#459 Monday 19 December

There were no fireworks last night .... It was raining too much! We went to sleep with distant lightning flashing and thunder crashing.  It rained solidly all night.


4:00pm. We've had a morning of waiting for Bali type appointments ... 10am appointments that turn up at 2:30! We went out for lunch up near Hardys ... andKaylee had a little attack of Bali Belly!  We raced home and she spent the next hour or so racing to the loo and being miserable.  After a while I worked out the best medicine for her and she settled. 

Today I was able to repair the door in bedroom 4 .... a big job because the pelmet had been nailed in place rather than screwed.  Doors are a big issue here.  Either the timber is green so that the doors shrink ... or the design is faulty so that the doors cannot remain square.  There are two doors which are sagging and need a diagonal brace if they are to be usable doors!  I'm mulling over methods of bracing which will be aesthetically acceptable.

This trip with Kaylia has been a huge change from the last one.  This is the first trip in a long time where she hasn't been racked by anxiety attacks.  She is very happy at present and she is easy to manage (compared with previous trips).  It helps that her speech is becoming functional ... she is finding it much easier to get us to understand what she wants.  The biggest single change is the medication .... now that we are aware of what is happening, we can see the signs that a Lovan top up is needed .... and within a short time her anxiety drops and she is happy again.