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SATURDAY
8TH JUNE
Ummmm..... Lord...
over 2 months since I wrote last...
this is going to be difficult!!
Heaven's... what have you all done
for entertainment in the meantime??? You
know what this means...
don't you.....
This is gonna be one LONG page!!!
Now, as I remember
stuff this is going to end up a bit of a
jumble.
The beginning of June was sad for me...
My Dad's been gone for 3 years but
it still feels like yesterday.
I miss him so much.
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27th
March 2002
Well...
to the Lovers Saga.... IT IS FINALLY
FINISHED!!!!!! Yippee!!!! Hallelujah!!!
There IS a God!!
She's found herself
ANOTHER BOYFRIEND!!!! Yippee!!!
Maybe
now Jason will get on with his life! He's
got a couple more computer related jobs
on his plate so that's keeping him busy.
He's getting work through 'word of
mouth'. I hope it doesn't take too long
to get the business on a roll. I'm sick
of supporting him (financially).
Mum has been having
more angina turns... she's been really
good for a while, but the last couple of
weeks she's not been well at all. The
other night she'd no sooner eaten her
dinner when she threw it up.
Jared
will probably be in hospital next week...
getting his bowels emptied so that we can
try to get them to work normally for the
first time in 7 years. He's on school
holidays for 18 days from Good
Friday. We are seeing his doctor at
the hospital this afternoon for a check
up and to make arrangements for his
overnight stay. He'll be in the
kids ward this time.
Gotta
go do some house work.... I almost
forgot.... I spilt a whole mug of fresh,
hot coffee on my new white carpet
(bedroom) on Sunday
night!!!! I could have
cried. I've been working on it
since then... almost gone... I'm very
lucky!
13th
April 2002
I've been up to my ears in tubes. I
joined a group who create tubes...
they're just wonderful... but I get
a LOT of mail.. Then the new
PSP7 Intermediate classes begin on the
22nd of this month.
I just don't have
enough hours in the day PLUS Jared has
been on holiday since Good Friday, goes
back to school this Monday. I
have so much catching up to do, I'll have
to get myself better organised.
I went to another doctor... he
seems to think I have a torn ligament in
my ankle, so I'm hobbling around with an
elastic support (like a long sock without
a foot) on my leg. It helps some
days but..... once more I got sick
of waiting for Jason to mow the lawns and
I did them myself last Wednesday...
well... I paid for it on Wednesday night
and all day Thursday!! I ended up
going to bed for a while on Thursday
afternoon.
Jason HAS a good excuse this time.
He's starting off his own business and
it's been going slowly but successfully.
(Computer oriented of course). He's
quit drinking! He dresses like a
businessman! Not that he didn't
dress well before, he just used to dress
casual all the time. I can't believe the
change! He's got a couple of girls now,
but nothing serious. It's like all
my prayers have been answered.
His face has changed since he gave
up the booze and so has his attitude (and
mine). He's promised that if he
feels like he wants to fall back into it,
he'll go to AA. But he seems to be
doing just fine.
He and Jared have been going up to
the practise fairway at the golf course
every afternoon and spent time hitting
golf balls outa site *S*
Jared's been a right little shit these
past couple of weeks...not all the time
mind , but he's got an answer for
everything these days so he's been
brought down a peg or two. I hate cheeky
kids! He apologised for his
attitude this evening... without being
asked. I do love him so... but he
tends to stray every so often and isn't
my Jared.
Mum hasn't been feeling the best,
so that means she's grumpy a lot of the
time. All she wants to do is
travel... That's when she's the
happiest! Well I'm not able to cart
luggage around like I did the last
time. I had to tote around the
cases for all 3 of us, Jared was too
young and Mum not able. I'm not
able any more....
12th
May 2002
Jason is making
dinner for us tonight... shock!! horror!! We
have a house guest who is a GREAT
influence on him.... HER
name is Chantal and she's from Holland
AND I just adore her!!! SO
DOES JASON!!!
She's in Australia
for a year... has been here a month and
in Hervey Bay
for 2 weeks
only. Jason is head over heels in
love... so is she!
Which.... to me poses a problem.... (why
do I always have to be so sensible????) She
came here for a holiday... to see
Australia.. and New Zealand... she
really can't spend her whole year here in
Hervey Bay. If
the feelings they have for each other
fizzle out for some reason... I
don't think Jason wants to be responsible
for her missing out on the reason she
came to this country in the first place.
