''...hello!..is anybody in there..?''
...and so the musical theme continues with Toti busy setting up his own business and Joanna trying not to get too turned-off with all the talk about amps, desks and pro-tools programmes because as any self-respecting rock-chick knows it is the handsome bass players that are the attraction,not his tools ;-)!!!
So, it has been a long time since my last entry-I continue to work hard, study hard(yes, just can't seem to give up on that successful combination) and am feeling more and more settledat work. Funny how I have found my niche in in-patient services after all the years as a community nurse. My skills have developed, my HR expertise has quadrupled and my skin has grown thicker! I continueto fight for justice and stick my head above the parapet (usually involving senior managers!) but as T said 'that's one of the things that made me fall in love with you' so it can't be all that bad and it doesn't seem to be doing my career much harm on this side of the pennines!
Jolly-one continues to play in his beloved fiootball team although as T mentioned in his last blog also continues to cope with the fall-out from our stay in Iceland, as his self-confidence and self-esteem took such a bashing that he struggles to reach out to people for fear of rejection. We are here for him and help him as much as we can but it is still heart-breaking to see his daily struggles. He is not particularly happy with his current teacher either and will be glad to move up in September-I have to agree that i don't like this teacher's approach either. J benefits from a more nurturing style of teaching and not an old-school private type. But as i keep telling him we all had to cope with somefavourite teachers and some much less favourite ones!!!
EBB is loving it at school and is desperate to go full-time, so in september will be going 5 days rather than 4. He is always the first to sit down to start work, has built great friendshps with lots of children but finds it a challenge to get over his naturally reserved approach. A lot like his daddy he is-and his mummy too at that age..(ah! how people can change!!).
So we are all potterring along but as T put it a few weeks ago-the pieces of the puzzle don't quite fit..I am so keen to be back in Iceland and struggle every day with the compromise I have agreed to make for my beautiful boys..I am happy at work, happy within my family but probably as socially isolated as i was back in Iceland...T's parents are visiting this weekend and brought me lots of icelandic papers etc..''it just makes me homesick'' I commented to T..the irony of that statement was not lost on either of us..home is definitely where the heart is (and the sea and the mountains and the fresh, crisp air....).
Hopefully T's business will allow us to spend more time 'at home'...and as we are about to embark on yet another adventure I will remind him to keep you all updated via the blog...if there truly is anybody still receiving? (do let me know!!).
Take care one and all, Lots of love J and 3 boys (2 asleep) and one currently on stage in red and black flares, blue flowery shirt and huge afro..:-) xxx
So, it has been a long time since my last entry-I continue to work hard, study hard(yes, just can't seem to give up on that successful combination) and am feeling more and more settledat work. Funny how I have found my niche in in-patient services after all the years as a community nurse. My skills have developed, my HR expertise has quadrupled and my skin has grown thicker! I continueto fight for justice and stick my head above the parapet (usually involving senior managers!) but as T said 'that's one of the things that made me fall in love with you' so it can't be all that bad and it doesn't seem to be doing my career much harm on this side of the pennines!
Jolly-one continues to play in his beloved fiootball team although as T mentioned in his last blog also continues to cope with the fall-out from our stay in Iceland, as his self-confidence and self-esteem took such a bashing that he struggles to reach out to people for fear of rejection. We are here for him and help him as much as we can but it is still heart-breaking to see his daily struggles. He is not particularly happy with his current teacher either and will be glad to move up in September-I have to agree that i don't like this teacher's approach either. J benefits from a more nurturing style of teaching and not an old-school private type. But as i keep telling him we all had to cope with somefavourite teachers and some much less favourite ones!!!
EBB is loving it at school and is desperate to go full-time, so in september will be going 5 days rather than 4. He is always the first to sit down to start work, has built great friendshps with lots of children but finds it a challenge to get over his naturally reserved approach. A lot like his daddy he is-and his mummy too at that age..(ah! how people can change!!).
So we are all potterring along but as T put it a few weeks ago-the pieces of the puzzle don't quite fit..I am so keen to be back in Iceland and struggle every day with the compromise I have agreed to make for my beautiful boys..I am happy at work, happy within my family but probably as socially isolated as i was back in Iceland...T's parents are visiting this weekend and brought me lots of icelandic papers etc..''it just makes me homesick'' I commented to T..the irony of that statement was not lost on either of us..home is definitely where the heart is (and the sea and the mountains and the fresh, crisp air....).
Hopefully T's business will allow us to spend more time 'at home'...and as we are about to embark on yet another adventure I will remind him to keep you all updated via the blog...if there truly is anybody still receiving? (do let me know!!).
Take care one and all, Lots of love J and 3 boys (2 asleep) and one currently on stage in red and black flares, blue flowery shirt and huge afro..:-) xxx
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