Apple muncher's number crunching

Jessy103

Congrats on the tax rebate and being normal! 🙂

apple_muncher

Pip had a quick meeting with his head of sixth form after school yesterday and the upshot is that he's no longer doing physics. He's perfectly happy with that and was the most relaxed I've seen him in a long while.

And I feel soooo much relief too. I hadn't realised how much it was affecting me too. Like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders.

teapot2

Pleased for you both x

beanielou

Good news for you both. 

greent

apple_muncher said:

Pip had a quick meeting with his head of sixth form after school yesterday and the upshot is that he's no longer doing physics. He's perfectly happy with that and was the most relaxed I've seen him in a long while.

And I feel soooo much relief too. I hadn't realised how much it was affecting me too. Like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders.

Clearly the right decision was made xx

apple_muncher

Week 2 of no more physics, but week 1 of no other commitments (ie the school production). One exhausted Pip - who wouldn't be after 5+ months of intense stress? His anxiety is currently through the roof - like there's something major that he's forgotten to do. But we're working on it all. This week is tougher as he has a lesson 1st period every day except Friday, but the other week, it's only 2 days.

Today has been rather productive - I do like days like this! 2x laundry; prescription renewed; DBS online thingy renewed; gf shopping acquired; more 3-ingredient brownies made - this time adding cherries to make it like back forest gateau; clothes folded and put away; a short walk; exchanging messages with a friend; reading my book; 3 bagfuls sorted to take to the charity shop and good coffee drunk!

LadyWithAPlan

very productive over here Glad pip is feeling more relaxed too

apple_muncher

Where did Feb go, eh?

March has begun with a sunny weekend, which is always a good start! I did spend a lot last month, so need to be much more mindful this month.

I had a very nasty tummy bug last week which I'm thankfully over now.

Pip is still pushing himself too hard. I'd said that he might be able to get all caught up on his catch-up work as well as getting his homework done at school. And he has. But at quite a cost. I'd meant 'one day soon' rather than 'this week'. Oops. I was also working for 3 days, which really impacted him as I needed the car, was out before him and back after him, and the buses were really congested/late/missing for his journey, poor thing. So this week, we'll try to get a better balance.I'm only working for 1 day, but it's Monday, so not the best way to start the week for Pip.

I have chopped my hair this morning. Using very sharp scissors and a mirror. Fortunately my hair is wavy so my poor attempts shouldn't be too obvious... Pip has agreed to tidy up the worst of it for me later!

apple_muncher

Here's a first: Pip walloped his head whilst climbing yesterday (not on a hold, fortunately, but on the roof of the cave as he did a move). Turns out he did it before the class started and kept going through the whole hour so as not to scare/upset the girl he was climbing with. He did get an ice pack on it for a while and had rubbed at it too. By the time we got to the car, he was cold - not out of the ordinary but unusual because it was a warm evening. When we got home and walked to the house, he was shaking and shivering. The shock had kicked in. We put him on the sofa with blankets and a couple of microwaveable warm things, fed him some food and kept him off all screens.

Around 8, I called 111 and the chap was lovely. He said we'd get a call immediately back from a clinician. By 10, I made sure Pip was in bed and ready to sleep. He had less brain fog and fuzziness, and frankly, he needed to sleep! He was under strict orders to come and get me if he woke up. The call back came at 10.45 (ugh!) and we left it with keeping an eye on Pip but taking him to A+E if anything got worse. He recommended a paper on concussion in grassroots sports, which has been very useful.

Pip came to me at 5 - he'd woken up and remembered that I was supposed to be doing kids klub (I didn't do it, btw!) and wanted to see me before I went. I assessed him and put him back to bed, saying I'd re-assess around 8.30. He's had breakfast and lunch, and paracetamol. The headache is still very much there, but he is moving around the house, and keeping off screens as much as he can. I think he'll be ok not to go to the hospital.

All his lessons now use screens so I need to let the school know, of course. I think I'll have him doing a modified time at school - going in for his first class and leaving after his last one. One day at a time.

beanielou

What a worry.