I may be arriving late with the children on Sunday by myself, closer
or at 11 am, because apparently there are some people in the
congregation who have taken umbrage to the noise of the children and
have fingered my guys as the main perpetrators, and I just can't cope
with this at the moment, so unless Michael and the elders can come up
with a better plan, I am only going to show up for Sunday School. My
only concern is that poor Elene is going to have to set up Sunday School
by herself, but I shall email her the why and when and how, and Michael
will hopefully be able to get there early enough for her to have enough
time to organize everything.
I am really unhappy that this has happened, and that the disgruntled
people (who ever they are) have chosen now to air their grievances,
considering I have (and still am) sick, and have just had a baby, so
naturally my guys are unsettled, but I didn't think mine were the only
noise makers (especially last Sunday!) but we are just starting to grow
as a church, and I do not want to jeopardize this, so I shall retreat
with my unruly lot, and hopefully every one will be happy! I'm sure that
those who are grumpy are new people , though, because the ones we know
would have come to us first, not the elders, hence my pains of trying to
fix the issue quietly and without confrontation.
Finally got Granny moved out of her house and the excess furniture
and stuff is currently housed in our carport. Twas a big job! Michael
and Pete(an elder from church) moved the furniture with Pete's trainer,
Daniel(a friend from church) mowed the lawns, and Granny cleaned the
house with the help of Malachi and Hadassah, and the final inspection is
tomorrow! Fingers crossed they're happy with it!
I was back at the doctors yesterday because I couldn't breath between
coughs, and they are testing me for whooping cough, even though I was
reimmunized against it when Eli came out. I shall find out the results
of the test on Monday, and in the meantime I am endeavoring to not
cough! The precautions I'm taking include sticking to warm aired places
as much as possible, taking the medication and inhalers I'm supposed to,
and mostly sticking to warm drinks - not a problem, by the way, as I
have a serious craving for coffee at the moment, which seems to be
taking the place of my hunger as I am so not hungry at the moment!
I am on top of my Autumn seedlings. They are all planted in their
pots and growing nicely! As soon the they are big enough I shall plant
out what I want and give the rest to Jan (another church elder) for the
community garden at the church manse.
Eli is growing heavier and longer and bigger, Feeding heaps, going through lots of nappies, growing out of clothes . . .
Phebe is adjusting to her new role as big sister, and bears no
grudges against Eli, though she is a wee bit sooky at the moment, which
is understandable, and Michael and I are endevouring to give her the
extra attention she craves.
Hadassah has gone rather quiet, but I am making a point of not over
looking her, and am drawing her into the daily activities as much as
possible. It would be so easy to over look her, but I just couldn't
reward her attempt at helpfulness with neglect!!
Malachi is acting up big time! He is back chatting, running a mock,
and being very naughty and defiant with every one (though not so much
with me, he is still quite gentle with me, thank God!) I am counselling
every one to not get angry with him, but to be calmly firm, and over
look his reactions to whatever he's asked to do (or not to do) but
rather to stick firmly to the original request asked of him, and not be
side tracked. For myself I am attempting to push past the cough, the
pain and the fuzzyness in my head and maintain a normal routine and
demeaner for him (and every one else) and this helps him greatly. My
poor little man. He's not coping well with Mum being sick and a new
baby, but he doesn't realize what's got him upset!
Michael is feeling the pressure of my being sick very much, and the
stress is telling by the double bags under his eyes, but I know if I can
keep the days moving smoothly and to the normal routine he is better
for it, but I am forced to lean on him more for physical and emotional
support than normal and he is rallying well, though I can see the cost.
I have had less time myself lately, but my small blessing is that with
being sick, the lack of sleep AND all the running around I'm doing I'm
loosing weight pretty fast! LOL!
I shall bide my time with church, and see whats going to happen there,
too. I'm sure it'll all be okay, just not coping the best with that
because I have this lack of sleep thing that scrambles my brain, ya
know? lol!
I am going to have to wait and see as far as the church thing is
conserned, because I am pretty sure the grumblers are new arrivals, so
it should be able to be smoothed out one way or another. I just reckon
they have the worst timing EVER!!!!!
Actually, I don't know whether its because I've been so careful or
whatever, but my cough is a lot less at the moment, and if I have a good
night tonight, then I shall be well content!
I know the elders of the church will want to help, but we
have been through this situation with churches before, and I really
don't want to deal with them making suggestions for what I can do,
or worse, asking me what they can do to help! What would be most helpful
is suggestions FROM them as to that they can do for me! And quite
frankly, even through I love them to pieces, I do not feel up to this
conversation with them emotionally right now, and have asked Michael to
try and take care of it for me! I know he'll try.
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