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Being on the outside
Maybe having a dozen primary schools when I was younger is the reason, but I hate the feeling of being on the outer. That feeling of ‘it’s not that you can’t join us, it’s that you are not one of us.’ The absolute revulsion for that feeling ironically is getting stronger the older I get – ironic because the older I get, the incrementally less I care or need to belong. Growing up that feeling was…
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You dog bastard, you.
You dog bastard, you.
What a year it’s been. Huge things – from a health scares for the youngest Master, DH finishing Uni and I starting it, job changes and decisions, the boys sport flourishing and both Masters have achieved great things this year personally and at school. The last 6 months have been tough on me with starting Uni again and a brand new job doing a role I’ve never done before in one of the highest…
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Grey area
So I have had the odd grey hair pop through since I was 18. I was always amused as for me, my thick hair has been a hindrance at worst and occasionally a rocking bun. I never learned to do my hair and any skill I now have has been gained in my 30’s and is limited to a bun, ponytail, top knot and sometimes I can blow dry it straight and it look only vaguely hedge like. I’ve colored, cut, blow…
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My knees hurt
My knees hurt. Not a great sentence to start a blog post with but, there you you go. I know I have very limited time left with function and manageable pain with these aching joints (which will need surgery due to a congenital condition regardless) and yet I’m playing great basketball and going strong at the gym. It’s all good unless I need to squat, kneel, or do stairs… What I was mourning about…
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Lonely at the bottom
Lonely at the bottom
So it’s been six months since I started the new gig and it’s largely a success. All the expected challenges have been realized and the unexpected challenges are within my reach of ability. I’ve had to swim all by myself a bit more than I thought, but I have the tendency to be able to dog paddle well and keep my head above water. And I have some marvelous support with my family. One thing I didn’t…
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Reflecting on the latest journey.
Reflecting on the latest journey.
So in the last 5 months I have dived into a brand new and unfamiliar role. I have left clinical nursing and I am now a nursing unit manager. This is a completely foreign field to me and I’m not even managing in a clinical area that I am expert in. However, like most journeys and challenges, they present significant opportunities for growth, reflection and learning. I’ve snagged myself a mentor –…
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What matters to me
What matters to me
My husband said something recently that resonated so strongly with me that it clarified and solidified ideas within me like a tectonic plate sliding into place. It was a visceral response. The discussion was around the kids sports but it actually doesn’t matter what was being discussed. What matters is that DH summed up our entire parental philosophy in one sentence. “If it matters to our son, it…
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My Tribe
I’ve often referred to my friend group as my garden. A garden of friends, diverse individuals that each bring something to the garden. There are many types in my garden. I have shade trees that stand alone but being solidity and respite. I have groundcover that is everywhere and hard to kill off. I have my ornamentals that are hard work to maintain. I have my cactus friends – needing very…
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Mummy, my hands have disappeared
Mummy, my hands have disappeared
For friends and family – Master 7 is FINE. I am blogging about this because the worry of the last 3-4 weeks is over. He does not have any brain pathology or findings. I am happy to answer any questions in private messaging. But Master 7 will love telling you about his eye test and MRI if you ask. The doctor who gave us the results of the MRI was wonderful. It had been a tumultuous few weeks and…
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Well, that is that done - 2016 edition
Well, that is that done – 2016 edition
The end of the year is always a time of reflection, relief, reviewing and hopefully some rest as well. I have, like many people, had a long and rugged year. Not a particularly tough one, bu it has had its moments. From my dads cardiac surgery, to job interviews to the boys having their own triumphs and tribulations. DH completed his uni degree and I took on new roles in my organisation, totally…
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Again with the Brave.
Today is the day after Trump was elected (!!!) President of the United States of America. I have so much to say on this topic and yet, it’s really all irrelevant. And not what this blog is about. Trumpiness is for another blog post, another time. I’m in another new role now, non clinical and totally alien to what I’ve done before. And it’s great. It’s ALL new and unfamiliar and I’m trying to…
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The power of words
When I was about 8 years old, I was asked by my teacher to come up to the blackboard (one with chalk and those wooden dusters and lots of broken chalk bits – you know the ones that took up a … Source: The power of words
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Born this way
What do Eminem and Lady Gaga have in common? A couple of their songs are both routinely going around in my head as some kind of melting pot mantra or anthem. Neither song would be a autobiographical anthem for me but both would be part o a sound track to my life. I am not sure who would play me in the Off Broadway stage adaptation of my life, but I hope they can master the One-Eyebrow lift I do…
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It's ok! Missing out sometimes is for the best.
It’s ok! Missing out sometimes is for the best.
When I get the opportunity, I like to take my dogs to a local dog park. I often go with a friend and his 2 dogs and we walk around and around the perimeter and talk shit and laugh at our dogs, who are quite the characters. The dog park is an interesting place. You never know what the mix of humans and dogs will be and it causes me quite a lot of anxiety at times – it’s something I reflect on a…
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Bucket list.
In the midst of being brave all over the place, I’ve kicked some goals. Which is great, because it reinforces my being brave in other endeavours. Believe it or not, I’m not ferocious in all aspects. In fact, I’m mostly not brave at all. For over a year now I’ve been talking about doing something but in that ‘in the future, a long time away’ kind of way! Now it is time. And I need to be brave…
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I did a thing
I did a thing
I did a thing. There have been a few posts over the last 12 months where I have intimated that I was doing a Thing. A project or a ‘something’. Well, I started a business. It is a very small business but I am hoping to achieve very big things with it. We (my partner and I) go to peoples homes, teaching CPR, Choking and first aid, mainly around caring for children, but its totally…
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Blogging gets hard
Blogging gets hard sometimes. For example, when you temporarily run out of blogging oomph. When the urge to write is drowned out and smothered by…whatever. Call it writers block or whatever, when you go to blog and the cupboard is bare or you can’t be bothered to to even go to the cupboard. That is hard. Another example is when you have heaps and heaps of ideas demanding their time in the sun…
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