Cate's Diary

[Llama]

Wow that does sound gruesome. Respect for keeping your head enough to be able to drive! Big hug and all the best for poor G.

 

[Cate]

Aw Cate I am so sorry to hear that . At least G got sorted quickly and you were able to get him to the hospital. Life is very fragile and can change in the blink of an eye. You are very level headed lady and seemed to cope amazingly well . Regards the cartoon you posted earlier how apt . Love it .
hope you both get a good rest and have a good day tomorrow.

Thank you, Petal. I did have to ask him to be quiet while I stopped the bleeding & then rang the medical centre. He was trying to give me way too much info about how he did it.
I love Leunig. I think he's Australia's best cartoonist.
A walk tomorrow is in order.

 

[Cate]

Wow that does sound gruesome. Respect for keeping your head enough to be able to drive! Big hug and all the best for poor G.

Thanks, LaMa. It was very gruesome. I think we are all capable of coping with a crisis. We find inner strength. G will be fine. He won't be getting any wood on his own again.

Good news about M's daughter. They brought her out of the induced coma & she even was feisty & is not paralyzed at all! So relieved!

 

[Llama]

Good news about M's daughter. They brought her out of the induced coma & she even was feisty & is not paralyzed at all! So relieved!

That´s great to hear! I´m so glad.

 

[Cate]

Thanks, LaMa xo

 

[Cate]

Day 4 of April & life feels even weirder than a week ago. Other things still go on amongst all the C19 chaos. G had a decent night's sleep, but his wound is seeping badly & I will have to take him to the hospital to get it redressed. I'm hoping the very small local one can do it, rather than drive to A & E again (120 km). He's not in pain & has a freezer bag wrapped around his hand.
I'm not even attempting 5:2 for now. I'll just eat healthily. No squats yesterday at all. April challenge out the window for now for me.

 

[alligatorob]

Cate, Sorry to hear about G's accident. Take care of that, the April Challenge and squats will wait for you.

 

[Cate]

Thanks, Rob. I'm sitting outside our local hospital right now. I am so glad I don't have to drive into town- such a long way and it's raining. So grateful!

 

[bensanon]

Sorry to hear about G’s accident, Cate, but nice to hear there is good care available. No reason to give up the whole month. There’s plenty more time in April to return to the challenges. Yes, life is weird right now. Let’s keep moving forward.

 

[aiminglow]

Cate - that's horrific. Huge respect for you keeping it all together, and getting G to the Launceston hospital.
I would say myself that meeting that challenge (and the continuing care of him and of yourself) is quite enough challenge to be going on with. I'm very glad, especially with the rain, that you're not having to drive to Launceston again. Self-care and G-care to the fore, absolutely.
(And very good news about your friend's daughter!)

 

[alligatorob]

I did extra squats for you tonight.

 

[Cate]

Sorry to hear about G’s accident, Cate, but nice to hear there is good care available. No reason to give up the whole month. There’s plenty more time in April to return to the challenges. Yes, life is weird right now. Let’s keep moving forward.

Thanks, Rob. I'm back on track again already. I never give up.

Cate - that's horrific. Huge respect for you keeping it all together, and getting G to the Launceston hospital.
I would say myself that meeting that challenge (and the continuing care of him and of yourself) is quite enough challenge to be going on with. I'm very glad, especially with the rain, that you're not having to drive to Launceston again. Self-care and G-care to the fore, absolutely.
(And very good news about your friend's daughter!)

Thank you, Amy. It was such a relief not having to drive that far. They did an excellent job & said if it happens again to call & go back in. I think it will be right this time. He has lots more padding.

I did extra squats for you tonight.

That really made me smile when I saw it in the challenge thread. You're sweet. I'm trying to re-size some photos to put in here from my walks. I'll have another go. G & I went for just a 1.5 km walk, but I will go for another one before dark. It has been chilly & windy today & we have the fire going.
I'll come later & report on my day

 

[liza]

Lovely to hear about your friends daughter!!
And also excellent about G's finger getting all fixed up.
Nice to hear you are back on track!

 

[Llama]

Hope the new bandage holds up! Glad you both felt up to going for a walk.

 

[Petal001]

Good news Cate on your friends daughter . Thank god all is fine .
and if G is out walking that’s good news too . I was thinking each day is a challenge to get through now so your doing great with all you have going on and to be back on the exercise now is a bonus .
Nice of Rob to do the squats for you . It would be great If he could do our dieting too but I guess that might not work too well for us

 

[Llama]

It would be great If he could do our dieting too but I guess that might not work too well for us

We´d all be hungry, sharing 1200 kcal/day between us...

 

[jackbenimble]

Cate, I saw about G's finger, unbelievable the stuff that can suddenly happen like that. Glad he's ok. Good for you for wearing a mask, everyone should if they have one. That cartoon was spot on.

 

[Emilyrose]

Thank you, Amy. It was such a relief not having to drive that far. They did an excellent job & said if it happens again to call & go back in. I think it will be right this time. He has lots more padding.

So sorry to hear about G's finger, it sounds so nasty. I hope they will be able to mend him up in a couple of weeks. What an added drama that you definitely don't need! Well done on keeping a positive frame of mind throughout! You two are couple goals. xx

 

[Cate]

Thanks, Liza. It is so good to have some good news!

Hi, Petal. Rob doing my squats for me really did make me laugh. It would be wonderful if he could diet for us too! He does spread the motivation around for us very well, but I just don't seem to be able to even consider having only 1200 cals a day. I know I did for 6 months back in 2007, but....

Hi, LaMa. The new bandage is excellent & we both got a good night's sleep, which was great. Your comment about sharing 1200 cals between us made me smile. Smiling is good at the moment.

Hi, Jack. I have been wearing masks for a couple of years now in the supermarket & chemists & am grateful to have them. Maybe people won't look at me so weirdly from now on. Leunig cartoons are wonderful. Sometimes they are very dark. I couldn't really believe it when G did this to his finger. I had carefully avoided going near people & had done a phone ap't with my doc for scripts & then the next day there we were in a medical centre & an A & E, then another hospital......
“the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry”

Thanks, Em. It was really nasty. I said to him it was the stuff of horror movies. G can't cope with any medical procedures on tv or horror. I said to him if you had seen that on tv you would have changed the channel quick smart. I'm not sure I'll get that image out of my brain, but I hope I do.
I don't think there is a day that goes by that I am not grateful for having the relationship that we do. I think it has strengthened with time. I know I am very lucky.

It was bucketing down with rain overnight & until 15 minutes ago. I might go for a walk to get the paper very soon. I wish I had waterproofs. I really need them. Our clocks fell back an hour this morning. Goodbye Summer!

 

[aiminglow]

Goodbye, bushfire risk - I don't ever mind farewelling summer! But yes, I can imagine that waterproofs would be helpful to pick up the paper before it turns to a soggy pulp.

It will be good not to wake up in stygian gloom, too - the early mornings have been really dark lately. I guess even worse in Tasmania, given your high latitudes.