some on this morning but it hasn't changed yet. Might try again before I go to bed.

I was also really hot on the plane the other night - had rugged up for the evening air and knew Perth was raining etc. Then I was pretty hot during the trip, so maybe that didn't help either.

Up till now my skin has been generally better on the diet, but it's sure awful right at the minute! I'm really having trouble regulating my termperature. I constantly feel cold, my feet are always frozen (hence the foot warmer) but turning up the air-con to make my room hot doesn't always work either, and I still get blasts of cold air in under the desk somehow. Sometimes I just grab a rug and snuggle that around me in my chair, but then I look like an invalid! In some ways, this is ONE thing that I'll look forward to about eating a bit more -regulating my temperature better. I thought at my age I was supposed to be HOT all the time! If I wear a thick cardigan or coat it annoys me when working on the computer. Oh well, I'll stop grizzling and just wait for summer to come back, which it eventually will!
 
Niyah- LOL, LOL!! I'm sitting at my laptop with a rug wrapped around me! Synthetic clothes I cannot wear, air-conditioning makes me itch & cough and I have to really rug up. Thermals from head to toe, polar fleecepants at home & sometimes 2 pairs of socks- 1 Explorers & the other bush-walking wicking ones. Laugh all you like but these days I freeze (or cook!) I prefer to dress for the weather rather than use heaters etc but you don't have a lot of choice. I take calcium & magnesium daily mainly for cramps but hearing it's good for allergies is another good reason for me to take it.
Affirmation for Niyah(& me!)-"People admire my capabilities & I am worthy of their praise"
xoxo Cate
 
This is another thing I need to adjust in my thinking. Because when I had all the extra fat layers I was constantly overheating, I got used to wearing lighter clothing to work. Once in my office, I could easily keep warm, and often even had the COLD air conditioning on.

I still wear the same kinds of things, so I need to actually adjust my thinking that this is NO LONGER WHAT I NEED TO WEAR TO WORK!!! I still like dressing up in skirts and pretty tops, but I'll have to seriously adjust my thinking I think. My legs are too cold. I gave my daughter all my tights I used to keep for occasional use because I wasn't ever wearing them (and they were too tight - ha ha!). And - even though I'm now cold - the sythethic tops are disagreeing with me and I'm much more comfortable in cotton etc.

I applied various creams yesterday, took an antihistamine and a calcium tablet, and between all that something has really settled the skin overnight. It's not so noticeable today, which I'm highly relieved about. Last night I was starting to look like I had measles! Not a good look for a concert! It was even affecting the sides of my face. Fortunately the face is looking OK today.
 
Niyah- I missed the posts about yr son somehow! I hope he's ok!! Good luck tonight!xoC
 
Thanks - all went well tonight, and I am breathing a HUGE sigh of relief! Practice all day was agonising, but well worth it. By the time they got up there tonight, everything was smooth and went without a hitch, and kids a lot more confident in the venue etc. The littlies brought the house down with their pirate songs.

Now.... just a few other dozen projects to get on top of. Apparently someone was expecting me to contribute to a communal meal on Saturday and somehow I missed that message... oh well, guess the old butter chicken recipe will get a last minute workout for that one.

And... a quiz night looming. Oh dear! I was going well but it got pushed aside by the concert. Then... onto production for Term 3. I hope someone locks me in a loony bin after that because I will probably need one! Somehow a holiday is supposed to fit in there somewhere. Husband is pretty exhausted and dropping asleep within seconds of hitting the pillow, and snoring loudly which is pretty unusual for him. End-of-term-itis I think. Graded reports due next week. I foresee a couple of all nighters coming up...

Haven't seen boy in last 24 hours, but think he went and worked an afternoon shift today. Wondered if they pumped him with Tamiflu? They have a critical swine flu in there at the moment so I believe. He must be feeling better than he was yesterday by a long way to go and do another hard shift. Will have to try and catch him tomorrow, but it's probably a morning (and I certainly WON'T be rising early tomorrow!)

Now, in the middle of this most ridiculous week, I have hardly been home, and hardly made a properly Cohen meal over a few days. SIGH!!! My tea tonight was cheese, just didn't get time to do anything else and that's all that was around. And not the right cheese. More sighs! I'll take some time out tomorrow afternoon and get things a bit more organised again. I think I actually need to make some proper MEALS and freeze them, not just meat pieces. It's never as nice if pre-made and frozen, but would help get through the difficult days. Maybe I'll get inspired about the soup again. (Shortly after I flush the soggy cucumber out of the crisper in my fridge...)

If you see some smouldering black smoke on the horizon, it'll just be me weighing myself in the morning... even so, got a lot of compliments tonight, so am enjoying that I'm still 22kg down on where I was not so long ago. I pulled out a supposedly Size 12 tonight and wore it (must be a pretty big 12!) and it fitted absolutely great. I have some prettier things in that size, so will have to get them out now.

I think Cate's just written an affirmation for me for tomorrow: "I WILL make my Cohen's meals a priority and get to those shops before they close!"
 
OK, Niyah did not surface much yesterday as she was buried under a pile of volcanic lava which spewed all over her desk...