Jared just dotes on
her and she takes an interest in him, which
is a first for Jared. None of Jason's
past acquaintances have
really bothered about him. She's
the reason Jason is doing a special
dinner for us tonight, heaven's...
all she has to do is mention something
and he's right on it!! *S* For
instance... the shower head has needed a
new washer for months, it
kept slipping and was awkward to shower
under if you wanted to wash your hair. Chantal
just mentioned that she was having
difficulty (cause she's so tall) and
VOILA!!!! ...... FIXED!!!
And so it goes... He's
got to go fishing next week so she's
taking the opportunity to
go and stay on Fraser Island for a couple
of days, to do tours. She'll
be back Tuesday evening. Jason....
well, it depends on the weather.. but
he's supposed to be gone until Friday. The
people who are doing the charter are
Americans and
they're BIG tippers, so he can't afford
to pass up the work. He's
also doing well with the computer
business.. web sites, brochure design, and
too many other things to mention.
Me... well that's another story. Ended
up at the hospital because I was in so
much pain with my foot, It
feels like it's broken. Had an
ultrasound, blood tests etc... everything came
up clear. The doctor told me I was
fit!! I
told HIM.... "Not from THIS
end!! If I'm so fit.. why do I feel
so lousy???" So,
I don't know what to do... grin and bear
it I suppose.
29th
May 2002
A weekend away
wasn't my idea.. I loathe driving now and
a 4 hour trip to the south side of
Brisbane (City) is not my idea of
fun. Did I say...a weekend away
wasn't my idea???? *S*
The reason for the trip in the first
place....
Jason... in
a moment of madness (before Chantal
{promoted to #1} appeared on the scene)
Jason offered to drive another
Chantal (demoted to #2) from Adelaide to
Hervey Bay... around 3000kms!!!!!
He's such an idiot! She paid his airfare
from Brisbane to Adelaide.
In the
meantime he told her he had a girl
he is serious about BUT would still
help her drive the distance, since he had
promised. So he left Brisbane at 6:00am
Friday, arriving Adelaide 8:00am
expecting to head home straight from the
airport..... THINK AGAIN!!!!
HER mother had
organised lunch! AND SHE HAD TO
say goodbye once more to her boyfriend
that EVENING!!!!! So, they didn't leave
Adelaide until about 10:00pm Friday
night!! SO instead of getting back
to Brisbane Saturday afternoon (late) he
didn't arrive back until 9:00am Sunday.
Mum saw
this as an opportunity to get out of
Hervey Bay for a few days and I DARE NOT
disagree. Jason, Jared and Chantal
left Hervey Bay about 8:30am Thursday
heading for Brisbane. I booked us in at a
hotel 5 minutes walk to the city
centre. Mum and I were supposed to
leave about an hour later...
RIGHT!!!!!!
Of course I was getting my things
together in the bedroom when I heard
screams! Hobbled as fast as I could...
she was on the floor in the hallway with
a HUGE lump on her brow and her arm
twisted under her. So we spent the next 1
- 1/2 hours at the hospital, getting
x-rays etc. In her usual rush she'd
tripped on the carpet and came down full
force on her arm and her glasses caused
the problem with her eye.
By the time we got away from the hospital
her lower arm and wrist were swollen and
her eye was showing the bruise.
This is before we went to the hospital.
This is after
we left the hospital an hour and a half
later.
This is the
next day...Friday
Her arm was giving
her hell and because the hospital had put
an elastic support bandage on her lower
arm... her hand swelled up. So now
her hand felt just like my feet but I
said nothing.
She still insisted in going to Brisbane.
She slept
some of the way there... I had to pull
over after 3 hours because I was seeing
double and my eyes wouldn't stay open.
She was asleep and knew nothing about it.
After 10 minutes I took off again and
arrived at the hotel about 4:30pm......
NO PARKING in the hotel... they had a
'deal' with the hotel behind for use of
their space! Brisbane is all ONE
WAY streets so every time I needed to use
the car I had to drop them off at the
hotel and drive around 2 blocks to park
it!!
We went to visit our friends on Thursday
night.. went to the bowling club for
dinner, they had a Trivia night on and we
won quite a few things. Jared had a lot
of fun with the quizmaster... so did
Chantal *S* I wanted them (the friends)
to see Jason, they hadn't seen him since
he was about 18.
Continued next page....
"Happiness is
as a butterfly which when pursued is
always beyond our grasp,
but which if you will sit down quietly
may alight upon you."
- Nathaniel Hawthorne -
 
  
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