A long week

The whole family has been in major upheaval this week with the start of Pete's new business venture. My life was stressful before that this week it's reached a kind of lunar stress that almost blew my head off.



Emily's flare has been tough to deal with this week. A doctors appointment showed a bladder infection as predicted and more antibiotics were started. Time was spent with Nick (hip hop teacher) and his lovely family yesterday when they took Emily to a show where Nick dances. She had such a wonderful time meeting everyone and hanging out, how luck we are to have this great family. Emily's pain level has been at a 9 out of 10 all week and she's been on edge and crabby. The antibiotics have made her bladder more comfortable she tells me so hopefully her pain level will reduce in her feet.



Tom has become a money earner this week. He worked with Karen's husband packing and unpacking stuff for his casino parties, he very proudly came home waving a check for $60 that he's earned all by himself. He says he's looking forward to buying Christmas presents for his family with money that I didn't give him. I'm pretty proud of him right now. We did have to have a chat about honestly today because I'm finding that he's bending the truth on stuff like homework and general things that he really doesn't want to do LOL He's going to start fresh tomorrow and try as hard as he can hot to tell fibs. It's very much his age but I just don't want him to get out of control, he's not perfect just like anyone and I'm OK with the fact that he's only human. "Hellen, did you eat that twinkie??? Nooooo the dog ate it" LOL



Pete went from super wonderful to a complete butt hole and back again in a 15 minute period this week. The stress of the opening just about pushed him over the edge. Last week he was lucky if he got 8 hours sleep for the whole week so was totally exhausted so I'm trying to be understanding. I do have a tolerance level which is set pretty high, he's almost surpassed it so better start checking his food for foreign objects LOL

Me? I'm tired and I think I'm getting a cold. I know I'm run down because I've been working with Pete each evening until at least 2 am then getting up at 6 am and carrying on a normal day. I've been worried about Emily's flare up and all that entails and concerned that Tom's getting left out again. Stressed about money and frustrated with people who just don't understand what's going on in our lives. I wanted to cook and do crafts with my children this weekend but had to work instead and although I'm delighted to help I'm aware that the time with my children is limited and precious and I want to make the most of every second. All in all I've found this week totally draining.

I really wish I could call Steve and talk to him, his voice was always so calming. He went golfing in Hawaii this year and bought me back some spices. I've been drinking lattes with Steve's nutmeg on it so make myself feel better. He loved the smell of nutmeg. Wish he was here ...