Cate's Diary

Glad both you and your son are relaxing. Life throws us a multitude of curve balls ('plot twists', if you have a super positive disposition!) and sometimes it seems like everything is up in the air, or falling down, or sinking in (whichever metaphor suits) but it always works out. Always. Keep your chin up and play more golf :) xx
 
I hope everything works out money wise. Financial problems can be an absolute headache. Do try and get good rest if you can, I'm far less human on short sleep. :)
 
Thanks La Ma, Lou Lou & Vee. "Plot twists?" I like that. I often say "It's only money" & I am trying hard not to think about it at all for the moment. The temporary solution should work & we'll decide what to do for a permanent solution (as much as anything is permanent) when we get back from Darwin. We think we know what to do & it will then mean us having our money back again, but also a mortgage in our name(& our legal responsibility) but our older son will have to pay it off. Our younger son is not to know about it as once he asked us to take out a mortgage for him to buy into a business & we said no. I spoke to him very briefly yesterday & he is sounding much more positive! I'm going to have a chat later today.
I got a good night's sleep last night so feel much better!
xo Cate
 
Hope you are Ok Cate, as nobody has replied to your post.....maybe you have stopped posting?
I hope not.
Just seems strange.....does anyone else ( so called friends) know anything?
 
Hi guys, I have only just got back from Darwin & have had a roller coaster of a time. I did not like Darwin. It is stinking hot, humid, mosquito infested & a fairly depressing place really. I did have some fun in there as well- saw crocodiles in the wild & went swimming (fully clothed) in a freshwater pool near a waterfall in Litchfield National Park. We went OK in the 8-ball, caught up with lots of old friends & made some new ones. We always get on well with the NT guys & I exchanged shirts with one of them again.

I have come home sick again. I have a chest infection, very blocked ears & Laryngitis. My husband has a bad cold, but, so far, it has not developed into an infection. I have been to the doctor this morning & am on antibiotics again.

On Thursday night, on our way to the presentation dinner, I got a text message from our older son to say he had injured his back on a trampoline, whilst playing with his kids & was on the way to hospital. Next day he texted again to say his back was broken & things were looking grim, but he was able to move his toes. We tried getting on an early plane but couldn't (there are very few flights in or out of Darwin.) In the last few days we have heard very varying reports about his spine. It has been an enormous roller coaster! Yesterday we were expecting that he had a choice between 6 weeks in hospital& then months off work in a back brace OR a very risky operation on his spine. Today we hear that it looks like his fracture is stable & he may be able to get up & try walking & maybe even be able to go home soon :eek: We are going in tomorrow to be there when an array of doctors, including the head honcho will be seeing him. I will buy masks so that he does not get our bug!

I have no idea if I have gained weight or not as when I woke this morning & then rang the doctor I had to hurry in to get an early appointment & did not weigh in. I will tomorrow. I want to get myself fixed asap.

Our poor son had one day of feeling on top of the world, when settlement happened on his 34th birthday on Wednesday & then the very next day, was scared stiff he may never walk again!

Thanks for thinking of me folks xoxo Cate

 
O my... Good to have you back dear, but... o my. Hope everything will turn out right; fingers, toes and nostrils crossed!
 
Sorry to hear about your son's injury. Take care of yourself and hopefully everything will turn out okay.

Anyway, welcome back!!
 
Oh my goodness... I hope everything works out for your son! I also hope you and your LH get to feeling better soon. ((hugs))
 
Thank you all so much!I got fairly emotional reading your comments. We both feel absolutely exhausted! The head honcho said he's OK to go home tomorrow, but must be very careful & basically do nothing at all. He won't be able to go back to work until Dec. at the earliest. We are so relieved & so is he, of course. It has been so emotionally draining for all of us. We have been feeding his chooks & fish since we got back & today we went down & I tidied his house up some more & changed his bedding & made it safer for him. He wants to stay in his own home, rather than up here with us. Last Wednesday was his 34th birthday & was also the day of settlement with his ex, so the house is now officially his. We'll go down there each day & his GF will stay with him each night. I'm picking up his kids on Friday afternoon & taking them back to their mother on Sat afternoon so he will get to see them.

I weighed this morning & have put on 2kgs since we went to Darwin. I am abstaining from alcohol until the end of November & I'm sure that will help. We drank way too much in Darwin. It was so hot that it didn't seem to touch the sides. I'm not at all worried about my weight. I can fix that. I really feel like a rest from alcohol!

I am driving into Launceston again in the morning to bring him home. Thank you all for showing me so much love & support. I'm sorry I'm too tired to address each of you separately. I may not have time tomorrow to be in here, but should be able to Thursday (which is our 39th wedding anniversary).It will be the 1st without wine!

Lots of love to you all, xoxo Cate
 
Oh Cate, you and your family are really going through it at the moment!! I'd like to say that what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger, but I'm inclined to believe you're about as strong as they come and could really do without all the 'testing' of your strength. :grouphug: Well I'm glad your son is out of hospital and it wasn't as serious as it could have been!

Don't worry too much about the gain. I think you might be right in that the alcohol did it, and abstaining is likely to shift your weight back to normal. I cannot believe how much easier it has been to shift this weight since I stopped drinking so much. But anyway, holidays are for enjoying, so I hope you don't feel too negative about the gain. It will shift with some effort :)
 
Happy Anniversary Cate!!! And yeah with all that's going on, a first things first approach is obviously warranted. Glad to hear that your son's injury, while serious, isn't more serious.
 
Brought our OS home yesterday & settled him into his house. He survived the 60km drive well. My little Kia Rio doesn't have the best suspension, but I'm a pretty good driver. Going up his drive was the hardest as it's pretty rough. He slept well last night.

I went out to our local 8-ball comp & played the last game as one of our players needs to get home early as he works very early in the morning. I might do that most weeks. I have decided to just relax & have fun with it, rather than be nervous about playing. After being at the Nationals I know how crazy it is to be nervous playing at our local comp. The women's team were discussing playing me at the Nationals if someone got sick- now that's a reason to be nervous! I potted quite well, but lost position on my last colour & potted the black a tad early. We won 10-5.

We are going down to see D shortly, put wood on his fire etc. His GF will be there again tonight. Tomorrow night we are picking up his kids & taking dinner for all of us & them down to his place.

I'm sorry if I haven't the energy to type in everyone's diaries. I tried, but my head is still a little scattered. There has been too much stress. I really do appreciate all the support I get, xoxo Cate
 
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