Simon's book

Simon's native title book is now being advertised on the Federation Press website. He's in the "proof" stage for both books, and consequently pretty busy at the moment. But hopefully it will all be over soon.

Clean bill of health

Dad's angiogram last week went well - he didn't need any stents, nor a bypass. He doesn't yet have his sleep study results, and it sounds like his diabetes is worsening, but at least the heart is pretty good.

Lake Leschenaultia

We went camping with the Zerring/Mashers to a little place only an hour out of Perth last weekend. It was pretty luxurious - hot showers, flush toilets, a lovely lake with sandy beaches and canoe hire, and a little kiosk. The three kids had a lovely time together. Harrison is a bit too little to do all of the things Matty and Sam can do, but he tries to keep up, and they're very considerate of him. Saturday was a glorious day and the kids all paddled in the water and played in the sand. Sunday was overcast and drizzly, so while we did do the walk around the lake it wasn't as pleasant as it could have been.

Shut the door!

Yesterday afternoon Harrison heard a car arrive in the garage and got all excited at the prospect of Leah arriving.  I told him I thought it was Dad home, and he was insistent that it had to be Dad AND Leah.  Harrison opened the front door to see his Dad getting out of the car, and said "Hi Dad, is Leah there?".  When he got a negative reply, he simply shut the door on his poor old Dad and went back to whatever he was doing.

Dad's angiogram

Dad is booked in for a sleep study and then a day later an angiogram (in late April).  Mum sounds a bit worried about it all, especially since both Dad's parents died fairly early with heart problems...  Hopefully the fact that he hasn't yet had a heart attack bodes well and means they will be able to take corrective action such as putting in a stent.  Dad would have a pretty good diet already since he's diabetic, and he has exercised frequently for the past decade or so since moving off the farm.

 

I had a sleep study last year (my dear husband complained that I kept him awake at night).  It was really interesting, and quite a holiday for me - I was given dinner, read a magazine, and the nurses fussed around wiring me up for monitoring before I settled down for the night.  The room was really dark and silent.  Best of all, I knew there would be no little person calling out "good morning mum" at 6am, and no stressed out person tossing and turning beside me.  The nurses said I slept like a princess and I had to be woken at 7am so I could go to work.  When the results came back, they showed that while I did snore, it was well within normal range.  The specialist facetiously said that sometimes it's the sensitivity or sleeping habits of the partner that's the problem....