Thank goodness it Friday. I am more then ready for the weekend!
I feel like I things are calmer this term. My chaplaincy job working with women and children after the Pinery bushfires has come to an end, as it was a 12 month position. I have picked up a couple of extra subjects this semester at college, meaning I am doing .75 and I am still working a few hours running a youth program in a neighbouring community. But my days have taken on a more settled rhythm and I feel like pressure has eased.
Blogging has been a bit sporadic recently and I thank you readers for hanging on. We are here and mostly doing well. I have an array of health tests coming up. Blood tests, hormone tests, heart tests, sleep tests.......I am so very tired, no matter how much sleep I get and no matter how well I eat I can't seem to escape the tiredness. I do my best to pull my socks up and get on with it, but the truth is I am completely knackered most of the time. I have been struggling with this for the last year or more and whilst initial bloods and a once over months ago showed nothing concerning, the fact I cannot shake it means the Dr is going to explore it more deeply. This is part of the reason my blogging posts have been a little irregular.
So, we have been working on embracing simple living when life is not and really, isn't that when we need it the most?
Grant is hoping to get the cladding on the house this weekend, which was delivered last week. I cannot wait to see it all sealed up. I'm not sure if he will get the doors and windows in also. I look forward to sharing the progress shots with you!
I will probably spend the weekend pottering about with a bit of cooking, a little cleaning, studying, playing games with the boys and hopefully spending some time in the hammock in the sunshine. The garden is an overgrown mess, but I am turning a blind eye to it. I simply don't have the energy to tackle too much of it. I look after a few small garden beds and the rest I am letting go for whipper sippers and mowers.
These rat bags were trying to show me grumpy faces, and they both failed miserably!
I'm packing in veggies every where I can at the moment, chasing off the last of the winter bugs!
Making a double batch of lasagne, with garlic, onion, carrot, celery, zucchini, capsicum, and spinach.
A delicious dinner. Though the boys were a little dismayed to find their favourite meal overrun with veggies!
"A dog bed you say?........Why would I need that when I have a perfectly good couch?" says Aggie....
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
Much love,
Emma
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