If anyone of you is on Twitter, I have started to go through old vacation pictures, a lot of them Disney destinations around the world, and will tweet daily some pics. If you want to follow me there, let me know and I a will send you my Twitter handle in a private message.
So good to hear from you
Glad you are okay - well as okay as we all are at the moment! I'm still following you on twitter I'm pretty sure from when you did your Japan trip - will look forward to seeing some of your pics
I kind of feel like where did the last few days go! I have made progress with my paperwork/stuff de-cluttering - but I found another little pile in my bedroom today! It is on the table waiting for me. It is a good feeling though to see it in the in or organised and in folders where I can find it when I need it. I have started putting together a kind of everything important folder with ID documents, will, POA, details of finances etc. it is helping me feel calm - organised I think - once I have it all together will go through it with the kids - so they know what it all means if they every need it.
I was so tired last night - don't really know why - maybe my poor sleep nights caught up with me - I went to bed about 8.30am then still woke up a bit tired - I had a nap outside on my new patio daybed swing that my son and dad made me in January - I have been scared to used it too much whilst I was so dizzy the last few months - but as the dizziness is passing I am trying to use it a bit more
It was nice to be out in the fresh air with a gentle breeze giving me a little swing every so often whilst I napped.
One more day of break for me and then back to work - as work from home - twins will be school from home and oldest son will be university from home! School is from home for the first 5 weeks of term 2 and will then be reviewed - each state is taking a slightly different approach here at the moment - where I am our schools are open - for students but mostly for kids of parents who are working (not from home), vulnerable children and for children who may not be able to access online learning- but for the vast majority it is learn from home. For those that do attend a school they are simply being supervised and are provided with the same 'online learning' that the kids at home are completing. Although - for primary school aged students particularly the early years they are going to broadcast lessons on TV! The kids school has been quite good with its communication the closer we get to going to back next week - and have been very clear that it is their role to teach our kids and it is not 'home schooling' for parents to run. For my twins their day takes on the routine of a usual school day - home room checkin at 9am and then they have to 'attend' each class on their usual schedule with attendance taken on the learning platform they are using - they will then go through any instruction/teaching and have work/expecations set for them - it does not mean they will be on their computer for the full school day but seems to be a combination of being online to check-in and learn as well as complete activities (which may still require use of computer I imagine for year 11s but not teacher lead for the whole session - hope that makes sense). Our year 11 and 12s are allowed to participate in 'live streamed' lessons but not with the camera on and default to mute until invited by the teacher to engage in conversation I imagine. They are supposed to wear their uniform but it they are not using the camera to be seen - I don't really see the point of creating more washing! Oldest son does not like University from home - he is missing being on campus - he compartmentalizes easier in the different environments and is finding it harder to concentrate and really 'be' in his lessons from home
I discussed that maybe he needs to come out of his bedroom and sit in another part of the house/outside for his lessons to see if that helps.
I am thinking over a routine for myself for next week something along the lines of listening to a meditation/visualisation when I wake-up but are still in bed, short walk (15 minutes), shower, work, late breakfast, work, PT exercises or 10 yoga lunch/snack, work, longer beach walk in the afternoon with kids when we have all finished school/work/uni - sleep visualisation at night time - it will be a work in progress to see how it goes. I am hoping the routine and a little more focus will help me start to lose some this weight and improve my overall health in the next couple of weeks.
In my area of the sunshine coast we are down to 13 active Covid cases today with no new diagnosis over night - we have had 89 confirmed cases (there are more in queensland as a whole just over 1000 total so far (not active) with 9 new overnight) - I am feeling reassured at this as there appears to have been quite a few that moved into recovered compared with numbers from the previous day. But just when I start to feel a little hope with that - the fear of it all comes racing back knowing that it is all still so easy to get and outcome for each person so unkown
I must say though, that I am very thankful for how we are currently tracking in Australia when I see what is happening in so many other countries.