Today I'm in a better frame of mind. But I'm seriously worried. I have to survive for almost two weeks on some kind of camping trip in an isolated place with few shops. (Depending on where we end up at times, that will be NONE - and no refrigeration.) I would be very happy to can this trip, but husband is more excited than ever about it and insistent we MUST go. I'm going green about the gills at the thought of mountains of cans of tuna...:ack2: I really don't want to eat it this time around for some reason.

Oh dear! I'll probably get my head around it later in the week.

Last night I got my first good sleep in several nights, so maybe that is contributing to my better mood!

I have had a most delightful 24 hours with little GD, but back to get some serious work done this afternoon whilst no-one is around (and bury a couple of dead budgies... oh dear!).
 
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Husband and I are coming up for about the worst week of the whole year. It feels like we have Mt Everest to shift this week. He is finally admitting he'll be spending part of the holidays on marking and reports, so I am gently pointing him in the direction of having to alter our "holiday" plans. He is not happy. (I might escape some of those tuna cans yet!)

Nevertheless, I have been doing a lot of laughing over the last 24 hours. Sometimes life gets so ridiculous the only thing I can do is laugh in response. I think he's starting to think I'm slightly crazy! (Wow, it's taken him 30 years to work that one out!).

I'll be nose to my desk, but will try and read up on how everyone is going. My only exhortation for the day is - "If I can lose ANYTHING then everyone else out there should be able to DO IT EASILY!!!!".
 
Might be quiet on the action for a little while. YS has a few "issues" at the moment, I have the singing festival to do on Thursday, endless reports and other paperwork to get out this week.

Keep up the good work everyone - I will as soon as I can refocus on it. For the moment, Mt Everest is still being moved one stone at a time, so I'll just continue with the wheelbarrowing.
 
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Last day of a hard, hard week today! I just have about 6 hours to get through, then I'm OUTTA HERE!!!

Choral festival yesterday totally drained me. I have to play for our choir, and I feel like SUCH A FAKE. Everyone else hires brilliant concert pianists etc, and I just feel SO DUMB on big stage at university theatre with hundreds and hundreds of people watching. I wish I could just sink through the floor. Anyhow, I got through - not perfect, but enough for choir to sound good and get very good comments from the adjudicator. I'd hardly slept the night before for so many reasons - up here fixing a file server problem in the middle of the night, trying to get last minute emails and newsletter out, so I'd had about 3 and a half hours sleep. So, afterwards my brain went into 'stall' mode. Plus, I've been practising every spare minute I have. Now I NEVER HAVE TO PLAY THAT PIECE AGAIN!!! (If I don't want to, that is!!!) I have the ability, but not the nerves unfortunately. My husband has given me many lectures about "self talk" but it seems to make no difference once my legs turn to jelly.

Once today is OVER I will be able to get myself sorted out and back into gear. I have lots of last minute jobs today before kids go, but hopefully they'll get done somehow. Will have to work over the next few days, but it will be at MY time and not because I have to do something right now, this minute.

Kids bringing in food for parties, wanting it heated up in secret from teacher etc. Just love schools! And my plans get de-railed again, because instead of what I HAVE to do, I am heating up party pies, spring rolls and other things. But that's what I love about schools!

We've had very hard week with YS so haven't been around much. Hanging in there, but hope over holidays our lives get sorted out a bit better all around.

Have a great weekend everybody. So many people are doing so fantastically, and discovering more about themselves than they ever thought possible! Great to read.
 
Thank you Cate!

Just letting you know that I won't have much to say for the next while. Really big, big family issues to deal with. We aren't sure what the future holds, whether we can go away at all, or have to stay, or what. We just live from day to day at the moment, and deal with whatever comes.

But I really hope everyone else can keep updating diaries - I love reading them all, and they are very inspirational for me, so keep up the great work!
 
Life is still incredibly stressful, so nothing doing with me of late. I just want to hold what I have done for the first part of this year. That's pretty hard when a cooked meal at home has become a rarity. Both husband and I are pretty close to snapping, so we just do whatever to survive. He's really depressed that we will have NO holiday at all. As the days pass, even the thought of maybe taking 2 days not far away is slipping by. Bad weather is supposed to set in tomorrow, so even if everything went 100% today, we probably won't get a line in the water these holidays. (I use the term "holidays" euphemistically - he's buried in school work right now.)

Son has been a very sick boy, and an unexpected hospital shift last week undid all the progress made in the week before. I could rant on about that for hours, but no point - get used to the public system. I want to get him into private, but very difficult right now for various reasons, so have to plead with him to co-operate with public people or our lives will all be difficult for a long time to come. I have at least identified the therapy he needs and sourced a likely provider, so I can live in hope! Anyway, I'm very exhausted with all the stress, think I might have to head back to a GP to see whether I can do anything to help myself survive a little better than I currently am. When school starts next week it's only going to get worse - I don't even know if I CAN work. Husband is currently setting up things so I can probably do a fair bit of work at home. If son comes out of hospital and is unoccupied, it will be the worst time for us all.

Anyway, I am reading the progress of everyone else, and really amazed at how well people are going! It's such a great thing to be able to make a difference whilst we can, and keep it up. My challenge for the moment is simply to not let things slide, and keep up the gains. When I can, I will get back to the challenge of shifting the rest of the weight, but I'm already better off for having dropped what I have in the first part of this year. I definitely do not want those margarine tubs back all over my body!
 
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