Hi everyone, how are you? Let’s catch up over a cup of coffee or once again green tea in my case. I’m joining in with #WeekendCoffeeShare.
If we were having coffee, I’d share that this week was full of ups and some downs, though the downs weren’t as low as I’d expected. As regular readers of this blog know, I will be moving to the care facility in Raalte in eight days. My staff, my husband and I have been doing some preparation in regards to my leaving my current day activities and going to start up in Raalte.
If we were having coffee, I’d share that I finally told my mother I’ll be going to the care facility. I sugarcoated it a little, saying I’d be staying at my care agency in Raalte during the week and going home to my husband on week-ends. As a result, at first she wasn’t sure I’d be actually sleeping at the care facility. After a little “but I thought you were doing so well” and all, she wished me good luck at the place.
I am not 100% sure how to feel about it. In a way, this seemingly supportive attitude contradicts my memories from years before and that is hard to adapt to. However, I’m trying to be grateful for her support. I haven’t talked to my father or sister about it yet.
If we were having coffee, I’d share that my sister gave birth to a baby girl, Janneke Sietske, last Tuesday. She is named Janneke after my sister’s and my grandma who died last year and Sietske after one of my brother-in-law’s grandmothers. Janneke had some health issues early on and we haven’t been able to visit yet. We’re planning on visiting her next week though.
If we were having coffee, I’d share that today, my husband and I made some small banana soaps for the staff at day activities. I’ll give them to them on Friday, when I have my leave-taking party.
If we were having coffee, I’d share that my last appoitnment with my nurse practitioner went okay. He has referred me to the mental health agency in Raalte. I haven’t seen the referral letter, but he said he’d written about my trauma but that, for now, here and now work is most appropriate for me. I did try to get it through that ultimately, I do want to process my trauma. I’m not sure that will happen, as most likely I can’t get trauma therapy without at least a C-PTSD diagnosis if not DID/OSDD. Precisely getting my trauma-related issues assessed is a huge trigger for me.
If we were having coffee, lastly I’d share that I finally finished The Fault in Our Stars, which I started reading already three weeks ago. I will hopefully be able to finish at least one more book before the end of the month.
What’s been up with you lately?
A Multitude of Musings 
Well sounds like you are busy. I am finishing up my two week vacation tomorrow. I was supposed to be getting rid of stuff or at least marking them. I did about a quarter of it. It came to a screeching halt last week because I decided to wait until a friend came over so we can start to move big stuff. However emptying out stuff I don’t feel I should be doing by myself.
However more and more people have told me that won’t be the case. Really? My brother is coming tonight to look through stuff and see if he wants to take stuff. I don’t believe that people shouldn’t come and help. I haven’t asked my friends because they are apparently busy too.
All my community service activities are starting up. Today I just had my second walk of the season its for Bridges Healthcare. Every year for over thirty years they would have a bike ride and now a walk included to go through several towns (bike ride) (walk just in an area in town).
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It sounds like things with your Mother went pretty darn good and congrats on being an Aunt!
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Congratulations Auntie! How exciting! I hope you will thrive at your new care facility. Thank you for the coffee!
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Thanks so much for your kind comment.
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