Mooloo's Joining up the dots in 2017

Savvy_sewing

I think that Mum is still slightly panicked about the Hospital as Dad went for a test and never came home. Not completely logical but I do understand.
I have said that we will find out what the health centre can do first, and then persuade her to do what is necessary. My brother is strong, he will cajole, over rule etc as necessary because she will listen to him.

I am still feeling tired, despite sleeping a lot again last night.
I have been down stairs for several hours but not really motivated myself to move yet!
So next is the diary and hopefully I will get my head around my lethargy and make my plans for going forward.
I feel like a duvet day!But I know that I cannot have the luxury as I have only today to do things at home, and we already have committed several hours in the middle of the day to go to Mums. At least I don’t have to think about dinner today.
Tomorrow I am hoping to see some normality in my days return.

Savvy_Sue

that makes perfect sense Mooloo, and I am glad your brother is there and will help with Mum's decision making. Frustrating, isn't it? My mum would always run anything I said past one of my brothers, or say "I'll ask X to do that next time he's here" and even having watched me get up and do whatever it was it still never occurred to her I might be capable of doing practical stuff!

Also worth flagging Mum's fears to her GP and the nurses at the Health Centre ...

Savvy_sewing

A quick trip to Aldi for Food, and on to see Mum etc. The aim is to try and get her to get dressed today.
Brother is cooking SUNDAY LUNCH! Yeah
I have had a long soak in the bath and feeling more human.

Savvy_sewing

Slightly over budget at £30.86 in Aldi but we did get a pumpkin!
I feel much happier today. I managed to persuade Mum to put clothes on when I arrived. Well when she said she was going upstairs to the loo I suggested she changed while she was up there.
Brother moved the kitchen table away from the wall and we all sat round it to eat lunch. When I arrived Biggest was visiting with her Hubby and DGS4.
She is much better and will be in work tomorrow. So hopefully we will get a full day in the shop for me and the Seamstress and 5 hours with Biggest there.
Mum is talking and eating well, with much fewer coughing episodes. Brother did say as I left that he will need to make plans to go home.
So I will need to pick up the reins again soon. But for now I am relaxed knowing that Mum is on the mend.
I can then turn my thoughts to my business and my own personal finances etc.
I am behind withlots of things, but feel more confident that I can get things done.

beanielou

Glad to hear that your mum is on the mend.

Savvy_sewing

beanielou wrote: »

Glad to hear that your mum is on the mend.

Thankyou so much

Savvy_sewing

Morning. Today I am planning to get back to normal with work and Home. Brother is getting on with my Mum’s care and I am able to step back and try and rescue my business.
I am hoping to see BF on Wednesday.
Dgd needs to go to school but I expect she will play me up on her cold, and not want to go to school!
I am not going to be able to keep her home as I have too much to do. I also know that although she snuffled a lot it didn’t stop her from her gadgets etc. So she needs to go to school and try to work.

Savvy_sewing

One of the School dinner ladies has decided to tell Dgd she has tonsillitis, nice to know that she’s medically trained then!
Dgd has a sore throat yes, but it has not become tonsillitis yet anyway.
Mum is coming on in leaps and bounds now, getting dressed and even coming out for a drive. Brother stopped a lady walking her dog and asked her to recommend a hair dresser and now Mum is booked into one tomorrow for a wash, cut and blow dry.
She has the Doctors in the afternoon. Brother is now planning his return to France by the weekend.
Biggest was back in work today, although she is still coughing at times.
I sewed all day, but struggled to get any momentum going. I had jobs that had to be finished ASAP that the Seamstress has supposed to have done last week but started and didn’t finish.
I also had 6 zips to put in now they had arrived. I certainly lost money/time ratio today, and I didn’t leave until 5.15
Collected dgd and came straight home. Had mince leftovers and the last of the spaghetti for tea. Going to heat some custard for pudding to go with some stewed apples. Managed a personal no spends day, but had to buy milk and order zips via eBay for the business.

Savvy_sewing

Morning!
I spent several hours writing in my diary, and reading a PDF on making life bigger and better. I was feeling very lost within my self lately, having seen my dreams pushed further away and I struggled to get my motivation back because of it. I didn’t have the tv on, I didn’t open any wine, I just wrote and wrote.
The outcome is back to the bottom rung on the ladder, to remember what I have got, what I have achieved in the past and knowing that if I managed to save etc before, and lived on lower incomes, then I can do it again. Instead of hiding under the duvet (my primal urge), I will take basic steps to get me through the day, and to deal with the jobs that have been neglected.
It’s always hard to make changes when I am low, but I am not going to let the depression creep up on me without giving it a good try.
I probably won’t get the timing correct, but I have a to do list for today, and I will tick each one off as I go.
Onwards and upwards!
I will get to where I want to go in the end. One step at a time.

Savvy_sewing

DGDs throat is worse, swollen but no white spots. I will have to take her to work with me to at least start the day, get the staff sorted, and possibly bring work home again! Not part of the plan.