Sad News

Today was a very very sad day for me.
I lost my job - my wonderful job that I love so much.

Why? you ask. Well I am not exactly sure, I can only guess.

I know I was on a 3 week trial period, but I didn't see it coming at all.
It was quite a shock when I was asked into the boss's office this morning and told that my trial period was over and that they wouldn't be keeping me on. I am feeling quite devastated about it. I absolutely loved my job, the place, the location, the hours, and most importantly the people that I worked with are just so lovely. And I did truly believe that God had put me there for a reason (thought now I don't know what it was).

Being rejected is a very difficult emotion to deal with.
But I will get over it in time, it just hurts at the moment.

But I do feel sorry for my boss. It must have put her in a terrible situation. She is my friend first and utmost. I know her through church, she is such a lovely lady who I admire. She was the one who asked me to come aboard the Sunday school team, and her daughter is a wonderful friend to Tyler. I hope and pray that it doesn't make it awkward between us, and I pray that she is OK.

When I was first told this morning I was very shocked, as I said I didn't see it coming, and I got a bit teary. Then I composed myself and tried to finish up odds and ends. One of the nurses saw me and asked what was wrong. What do you do when someone asks you that? Well you cry again. Next thing I know several of the nurses had heard and came up to my office and gave me hugs, and two of them went out to the garden and picked me some flowers. After that I couldn't compose myself at all. I thought I can't keep working here for the rest of the day if I couldn't hold it together plus I looked like shit by now - not a good look for a front office person. Not fair for people who had to see me. So I decided it would be best just to pack up my stuff and get going. I handed in my keys and time sheet and grabbed my bag.

I just popped my head around to the activities room to say good bye and one of the nurses grabbed my by the arm and took me ALL around the nursing home to say good bye to every staff member that was working that day! It took over half an hour I reckon and every time the nurse said I was leaving the others were all surprised and hugging and kissing me. Well that just made me worse. While they were being so nice to me made it even harder to leave, bless them.

I know God has a plan for me, I just wish at this stage I knew what it was. It might then give me some hope about my future.

Tyler in trouble at school ?

Bad back - Part II

My pain has improved though has not yet left my body.

I can't believe the week that I have had with it.

I returned to work on Thursday and managed to stay there all day and on Friday as well.

I am not sure who was happier - the people I work with or myself.

My back - still of a morning it is extremely difficult to shower and get ready for the day. I am still in a fair amount of pain but its manageable, thank goodness. By mid morning I can move around quite OK with only a small amount of pain. By the evening time my leg is really sore again. I am trying to be so very careful with what I do so as not to hurt myself again. I feel as though the inflammation is decreasing, though still present. Hopefully this time next week it will all be but a bad memory.

I had a Bowen treatment last Wednesday for the first time ever. WOW.

It was just truly wonderful and I believe it is because of this that I was able to return to work the following day. I am looking forward to my next visit this coming week. If anyone is experiencing pain or discomfort, or would just like to be pampered to the max, ask me for the details.

Work - I have been so worried about work.

I have the best boss and collegues and they have been so understanding, but I just feel as though I have let them down. I have not done anything on purpose and I would never not turn up to work just for the sake of it, but it mustn't look too good from an employers point of view. I have only been there 2-3 weeks and had to have nearly a week off. Plus we also have two people in Sydney doing training for our new computer system, one person on leave and another had a family emergency. So they were terribly short staffed. If I could have got there I would have and I feel dreadful for letting them down.

But the good new is that I am back and doing my very best.

I believe God gave me this wonderful job with these wonderful people, and I truly believe with all my heart that this is where I am supposed to be.

Not our best week

I have not been able to get on the computer for nearly a week now. Talk about having withdrawals, LOL.

First of all, the main thing is that I hurt my back in a big way.
I have never felt pain like it. At times it was worst that labour pains. Yes, mums, that's right.

How did I hurt my back? Well that is a very interesting question and I don't really know the correct answer. I literally woke up Friday morning and I couldn't get out of bed. It was painful and also annoying as I wanted to get to work. More on that in a moment.

