Medium walk
Martha and Katy are in bed, so I have a medium length walk, and leave them a note to let them know I will be back by 8.30 am. My walk usually takes an hour and ten mins or more. It takes me 45 minutes. I return home with two chocolate croissant, which the girls devour with excitement. My only regret was that I spent on croissant and not a Sunday paper.
Martha's friend Sasha and my friend, Anna arrive at 9.15 for a play and a cuppa. Anna and I catch up on holidays, our treatments, and healthy food.
Katy and Martha go Kayaking
At lunchtime, Vicky, Jamie, Ella (Katy's friend from school) and Hattie (sister of Ella) take Katy on a Kayak trip as a birthday present to her. Here is a picture of them all about to set off. They were due home by 4pm and at 6,15 pm, I call to find out where they are. I have been asleep and resting throughout the afternoon. It turns out that there one and a half hour outing became three and a half hours! Great for the children, but murder for the paddling parents.
Martha and Katy work on their homework
My poor girls have had no time at all to do their homework. Every day they have been going to someone's house to play, and their lives have been rushed over and over again. The holiday is nearly over, so we have had to focus our time to help them finish. Martha is drawing a family tree; Katy is making a scrap book of her summer holiday. I have printed out photos with Katy, during the morning after Anna had left. They are both doing very well.
Also, Martha had decided to go to Chorlton High School and has declined opportunity to take 11+ for Stretford Grammar School. Dave and I are both happy with this decision. She wants to become an actress, and CHS is a performing arts college, with lots of opportunities for her to develop her performance skills.
School on Tuesday
I am sure you will all understand that I will be relieved when Martha and Katy are back in school. I will not have to arrange any childcare for a while, I hope. This is my first year when I have not had to get ready to go back to school myself. I haven't been able to stop myself getting a new diary, well-done stampers, new shoes etc etc. I hope to be back at work in some fashion after half term.
My health
I am definitely feeling more tired. My daytime sleep is longer, and I continue to need rest when I am awake. I have a mild headache in brain tumour area. I am not sure if I need to tell anyone, so I will have to tell someone tomorrow. I know the headache is the result of swelling in the brain, due to reduction in steroids. I have swelling around my left eye that is recurring too. I don't like it at all. Katy took my picture for her iPOD, and I still look like a cancer patient - I am steroid-puffy.
But, don't forget, that I am walking 3_ miles every day, and able to get to hospital on my own by public transport, so all is pretty good really.
My mum comes back on Tuesday night, which will help me as the week progresses. 9 appointments to go - I am in the middle of week 5.
lots of love to you all
Sarah xxx
