Its that dreaded unknown again; is this my new level of fatigue; is this fatigue from the Tysabri; or is it just that its the end of the summer holidays and my levels in reserve are running very low?
Whilst time will tell and will I ever truly know, its been time to implement back up plans!
During the last couple of weeks of the summer holidays I have managed to call on friends to help out, they've driven us to places for trips out (more like the children can play and we can sit and have a brew from the cafe and maybe, just maybe a piece of cake), they've kindly taken my son for me for the day and I can rest, and when I've not managed the housework to a standard (or at all) where you could welcome guests they've invited us around to their house instead for a play date!
Seriously where would I be without these people!
Now I love cooking, putting ingredients together to create a fantastic, flavoursome meal.
By the end of the school holidays I was putting together a meal from the freezer with the microwave! In my defence the meals are previously homecooked fantastic, flavoursome meals that I have frozen.
Relating back to the fatigue this worked well for us, there was a good selection of meals in the freezer from previous weeks and it got us through the final week generally healthily... the chippy visit may not have been so healthy!
I have carried on this type of cooking this week (minus the chippy - so far!) in the hope I can build up my reserves of energy. I'm sure by the end of the week I will be able to manage to rustle together a tuna pasta bake!
As for labeling school uniform... why did I leave it all to the last minute??! I went to label his school trousers, only to find I hadn't even washed them! Quick message to other school Mum's and to my relief others were sending their boys in shorts this week *pulling out his school shorts from last term*.
I sorted out enough school uniform for Monday and Tuesday telling myself I would do the uniform for the rest of the week AND all the extras of uniform whilst he was at school... I've done the uniform for the rest of the week. The rest has been labeled but is still in a heap un-ironed on the ironing board.
Now my little one is back at school, he is happy going in and his teacher is a character. He always welcomes them all into the classroom and acknowledges the parents/family/carers around which can't help but bring a smile to start the day!
Of course I'm going to miss my son being around quite so much, but I am going to be happy about a bit more rest; and maybe about being able to drive without a backseat driver for the whole week (only over another ten years of him being a backseat driver, then I can get him back!).
We got through the six weeks, we're both in one piece - that is each - although my son coming off the ramp on his bike and ending up with his bike on top of him and bruises and cuts everywhere was a close call. We've had fun, started new hobbies, and made memories of places we visited, and activities we did.
Now he's back at school and I need to make time for
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