I had to ring mum up to come and get Tyler off to school. I couldn't pack his lunch or doing anything for him. I knew mum had only had a couple of hours sleep and lives 20 minutes away, but hey who else does a girl call to when she is in trouble. Yep, her mum.
God bless my mum, the best mum in the world.
She high tailed to our place (even without her morning coffee) and got Tyler off to school, took me to the chiro for a treatment, then to work to explain that I was in a bad way and couldn't stay. I felt so bad about that, especially as I have only just started there. At this stage the pain would have been about a 7 out of 10. I am not one to take any pain killers but this needed something and quick!
Mum stayed at my place until it was time to get Tyler from school, then she picked him up and went straight down to pick up Poppy from work then took Tyler back to their place for a sleep over (thinking that his dad would pick him up from there in the morning but as usual he didn't, but hey that's a whole nother blog).

Tyler stayed at Nan & pops most of the day which was good for me.
My pain got a whole lot worse. My dear friend Robyn took me to a local doctor for me to be assessed and get some stronger pain relief, then took me to the chemist, back home to settle me in before going out and getting me something to eat. Bless her. She has rung or been around every day to see if I am OK and see what she can do for me. Over the weekend I took pain killers, tried to eat but mostly couldn't, and slept alot. Tyler was home in the afternoon. It was hard looking after him and entertaining him, especially as he hadn't seem me much lately.

On Sunday morning I woke to the worst pain again. This time I got Tyler to ring his Dad and tell to get up here ASAP, even though it was only 6.30am. He was there by 7am which was good. Got him to do a few things for me, dress Tyler and get his breakfast etc. Then at about 8.30 he took him out for the day to his cousin's house. I slept most of the day.

That night however I started to feel very ill. After getting Tyler his tea, I was sick. But after I was sick i did feel much better. My dear friend called around at 8pm to see if I wanted anything and made me Vegemite on toast. That seemed to help.

Monday morning I was determined to go to work, even though I was in so much pain and had the runs. We had to call mum up again (poor mum) as Tyler was now not well. He had a bad head cold and asthma, so Mum agreed to have him for the day. I had some more pain relief, but not the strong ones so I could get to work. There was no way I could drive, I was so sore but I though that I could go to work. After all they had several people away and I had Friday off. What was I thinking. Then to make matters worse I got the runs. I still don't know if it was a virus or if it was just the codeine coming out of my system, as it doesn't seem to agree with me. But that lasted a day or two.
I had to call a cab at 9.30am to take me home as I couldn't get off the toilet. I felt so bad, but what could I do. Spent most of the day in bed. Mum brought Tyler back home late afternoon with tea cooked - thank you. I still didn't have much of an appetite. The only good thing out of all this for me is that I lost about 5kgs.

Tuesday morning was another shocker. Oh, the pain, it was just ridiculous. While I layed on the bed crying Tyler rang his Nan, again, to come up and to get him off to school. I couldn't pack his lunch or find his planner (school diary). I got him dressed enough so that my neighbour could walk him to school with her boy but he didn't have lunch etc. When mum got to my place she packed his lunch, found his planner and took it over to him. By now all I could do was cry and cry. I was so over the pain, and so worried about my job. More on that later too. Mum didn't know what to do with me. We discussed lots of things but were getting no where. Then mum made the realisation that I hadn't had my happy pills in about 4 days. Well that will explain alot as well. So I took that, tried to eat a sandwich and pretty much slept till Tyler got home from school, while mum cleaned up, vacuumed etc etc.

Around tea time mum was going up to the shops to get me some essential groceries seeing as though I hadn't been shopping for ages. So Tyler and I went too. I held on to a trolley and shuffled my way around just to get a few things. I didn't feel too bad, but getting into and out of the car was painful.

Speaking of pain - I have sat here long enough for now. Better get to bed and rest.
part 2 to follow soon

Best job in the world!

I thank God every day for my new job.
I am so blessed, and in awe at how wonderful it is all working out.

Today was such a hard day - read on for details
(you may get a laugh out of this one).

For morning tea we had a freshly made chocolate cake with
choc frosting and coconut sprinkles.

For lunch we had a BBQ - sausages, salad, bread etc.
Then we had an ice-cream in a cone.

For afternoon tea we had marble birthday cake.

During the day I was entertained (I say that loosly) by the pianola.

