Lots of things happenning

January 11. 2014

At last summer seems here and the ground is turning to dust. Our hay is cut but we still have the exhausting task of getting it all in the shed once it is baled. This year we are getting most of it made into large rounds because with JJ and Wayne away we have no one to throw the bales up unto the trailer.

I hardly know where to start with family news, things keep happening thick and fast and just keeping up is hard enough. Fortunately this year most events are positive.  This week JJ was interviewed on Skype for a job he was after and has got it. This will involve a massive diagonal shift of location because his new base will be far NE where he did his first degree. He will also be in relationship distance with Robbie who is studying and working around Brisbane.

Robbie was at a course in Melbourne this week but on Friday she heard that her sister in NZ was in hospital facing surgery and unconscious so unable to sign a consent form. The girls’ parents are living in Korea so it was very difficult to communicate effectively and get the right support system in place. In the end Robbie came back and spent the night here so that she could concentrate on sorting something out. It was lovely to see her again but we would all have preferred a happier reason. At present the sister has been operated on and we hope she will make a full recovery soon. We have never met her but she seems already to be part of our life.

It is a bit the same with Wayne’s new found siblings in the UK.  We communicate by all means possible to try and keep up with all that is happening in the UK. A and Wayne have spent several days together this week visiting relatives and pubs, as far as I can make out. Today A is on the long journey home so we hope to catch up with him face to face tomorrow or soon after. Wayne has now joined up with his girl friend, who has been working in Europe and my sister is back from her holiday and able to take over the role of caring for my mother.

My mother’s health has been a real roller coaster whilst A was there. She stopped eating at one point and just slept most of the time. At least the pain was not keeping her awake. Pip, A’s partner has been doing a wonderful job and seems to get Mum laughing. She says that the teddy bear Bo sent over has been a great success and just what was needed. It can be blamed for all sorts of things. It was so clever of Bo to think of sending her families love that way.