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Date: 29 January 2006 13:46:55
An unexpected chance to spend a couple of quality hours with the Smudgelets. Hmmm..decisions, decisions. Too nice to be indoors, too cold to be out (and I still have the beginnings of a cough and cold and don't want to give it any encouragement to develop) so I need to think about where to go and how to spend it. Something that's a real distraction, methinks.
This chance has come from a sudden realisation. I'm not going to be able to leave Dad alone for more than half an hour or so any more. He's too ill - mentally more than physically but that too. I have written to the chair of governors to ask for leave of absence after the holidays and my sister is going to resign from her job too so that we can share responsibility, with my other sister coming weekends to relieve us. I think it is the only way forward really. So my sister has delayed her return home until tomorrow so that I can go into work and talk to the boss. Not sure what we'll do on Tuesday, but at least on Wednesday he's at the hospice for the day. It's the only way to be fair to Dad and to the Smudgelets and to save our own sanity as we're not the sort of family who can hand over the care to a paid carer and then just go off and do our own thing.
Your ongoing support is so appreciated. Thank you so much for all the prayers and good wishes. It is a dark time, but with many bright patches which will make for good memories when it is all over.