Peace be with you!...

This past week has been busy but without too much happening... Monday was Bailey's 1st day in his new swimming class. He is now doing laps, one after the other and I think he found it very tiring, but he did it without having to stop. He was very red-faced at the end though but he enjoyed it too which is the main thing. He also has one of his mates now in his class which also adds to the excitement. Luckily he has a good swimming instructor who is kind but firm and won't allow them to mess about in the pool, not that Bailey would anyway. He always does as he is told!
Tuesday I had a specialist appointment and have been sent off to go for a few tests of sorts which I am off to this week and will know more in the following week. One thing after another...
Wednesday there is nothing in my diary. All I can remember is that Bailey went rugby training in the evening and I ended up in bed quite early as I had the worst headache. Apparently Yaz said that she tried asking me for help with her homework whilst I was in bed and I was like a dragon lady! Sorry Yaz! Don't actually remember too much about that...I was also supposed to go through some stretching with Ian to help him loosen up before his Friday soccer match, but that didn't happen either! I also had to go for some blood tests which left me with a huge bruise as my veins didn't want to be prodded and they had to use a child's needle to get the blood out. Will get the results for these this coming week.
Thursday I met a friend for coffee in the morning and then went shopping for a b'day pressie for another friend, then came home and did the housework and cooked dinner before going off to work that afternoon. Yaz was suppposed to go soccer training but had a headache and ended up staying in.
Friday I worked all day without a break for lunch or even a sip of water, picked the kids up from school and had to do some groceries, then had to rush home and put Ramses in his cage to take him to the vets for his yearly vaccinations which was a drama and I am now sporting some lovely arm scratches! Ian played football in the evening in which they lost 1-0. He came home and told me the score and obviously I wasn't really taking anything in and asked him if he scored...uh der! I do listen...just had an air-head moment...they seem to occur quite regularly lately! He is a little stiff and sore after the game so I will have to try and loosen it all up for him. Bailey came out of school feeling unwell and got worse as the night progressed. He is so cute, when he gets the onset of any cold/flu, he says, " Mum I don't feel well because my nose is hot...", how adorable is that?! That's his way of telling that he's getting ill.
I got a lovely surprise at work though. I massaged this lovely lady, who I have seen before and we got on really well. Anyway, her massage ended up being an hour and a half instead of an hour but obviously I only charged her for the hour as it was me that took my time etc...Anyway, when i finished work, the girls at reception handed me a bag which had a couple of gifts in it. It was from my client who I just mentioned and they were a 'thank-you' for giving extra time and care. She bought me a book we were talking about during her session and some incense. This was just such a beautiful thing to do. Totally unnecessary but it really touched me. Lately I've been thinking and feeling more about Universal enrgy etc...and healing crystals and more natural therapeutic approaches,(or hippy crap as Ian puts it), and this lady is into that also. It really inspired me into delving more into this. All weekend I have been joking around with Ian talking about the Universe and inner-goddesses etc...just to wind him up and he thinks I've lost the plot! We are so chalk and cheese when it comes to beliefs but that's O.K. It certainly makes life interesting. I have had the yearning of wanting to learn more so maybe this is the area I will go in to...I promise I haven't turned wierd or anything and I promise I won't end up in some cult...It's just an area of my life that I've always wanted to explore and expand. I have always been drawn to alternative shops and alternative therapies. I know it's not up every ones alley but that's O.K. too. We are all individuals....
Anyway, moving on...
...Saturday Yaz had no soccer so we just chilled. I did some groceries and went to the video store where we borrowed a whole heap of weeklys. Yaz took some horror films to her friends house that she stayed over at last night. Bailey and I watched one of his in the afternoon. By this stage he was really unwell with a sore throat, fever and extreme dizziness. I messaged his rugby manager and told them that he wouldn't be playing today. Ian did some stuff around the house and fixed the strimmer etc...then had his shower and got ready to go and watch some football match that was on at 12.00am at some guys house. He went to the bottle shop and got his supply. He then got all dressed, shoes on ready to go but had about 1/2 hour wait until he went so he sat on the couch...that was the end of him...he never ended up going anywhere. He was knackered poor thing. So he got changed and Bailey, Ian and I watched another of Bailey's dvd's together and Ian fell asleep. He ended up watching half of the football match on tv afterwards but came to bed at half time. It may have been a different story if Man-U were in the game...
So today was another chill-out day. We all got up mid-morning, I went and picked up Yaz from her friends, went to the shops for groceries...again...and am just about to embark on a mountain of ironing.
This week ahead is kind of exciting as on the Friday we are heading up the coast for the long weekend. Ramses has to go into a cat boarding place. I'm not too keen on sending him there as he's never been to one before but there's nothing else we can do. We tried getting a place where we could take him but the places were booked months in advance. It's actually surprising how many apartments, houses are available for taking your pets too! Definitely something I will look into in the future when we go away. No doubt the week will go quite quickly. I have two medical tests to go to so can't wait until I get those over and done with. The Friday is also our 11th Anniversary so of course Iam looking forward to celebrating that with Ian and the kids...probably stuck in terrible long weekend traffic but we'll be together!
I realise I haven't put photos up for quite some time now so I will make sure we take some over the weekend and put them on here the following week. This blog probably won't get done until maybe the midlle of next week now for all of you die-hard followers...all 1 or 2 of you!...if you dare to come back after my hippy-ish spiel...don't worry everything will be normal I promise. I just want to" heal the world, make it a better place, for you and for me and the entire human race"...(sorry, wasn't that from a Michael Jackson song?)