Cate's Diary

That's one of the things that I like about 5:2- you can choose your fast days & switch them around if you like & basically you can eat whatever you like!
 
Still feeling fairly tired today. Just said to G that we have to remember that we almost always come home from R's feeling a little bit under the weather. He's doing pretty well, but I think we will always worry. We just have to learn more coping skills. He does some lovely things. He paid the muso to play on Sunday, but had organised with a market stall owner to buy a big box of veg just as the market was closing at 1, for only $30. He had asked people to pitch in $10 towards the music to help & those that did he gave vegies to as they were leaving. He baked heaps to have with the bbq. It was a great idea. Yesterday morning before he headed off to help a friend who has just taken over a chalet we potted up heaps of herbs that he had bought at the market. He plans on turning his whole backyard into an edible garden. He loves cooking & feeding people. He also has some incredibly supportive, lovely & loving friends. He has one or 2 who he would be better off without, but 1 he works with so that's awkward.

He'll be declining the job offer with the vocational college. Phew!

We are very busy from now until Christmas really, which is a bit daunting. There are so many golf tournaments, championships etc, my sister's visit.....our 2 weeks away....I'll have to be very careful of not overdoing it.

I'm fasting today & have my lunch packed. It didn't take long :) 1 hard-boiled egg, 50g celery & 50g cucumber.
 
I know I haven't been posting much but I've been following along with everyone as best I could. SO happy to hear that R is making the smart decision about the vocational college! It's easy to get a little blinded when something has such great potential, and not everyone is able to listen to sound advice. I'm sure you breathed a big sigh of relief when you found out he was doing the right thing there!
 
Really glad to hear it too! Look after your energy levels until christmas (o dear, that does sound a bit long...), but I´m sure you´ve got that managed :)
 
Thanks Oaks & LaMa :) It means a lot to me to know that I have support in the forum. I think it's a very caring community & I am proud to be a part of it.
It's a week of meetings so stressful & annoying, but hopefully once we're away we can just relax & enjoy ourselves. You do whatever you can to be ready, but once you're away you have to just let it go. Other people will step up. Did I say that with confidence? ;)

I have got through my FD quite easily so far. I have only had 109 cals so far & it's 6.36pm!
I do think it's time for dinner now. Maybe I am getting used to it.

I'm playing golf tomorrow, so may not be back for 24 hrs, xoxo Cate
 
I quite like not feeling so obsessed with my actualweight, but that comes with the confidence knowing that it will be going down as my clothes are all looser. I love this feeling :)
 
I have been playing golf for 3 years now & really didn't think I was going to get much better, if I was being honest with myself. I had a bit of a day out today & won the monthly medal, was put up into division 1 & won that too & was close with the best putting as well. FUN! I know that I can get better now, so am just going to keep on enjoying myself & it's good to feel that I am going to keep improving.

 
Great Effort cate :)

it feels good to improve, it is not about winning but doing the best you can.
 
Congrats on the golfing success and medals. Guess you're not getting to explore as many of the other greens/woods/sand/water hazards as I always manage to find.
 
Thanks Tru, K&D & LaMa. It still feels really good. Winning the monthly medal puts me in the comp for the yearly winner & I just wanted to be in with a chance. It feels so good to be getting better. Yesterday's game included some "interesting" shots, to say the least. I had to hit 2 left-handed shots as I couldn't take a stance right-handed, ricocheted off a tree, hit my longest drive on a long par 3 that went right over the back of the green & then got back to par the hole. I didn't make it easy for myself, but managed to get out of trouble. A woman from another club gave me a tip on putting last week that I implemented yesterday. I am going to try to get a message to her thanking her. I'm having 2 weeks off golf while we're away & hopefully my back/hip will get a bit better. It is still painful & I'm walking with a limp.

I have a lot to do in the next couple of days as we go away Sat night. I am feeling very lazy!
Fast day will be tomorrow as it will be easier with a home day & weigh-in will be Saturday.

I just had a big laugh. G just made our second pot of espresso & I started pouring mine. It was just hot water. He forgot to put coffee in it. SOOO funny! :D

 
Wowee - well done Cate!! Congratulations on the winnings, far out you're an amazing person!
Oops to the coffee mishap :p It's just super-dooper decaffinated ;)
 
Too funny about the coffee, my better half has made coffee a couple times without putting water in. Nothing like waking up to a nice warm empty coffee pot.
 
Thanks Q, Butterfly & K&D, I'm not a great golfer, by any means, but it felt good, mainly because my golf is improving again. I want to see my handicap continue to keep coming in.
Hopefully 2 weeks off will help my back & hip. I just got up to shut my washing machine up & could barely walk :( Talk about DOMS (I didn't know what this meant until I joined the WLF forum :blush5: )

My ex DIL posted on FB that she thinks C, our youngest GS has Aspbergers Syndrome & is taking him to see someone soon. I couldn't believe my eyes really. I rang our OS, D, to ask him if he knew about it & he didn't. He thought it was crazy to even think that, let alone share that on FB. I asked him if I should ring & have a chat about it & he said it might be a good idea as she never listens to him, so I thought about it for about an hour & then rang. I thought it went OK. She didn't go off at me, but later my sister rang asking me if I had read about the FB post re C having Aspbergers & the further rant, which she briefly told me about. I told her that would be about me because I had seen her post & had rung her up.
I will copy & paste-

"It has been brought to my attention that posting this on here will cause people to label C... (go figure) Just incase the general public are wondering; C.... has been having behavioral problems (no this is not due to playstation or computers or from tiredness) it's been going on for years. No he's not seeing a psychologist.. we are simply going to be seeing a child behavioral therapist who can help us if over time she seems to think he might be on one of these spectrums. It's very common, thank you very much.. don't you just love nosey, judge mental, opinionated people. Unbelievable "

That would be me then.
When D picks the kids up Thursdays after school the 2 littlies are exhausted & it takes 2 full night's sleep to get them rested again. They go to bed really late at B's every night, including school nights.
I won't be ringing her again. I thought I had been really careful with what I said, but apparently not. She is mentally very unstable so is not capable of reason. I won't give up on caring for the kids welfare though, or our son's.

I'll try not to read her stuff any more, but she has everything public, including all her photos- of her, her current BF, the kids, various babies etc.

We have a home day today & I'll start packing to go away tomorrow. We would like to see the GK's sometime today as we won't se them for a couple of weeks. D has the time off to catch up with them before he goes away. I'll message him soon & we may just pop in. Apparently B has been taking our grand-daughter for weekly "counselling" at the so-called wellness centre she has been working at. This young girl is one of the most well-adjusted happy kids you can imagine. Perhaps it would be best if the kids could see someone to help cope with a parent with mental problems. I'm not being bitchy. She does have serious mental problems & that is the main reason I have been supportive of her & I will try to remain so.

Anyhow. Better get out of here, before this turns into another epic. I must say I did see a funny side, which was good. Lots of love to all xoxo Cate
 
Cate, as you know all of my boys are on the Autism spectrum, and I believe that you as a grandmother would be able to tell if your own grandkids are "normal", it was my own mother that first picked up on the fact that my boys were not normal.

It is very obvious when kids are on the spectrum and if your GS seems normal to you he probably is.
 
Thanks Tru. I did know that. I'm quite confident he is not on the Autism spectrum. It worries me that she is transferring her own issues to her kids by proxy. He's only 7 & does not cope well with her. Thanks for your support. I don't pretend to be an expert on the Autism spectrum but I do feel sure about this. I feel for these kids!


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