Possum Galore
A life ‘Down Under’!
'I'm still here!'
So......hellooooo! I'm still here!We have been very busy.'Oh!' I hear you exclaim 'does that mean busy building at last?'Well...no. It doesn'tWe have been once again to Brisbane at the weekend to do a tech job for Will's sister Wendy and we came back Sunday evening.Today Will was called into the Cheese factory as the other Cheesemaker is ill and I was doing supply in the other prep class (the one I have not yet been in) at the school in Stanthorpe.We are both off tomorrow and are glad of it.I feel we haven't stopped since last week but poor Will must feel worse as he was working until Friday and back again today.We both felt cold in Brisbane, weirdly even colder than we normally feel up here on the Granite Belt. We spent Saturday catching up with friends and their families and Sunday out at Wendy and Geoff's.We came home to find the fire I lit last Tuesday still smouldering and, finally, one of our hens has gone broody.All 11 hens are now laying and some days we can have up to eight eggs at a time. We have been leaving some in the nesting boxes hoping that one of the hens will start to sit on them.We came back to find Keket had gone broody.She was the last hen we would have picked as she is one of the youngest and has been the most rebellious, escaping the pen at any chance she got. We now have to wait 21 days for the eggs to hatch.I managed to make it through the whole day at school today which is more than I did last Monday. I had a good day though I was nervous going into this class as I did not know them or what to expect.My question at roll call today was "What did you do at the weekend?" I was not expecting the answer "I killed a cow" from one fair haired lad."Why?" I asked horrified."Sausages," he said.In the school reception area the 'Sunset Pictures' that I did weeks ago with Toerag and Fidget's class are now on display there.I am back in again on Wednesday until Friday...back in the realm of the Squirrel Killer.
Fire...then Water!
So...yesterday evening the rain came and it didn't stop all night. It finally ceased about 3.00 pm this afternoon.The dam has risen to the highest I have seen it and our new water tank is almost full. It is very unusual to have all this rain in winter as it is usually the driest season but that's 'La Niña' for you. We are glad of it.We had about 70 mm in 24 hours.
Thirteen...unlucky for some?
So...I was in school today, in the Prep class I have been in a few times."I was relieved when they told me it was you," said the teacher. " Originally they had someone else who didn't know the class and I was worried but then they told me they had changed it."" I was glad I was asked," I said."We have had a few off with various bugs," she said. In the end 13 turned up.She went off to do some P.D ( Personal Development) and I started the day.It was all going well but 45 minutes before Morning Tea I suddenly started to feel unwell. Waves of dizziness and nausea washed over me and it was all I could do not to dash out of the room and throw up. I made it to Morning Tea and sent them all out and stood in the fresh air for a while but it didn't make me feel any better.In the end I went to the office and saw the Business Services Manager and told her I was feeling unwell." Go home to bed. It sounds like the bug. We had teachers last week fine first thing in the morning and then I'll by lunchtime. Go home!"I apologised for letting them down and came home and went straight to bed.I hate feeling dizzy but I was OK lying on my left side. I got up about tea time felling a bit better and had something to eat but 10 minutes later  it all came back so I got back in bed.Fingers crossed...it is just after midnight...I am feeling a bit better and can lie on my right side now without the room spinning. Hopefully I will be back to normal by morning.