WOW - an entry

A lot has happened in my life since I wrote here last. Some trivial, some quite momentous.

Probably the first thing I should mention is that my wonderful (and exquisitely handsome) ophthalmologist has put me on steroids and I can now see again (hence the entry). It will take me forever to catch up on all my blog reading (if ever) so I ask for some leeway if dramatic stuff has happened in your lives and I've missed it.

Other happenings. Hmmm. Mum has, at long last, moved in. She arrived about a month ago and is slowly settling in. It has meant HUGE adaptations on both sides but we are plugging along and coping with each problem as it arises.

Small thins are driving me up the wall (like her insistence on putting toilet lids down and her appalling dish-washing skills) and, I am sure, things about our household are getting on her goat (who's name is probably Ulrick). I know our lack of neatness and (what she sees as) order is a sticking point, as are our hours of eating. These troubles will iron out over time. She is one ballsy lady for making such a massive transition so late in life. We'll, together, make it work.

Medically, things have moved along. I had the surgery to remove my thyroid (and was most displeased to get a very neat discrete scar below my collar line having anticipated the old-style cut throat). I've healed well but the quacks are still playing around with my thyroxine dosage. Apparently it can take up to 12 months to get it settled into a routine. In the meantime I will just have to learn to cope with drowsiness and weight gain (because dieting is definitely not my forte).

The brain tumour is currently quiescent and just being watched. It may come to action at some time in the future but, for now at least, it is wait and see.

My beautiful granddaughter is doing all the right things and growing into a bonnie child. *inserts gratuitous grandbaby pic*

Tegz is a wonderful Mum. She's had a few hurdles (such as her milk supply going to crap) but she has blossomed in her chosen role. I am inordinately proud of her. Being a full-time mum isn't a popular choice these days. Snaps to her for sticking to her guns and putting her kids before materialism.

Other big news is that two of my kids are heading back home to live. B and her gorgeous hubby have both been posted to Perth. YAY. It is quite an unexpected (and prestigious) posting. We get three full years (and the planned grandbabies) before we have to think about losing them to the military relocation treadmill again. Double YAY.

My baby has also had some pretty big events in her life. We caught up in Sydney recently when we were both witnesses at a court marshal. Although the circumstances were crappy, it was wonderful catch-up time. She spoke (at great length) about the new (and, she says, permanent) love in her life. My "I'll never marry or have babies" daughter is talking white frocks and layettes in the near future!! Yikes! We have yet to meet this paragon of manly virtue but that will be rectified next week when they come over for a visit. The eldest two (and their partners) have met him and approve (phew) so it should be all good.

My son has set a date for his long awaited wedding. We shall all gather in KIng's Park on May 30 next year and celebrate the newest member joining our family (although, she's been around so long it feels like she already is a member). It will be bigger than Ben Hur and cost the earth but her dad is insisting on doing the whole father-of-the-bride bit so we just have to sit back and enjoy. I just have fun suggesting that Mum and I will wear matching purple lace and watching the panic set into the happy couple's faces. I'm bad.

OK, that will have to do you. Mum is getting angsty about me being secreted in here so long.

There will be more.