My Mosaic

[Bow]

Does your dog snuggle up with you @Snowie ? 

the kittens don’t actually keep me awake thankfully. I have them in my walk through robe. I can’t see them. Only really hear them playing or digging in the litter. I let them out a few times a day to play and run around. 

[Snowie]

Yes she snuggles up to me @Bow

For a small dog she is very good at taking up most of the bed, sleeping at your back or taking up half the pillow!! Thats with a king bed too.

Glad they don't keep you awake.

Will be back later. Gotta go pick up S from school and take him to work.

[Jynx]

@Bow course hun!! Where do you wanna start?

[Bow]

Hey @Jynx 

hows your ‘morning’ going?

I just finished bathing the kittens and then the dog!

where to start? I’m not entirely sure. I chatted with my SW today. She came to visit. I told her mums going away next week for 3 weeks and I’m a fair bit concerned. She wanted to know more and I think I was able to share most of them. So at least hopefully she is now aware and can help. 

I guess starting with what my regular routine is and regular out of the house times. Then I’ll know what I need to fill in yeah?

[Jynx]

@Bow oh wow! Bit of a process? Haha do the kitties complain? 

My 'morning' (lol) has been pretty chill! Laundry day tho haha you shoulda seen me removing my fitted sheet earlier! Somehow managed to end up curled in a ball on my bed with the corner over my face 🤣 

Glad your SW is in the know 😌 Hope that is a reassurance for you! 

Yes I reckon that's the way to go! Figure out first how much time is 'spare' and like, where there may be larger or smaller patches - i.e. if it's just an hour, that might be a time to go for a little walk or something vs a longer 6 hour patch where you might want a more involved activity, like taking D out for brunch or going on an op shop trawl! 

And then we can have a think about what sorts of activities are a) desirable to engage with and b) not likely to overwhelm you. What do you think?

[Bow]

Yeah definitely a process @Jynx at least for the kitties. One of them had a skin infection, so have to treat that and then the others as a precaution. Gotta wash them in this medicated solution and that has to stay on for 10mins and then rinse. They get a treat while they marinate. They don’t like it but they ain’t climbing the walls or my arms thankfully. 
dog was just very overdue for a wash so thought might as well do her too. 

Haha can see you all tangled up in your sheets! I just release one side and then give the rest and good yank! 

well this is my week mostly- 

Monday I grocery shop and get my meds. I then generally have from 10am onwards to fill. 
Tuesday I got all day. 
Wednesday arts and craft 11am-2. 
Thursdays psychologist 11-12

Friday all day. 
2x Saturdays to myself. 

it would be nice if my D came out of her room more often 😩 I’ll have to try to be more pushy about doing stuff together. But then there is the big let down when she just won’t budge. 

[Jynx]

@Bow Awww lil darlins!! Yeah QUITE a process, wow! 

Haha you make it sound so easy! 

Okay so Mon/Wed/Thursday arvos, then Tues/Fri/Sat all day. 

On the days you got stuff on in the mornings, maybe those are good days to fill with more chill stuff, like arts n crafts, gardening, or reading/tv. Then the days you have no obligations, you could plan some cute things! A little day trip to a touristy spot, go catch a matinee at the cinema (seriously, going to the movies alone is fun!), go find a park or nature spot you've never explored before, go to the library (local libraries need support! And they have SO MUCH COOL STUFF nowadays!) - any of this sound appealing? 😋

Re: your D - do you think she'd respond well if you let her know like 'Hey, when nan goes away, do you think it might be nice to do some cool things together? I miss hanging out with you!'

[Bow]

Hmmm yeah I could do some of them things @Jynx  i could definitely make a list of things I can do/places I can go that need a bigger chunk of time. Just now off the top of my head I’m thinking;

- doing the lawns

- make that bunting I’ve been wanting

- op shopping 

- library 

- movies

- book fair 

and a list for smaller chunks of time

- vacuum car

- sort D’s clothes for market

- Mother’s Day stock 

- Lego 

- arts and craft 

my SW wants to see me out of the house more. She offered to do like a cuppa at a cafe with me if I’m up to it. So will see how I go with that one. Hopefully she isn’t away too much while mum is away. 

I will also need to do some meal planning. I absolutely HATE dinner time. Deciding what to cook is so freaking overwhelming for me. It can send me into a pretty steep spiral. It’s challenging because of my own issues and it’s challenging cause D is so fussy! (And even more difficult with mum now cause her Crohn’s disease is really bad lately she is going on a super strict diet to try and work out what triggers it) but won’t have to deal with that for 3 weeks. It’s a time where I can very easily restrict my intake and no one will really know. 

and I most definitely need reason to stay out of bed! 

[Jynx]

@Bow ooooh good lists!! And it's been a MINNIT since I've been to a book fair that sounds amazing! Hope you find some good reads 😊

Aww hope that the stars align for you two to have a nifty lil coffee date! That'd be so cute 😍

Mm totally legit to be worried re: cooking - how have things gone the last few times your mum has been away? Can you remember like, particular challenges or anything that was super helpful?

[Bow]

Yep I’m looking forward to the book fair @Jynx  it’s in my calendar so I don’t forget. 

The first time mum went away I did ok with my intake. But the last couple I have struggled. I think I’ve just had it in my head that it’s opportunity to do it and I’ve been in a bad place and it was just easy to do.