Six and a half weeks ago I had the second  hand surgery. Since then I’ve been healing up and going to the hand physio regularly.  While I’ve been disappointed by the limited range of movement, I’ve been pleased with the removal of pain and the nice way the scar has healed. I’m back to over…

I keep catching myself forgetting to do things. Or doing things that in retrospect don’t make as much sense as I initially thought. Case in point: it is *not* 30 years since 1997. It is 29 years. Next year will be 30 years, but not yet. Mind you, no-one pointed this out, of the various…

Today marks 30 years since my first day of paid employment as a public servant. On 12 March 1997 I began working 3.5 hours a week as a library assistant for a take home pay of $60 which used to be handed to me in cash in a small brown envelope. How things have changed.…

Today my son is 9 years old. Not 10, as he wants to be, but in his 10th year. Yesterday we had a family get together and dinner. Today we had the friends party. Nine years ago the weather was atrocious, today it was beautiful. A lovely celebration. Meanwhile our kittens are growing at pace.…

It’s been a mixed week. Overall I’m doing well, but I’ll admit I’m frustrated I can’t scale the mountains just yet. As many people have pointed out, it’s not exactly reasonable to push myself through a work day only to have to go straight to bed afterwards and not really have any energy for anything…

It’s been a week of “I didn’t”. I did go to work for five days, but I didn’t manage to do full time as I’d hoped. I needed naps most days, and by Thursday my energy was definitely flagging. I’m pleased with what I achieved but I will need to think about next week and…

Yesterday was my first day back at work, which was intellectually great, but rather tiring. I’m pleased to be back. My finger still has a long way to go to get proper mobility back but it’s getting well exercised, carefully of course, and I can sort of type with it. It doesn’t hurt to tap…

Today I drove for the first time since early November, after the hand physio gave the go ahead. It’s been quite the wait. I could have driven over the weekend but my only outings were to church and to dinner at my parents place, and both times I let my husband drive. My short drive…

Today the doors got opened and the kittens got their freedom. They’ve had a couple of outings in a leashed harness, but today they’ve been able to wander and explore. All the doors are open. Daisy was immediately at ease, curious and happy. Leroy, by contrast took about 2 hours to relax, slinking about with…

Given that we moved in spring our plan was to just watch what the garden did, without much interference. We haven’t watered or pruned, just let things be. The plum, apple, nashi (yes, that’s what it turned out to be) and lemon all need some attention. The peach seems to be fruiting fine, but the…