We are on the daily count down now, Lilly turns the big 5 on Wednesday, lol. Thankfully she has no concept of hours, minutes and seconds or I am sure we would be calculating those too :D
Matthew and I went to a parenting seminar day on Saturday and learnt lots of great things. Not really any new information, just how to put it into practise, and I have to say I haven't had to deal with a "meltdown" since... yay!!! Matthew is still having a few issues when he forgets, but nothing big. I cant say what a relief it is to finally be getting our sweet girls back instead of the insane bunta ones that have been trying to move in, lol!!!
I have finished my Lifeline training and am now an Apprentice Telephone Counsellor. So far I have done 4 supervised shifts on the phone, with only 1 more to do before I can do it on my own. It is quite nervewracking until the call starts and then I seem to find my "feet" and find it a bit easier. A large percentage of calls I have taken are from mental health sufferers, just needing someone to talk to. Each week we check the board to see which nuisance calls have been calling in a lot so we know which ones to cut short, I got one for my first call who presented as a suicide call... you can imagine the state of my heartbeat... but later turned out to be a mental health caller who just knew how to get attention so we wouldnt cut him off!!! Freaked me out a bit, but all in all I enjoy my shifts and am looking forward to continuing.
now for some pics... I thought I would add the ones of Matthews judo competition, where he got to practice his falling :D I was so proud of him for giving it a go, unfortunately the only other guys in his weight range are black belts, while he is a yellow... they had to work for their win though, and were both really impressed with him :D
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