The cyclamen are coming up along the stairs.  P For my earthing/grounding efforts, I raked leaves barefoot this morning.  The ground was moist after last nights rain and I gathered a layer of wettish earth on the bottoms of my feet.  But truth to be told, I did feel good.  Since our yard is mostly dust in the summer and mud in the winter, I've been ( Read more... )

I'm doing laundry while S is out.  I don't know when I can do it otherwise.  I will have to start using the electric clothes dryer, 'cus nothing will get done in time otherwise.  I bought a drying rack I'm pretty happy with, and I can set it up in the boys room usually, since they are hardly ever here (except to add laundry to the basket). But time ( Read more... )

The problem with writing journal entries in Word is that I tend to leave them there unfinished.  I'm trying to write strait to LJ again.

Lightening struck between my son Y and his cousin Ei!  Weird, amazing, scary and thank goodness they escaped completely unharmed!  I was in the house, and knew the lightening was close because the thunder was ( Read more... )

A is sleeping at the cousins’ (who are back in the village with R-S is staying in staying on the coast and continuing to commute here to work). Y is playing at In’s.

Ya did a hair treatment yesterday that she had to leave on for 24 hours. Just now she is taking the first steps toward getting it out of her hair. Tomorrow or late tonight we should ( Read more... )

DO
hesitate

That was written on a t-shirt I saw someone wearing. So much conflicting advice, what should I really do ( Read more... )

This last week I didn’t swim at all either. Monday I didn’t go to group. I didn’t meet with Aa until Thursday.

When I missed a bus and caught a cab to go out of the village to catch a bus to work, the driver was upset when I invited an Ethiopian immigrant woman to join me for the ride. I argued, but finally we left his cab and caught another. Shoot ( Read more... )

I only swam on Monday. Monday I didn’t work because I had a meeting with Aa and her supervisor as well as La, one of the psychologists for my group. Yt, the other psychologist, was called away. The meeting went fine. I had been sure my knuckles were going to be rapped for being too headstrong. They weren’t.

The last two times Aa was here, all the ( Read more... )

Even H is asking me to send A to boarding school.  Y is asking me to kill him.  Ya has learned that it doesn't help to give her opinion, so she doesn't usually mention she wishes him dead.  I wish I was superwoman and could better help him feel loved instead of feeling the need to hurt everyone.  I'm frustrated and disgusted with him too ( Read more... )

This would never happen in my parental home.  My dad grew up with peanut butter sandwiches being a main staple.  My mom adapted, always dedicated to his happiness ( Read more... )

Wednesday, Feb. 14

I had a heck of a time staying awake.  For the most part, I didn't.  I took H to a 11:30 a.m. dentist appointment, and crashed.  At one a.m. I was awake and lively.  Did a lot of laundry, which had waited for me, as laundry will.

Thursday, Feb. 15

Dr.'s appointment with Y at 8:10 a.m.  The dr. says rheumatic fever was considered and ( Read more... )