Where Did the Time Go?

I think it is significant that my last blog entry was on 24 Dec 2009, because since then life has been a whirlwind and I am only now beginning to feel I can catch my breath. I heard a phrase on 'Bones' last night that seems to describe it well - "time has gotten away from me..."

Anyway what has been one of the big developments in my life is that The Big M has come to stay. I chanced upon a website the other day that listed 35 symptoms of menopause! And I counted - I have 16 of them. The one that speaks to me most is Number 9: "Crashing Fatigue".... So it has been a tough few months and my daily moods have ranged from sadness to madness and all things in between. But I feel better able to cope after knowing why I feel all these random aches, pains and general misery. And I am glad you have been so understanding my daughters, because I can't imagine me being all that easy to live with these days :)

The last few weeks after Christmas have been crowded largely because we have had an assortment of guests staying with us - all friends of J + one grand-nephew. In all, we have had 5 guests on top of my 2 daughters and daily life for me has been a series of linen changes, towel changes, stocking the larder with milk and toilet paper, and eating. So I ended 2009 5kgs heavier. ("O this too too solid flesh would melt / Thaw and resolve itself into dew" to misquote Hamlet ... hahahaha). In between our days were marked by 1 emergency visit to hospital at 3am, 1 biking accident with a fractured collar bone, 2 surgeries, the tragedy of 1 terrapin's death, 1 bizarre experience of someone being hugged by a tipsy stranger, 1 ardent admirer who came a-courting to my door with a chocolate and a rose and 3 neighbours' greatly mystified by the random ang-mohs flitting in and out of my home.... Yeah, that about captures the randomness of the past weeks :) And now, all of J's friends have left except for K who will be staying with us as she is volunteering with Teen Challenge for a year.

I hardly know where Dec went and now the weeks have gone by so quickly and it is February already. I meant to do a recap of 2009 but .... sigh.... I hope I get around to it. I'm just going to post this now so that my blog doesn't languish. I hope I find time to blog again soon. I do miss it when I don't.