#995 Saturday 20 September

I'm doing the office shift again this afternoon ..... Kaylia doesn't like it.  "Where's Daddy?"  It's nice to be wanted .... even if routine is most of it!

The quad bike is sold .... it couldn't tow the trailer up the hill from the shed to the road .... so it was sold with 4kms on the clock.  Now I'll start looking for something else that can handle the problems presented by our property.  I'm thinking of a small tractor.

#994 Friday 19 September

I've got a video clip of another part of last night's school do .... I'll add it when I remember how. (Remembering is becoming a problem!  50 years ago? .... clear as a bell.  5 minutes ago? ... what happened? .... Now how did I remember that?)
Kaylia is about 6th from the left.

After the show we went to Kaylia's favourite spot .... Nandos ..... for tea. She was so excited and happy.

Today

Swimming!  It's the time of the year when swimming is part of the school day.  She loves it.

#993 Thursday 18 September

This article is a bewdy! It's about how clutter around the house affects our moods.     I agree ..... and I like the hints and ideas in the article.

http://www.houselogic.com/blog/home-improvement/clutter-depression/?utm_source=Outbrain&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=topart&cid=pm_pn_outbrain_topart#.

Evening

Tonight we attended a school function .... the 20th anniversary of the school.  Kaylia was part of the show .... she is in the "Signing Club" 

and her group uses sign language for many of the songs being performed.

#992 Wednesday 17 September

Phew!  She sleep like a log last night .... and so did I.  I still get her up for a loo run in the middle of the night but she went straight back to sleep.

She has a big lump next to her left eyebrow from where she fell over at school yesterday .... of course it doesn't bother her.  Her lack of awareness of pain is amazing.  She does feel pain ... she is bothered by headaches and tummy aches .... but a pain that would normally produce a crying child just produces an "Ow!" reaction and then she carries on.

Naomi and I had a beaut Skype session with Zoe the other day ... Zoe is now living and working in San Francisco ... we were able to use Google to look at where she lives and where she works. 

#991 Tuesday 16 September

It's a conundrum .... do I let her sleep and wet the bed? ..... or wake her for a loo run and face to high risk of her being awake for hours after?   Tonight I woke her at 3am after she began the restless sleep that shows that she has bladder pressure ..... and after a big wee, she's now wide awake.  Two hours later she's having a merry time downstairs.  She genuinely tries to go back to sleep but it just doesn't work.   .... and in all this I'm not sleepy either .... I'm working hard to maximize the chance of her sleeping again.   In the past we've tried Melatonin ... but this seems to only work at the time that a sleep cycle will normally commence.   It doesn't work to encourage sleep in the middle of the night.

Evening:

I've had a good day in the shed .... doing what I enjoy .... turning scrap into "good stuff".   I'm building a rolling gantry hoist ... the only new parts are the wheels and the electric hoist .... 75% of it is from scrap.

#990 Monday 15 September

It's official .... I'm not addicted to Ebay.   It's now about 12 hours that the EBay site has been non-functional .... and I'm feeling quite ok!  How does this relate to Kaylia? Well ... in the middle of the night .... most nights ..... after getting up to take Kaylia to the loo, it's hard to get back to sleep.  So I usually end up on my iPhone ..... reading the news and searching eBay for any unusual gadjets .... and blogging!  So "Hi" to you at 4am!

Evening

I saw a very funny thing this afternoon .... a car window saying..... 

Climate warming = rising sea level = more fishing spots!  BRING IT ON!!

Kaylia went to the doctor today ... it was a very unsatisfying experience .... the doctor berated us for issues with her weight and fitness .... but showed no awareness of the issues we have to deal with .... or interest in understanding.  I think we need to look for a new GP.