So the Phoney war is over. All the pieces of the jigsaw are on the table and it justs requires the Marsden team to decide on the route through the labyrinth.
It's been an interesting journey to this point. Naturally, not a journey I would have chosen but there are good and bad things that we all have to confront in all aspects of life. There are lessons that we learn from events no matter how seemingly large or small.
"Phase 1", finding out exactly where I am physically, has largely been a journey of emotional adjustment not just for me but for everyone around me.
When one is at the centre there is no real choice but to accept the situation and I would liken it to getting into a cold swimming pool. We have all sat by the pool and watched other people getting in.
There is Jack the Lad who may dive head first and take the shock, making light of it to exaggerate the image.
Then there is the Bikini clad lady who walks in up to her midriff drawing sharp inward breaths and hunching her shoulders forward whilst clenching her arms to her body and flapping her hands like penguin flippers.
The simplest way is to just accept that you are getting in the pool and walk down the steps one by one until you are up to your neck in water. That is where you are going to be for the next while and your body and mind adjusts bit by bit.
Once you are in you have to swim and constantly adjust or just make sure that you keep your head above water. Either way you have to make it to the other side. There is no choice in the matter.
Of, I appreciate that there others who have had to get in the water with me. Kitten and I have made lots of "thank yous" along the way but we both want everyone to know how grateful we are for the help, support and generosity we have received.
I will make mention of the school this evening because Kitten and I went for a parents' meeting this afternoon. Taking the children through this experience is the least desirable aspect of the whole thing and the children are in the school's care almost as much as they are in ours. Everything possible has been done to accommodate them and the school has been supportive of us on a personal level as well as a professional one. Kitten and I will continue to be creative in how we approach our childrens' needs and we appreciate everyone's help both in and out of the school.
If there had been a lot of pain during these last couple of months then there wouldn't have been so much time to think, but there hasn't. In the last couple of weeks I have started to get a little pain and also get tired easily, but I look much healthier than I did at the beginning of the year.
The hair will be reduced to grade 1 on Saturday so that I don't have to watch it fall out lump by lump and the bedroom will be ready for me to work remotely from the office, if I am able.
Expect there to be a lot more BS emanating from these fingers in the next period.
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