And one of the resident felines paid me a visit. I am not sure if the cat that visited me was Kath or Kim, but she came into my office, after she got sick of the music, and sat at my feet while I worked. Yes I did actually do some work today as well. The cat followed me to the photocopy room and back. After she stopped of in the DON's office I fetched her out and she came back to my office for awhile.

When I noticed that we were a little short on Admin staff today I asked my boss if she would like me to work back a bit. I usually leave at 2.30pm so I can pick up Tyler from school but today I stayed on till 4.30pm. Mum picked up Tyler for me and popped up to work to give me something. Just after they got there, Aunty Jo and Amy dropped in to get some forms. So for just a brief moment I had 4 family members in my office.

Adjusting to working 5 days a week when I haven't done that since before Tyler was born is a bit challenging but we will get there. Hopefully I can catch up on organising this house over the weekend. Its a bit hard when I only have 1 pair of hands to do everything.

The only thing that is on my mind is that I didn't get to say good bye to my work mates at either of my part time jobs or playgroup. I will have to pop in to say good bye soon to all of these groups of people. I left quite unexpectly, for me and well as for them, and didn't get a chance to explain why the sudden leaving, and the great job that I have been offered.

Thanks for reading and hope you have a happy day.
Leesa xxx

Tyler at school - still the first month

I love hearing all of Tyler's news after school. Sometimes he says things straight away, sometimes later on at night, or maybe the next day. But a love hearing it all.

Yesterday at the Monday morning assembly Tyler's class received the most points from the previous week and they get to have the trophy for the week. Tyler was asked to go up the front and receive it. I wasn't there but apparently he did it with confidence.
His words : "I saw alot of people there and I just thought to myself, well they are nice people and I will just show them our trophy". How cute.

Today in his planner he received a "P".
P stands for positive.
In my day (boy that sounds old) it would be like getting an "A".
The P was for French. Yes, they are learning a French.

I had a chance to speak to the teacher this afternoon just in a casual way. During the conversation I asked her if she had heard Tyler do any reading. Yes, she has and was joking about what will she be able to teach him. She said he has read several things for her. In one instance the teacher was explaining what they had to do with their next task and Tyler said "but Miss S, it says here to do it a different way".
AT 4, nearly 5, he is correcting the teacher. All I can say is good luck to the teacher.
Apparently I used to "keep my teachers on their toes" too, but not quite this early in my schooling.

Angel's bite

Tyler and Angel (our pup) were playing in the back yard having a wonderful time. We were kicking the ball around and trying to get Angel to fetch. Lots of laughs were had until..........
Angel bit Tyler right on the eye lid.
Oh my gosh, the screaming and the blood really freaked me out. My neighbour heard the screams and saw the blood and came running.
Luckily it wasn't half as bad as I first thought. They were playing and it was an accident but like any part on the face, the blood flows quite easily. He got a little nick right on his eyelid which immediatly swelled. The swelling has gone down but he eyelid is very bruised. He has pretty colours, like he is wearing eyeshadow.
I will try to remember to take a photo of him tomorrow and post that on too.
Luckily everyone is fine.

My New Job

What a week I have had !!!!

Monday when I dropped tyler off at school I went for a walk for excercise purposes.
I thought every morning when I drop him off I will walk the long way home and get some excercise before I start my day at home getting my house into some sort of order. Well that was the plan. But it only lasted one day.

Tuesday I worked at my normal Tuesday job which I quite enjoy. I left early to go and pick up Tyler as I hadn't organised any thing else for him at this stage.

Wednesday before I left to take tyler to school, I received a phone call that would possibly change my life, for the better!
A dear friend of mine that I met through church rang to see if I was looking for any casual work at the moment. Yep sure am, I have lots of bills to pay and can't see my way out of them at the moment. The receptionist at her work had given her resignation and was to finish up at the end of the month but the situation changed and she left unexpectedly early. They needed someone to fill in for about 1-2 weeks while they got the position filled. I eagerly agreed and made arrangements to start the following morning.
Before the conversation ended I was asked in more detail what I do and what I was after. To cut a long story short, we then made arrangements for me to have an interview first thing in the morning to discuss a more permanent position, before starting there for the day.

Mum came up after Tyler went to school to help me out. We got stuck into the kitchen and loungeroom. I wont go into how much they needed an overhaul but lets just say I am sure glad its done now. The bedrooms are next. Mum then stayed with Tyler while I went to an infomation night at his school with his teacher. That was really good too.

Thursday after I dropped Tyler off at school I rushed straight up to my friends work. I was so nervous. And then when I realised I was being interviewed by several people my nerves went very jittery. The interview must have went VERY well because when we had finished there I was shown my office, introduced to the other admin people then given a GRAND tour right around the large place and surrounding areas. When I got back to the office I then basically began my inductions (which was another tour around the large building but with the OH&S person) !!!!!!
I am on a 3 week trial and if all goes well then I stay!! YEAH!!!!!!!

Friday back at my new job in my new office with some of the nicest people to work with. It is so great. I am totally loving this job. It is so friendly, and it just feels that this is where I am supposed to be. I have seen several familiar faces here from my church, which is so cool.
After I picked up muchkin today I called up to the Chiropractor to see if she can fit me in as my back/hip/leg have been sore for weeks and is getting quite painful. Luckily she was having a quiet afternoon and could fit me in.

I am able to work around tyler which is just so unreal. Most days I drop him off to school and drive about 2 minutes to get to work. And I can leave in time to pick him up. On Mondays I am going to see if mum can get him, and Fridays I might enrol him in after school care with our neighbours kids so that I can work till 4.30 on these days. And the best thing that I was told in the interview was that if there is something at the school that I need to go to, eg Tyler getting an award or something like that, then I can go. How cool is that?!?!?
I don't know any other employee that would be this flexible and family orientated.

I feel as though my prayers have been answered and I am truely blessed.
I have been praying for a job that is in school hours as I don't want to miss out on Tyler's schooling. And now I have been offered the bestest job ever. He is my one and only child and we can never get this time back again. Every moment in Tyler's life is special to me and I want to walk beside him and experience his joys and pains with him.

Tyler's first weeks at School

Its hard to believe that Tyler has now completed his first 2 full weeks at school. Where has this time gone. I could swear it was only a day or so ago that was his first day.

Tyler is doing so well at school and is really enjoying it.
He has received a class award for good listening and lots of stickers awards, as well as his first award for being a good friends.
He has news day every Tuesday - the first week he talked about his pets and the second week he took in his guitar. His teacher said she was very impressed by Tyler's information about all the different parts of the guitar - struts etc. I don't even know them but Tyler explained it all to his friends. Since then at least 2 other kids have taken in their guitars. One mother joking complained to me that now she has to buy a case for her childs guitar as Tyler has one. LOL.

They get homework each week. They are to learn a memory verse from the bible and draw a picture that relates to it. Tyler can say the first two verses he has learnt so easily and with passion.
When he was telling me about the things in his classroom he was very excited to tell me that there are BIBLES in his classroom. He thinks this is pretty awesome.

At this school they are to wear their sports uniform on 2 separate days - one for sports day and the other is a kids fitness program. And his teacher also tries to do some sort of physical activity with them everyday. Sometimes she takes them out to the climbing equipment during class time so they can have a good play just with each other there and not the bigger kids. They LOVE this. Other times they do a lot of singing and dancing.

Tyler is also enjoying his library lessons - he proudly displayed to me the way to carry books and what a title page is and a contents page, and who the author is.
Its so great that Tyler's passions are able to be expressed at school - that being the bible, music, and books. No wonder he is loving it.!!!

Naturally five full days are quite hard on him. Middle of last week there were tears in the morning when someting didn't quite go his way. It wasn't the situation as much as being so very exhausted. And earlier this week when a fellow class mate hit his hat off his head, well let me tell you, there was anger and tears all rolled into one. He is not alone. I have seen other tears emerge, not from being left there, just from them being too tired. They are only 4 or 5 after all. And they will get used to it. Unfortunately they get over it alot quicker than the mums do. One of our mums was very teary the other day when her boy pleaded not to go to school.

I am having such a great time. The mums and dads that I have met from Tyler's class and other kindy's are just so unreal. I couldn't ask for a better group of parents. And the teachers that I have met are fantastic. I know I have made the right decision in sending him to school this year and sending him to this particular school.