Thursday

It's stormy outside. I'm parked up at a Papakura laundromat and you can see from the photo how dark the sky is. Last night the rain poured down which is lovely on a metal roof when you are warm and snug inside. We parked up in another industrial area so we were close to where David is working today. unfortunately the place came alive at about 11pm with truck deliveries. I guess we wont go there again.

I don't usually do washing twice in one week but I'm trying to get back to washing on a Thursday and things had become a bit out of kilter. I've added in extra things like Deejay's filthy car seat and those extra things you never get around to washing. Here's where we store our dirty washing in Mother trucker, It tucks in nicely under our bed/seats:

The girls are at the library doing their school work and the boys are here with me doing theirs.

My mind is going a hundred miles an hour with all sorts of things today. My Nan (my Mum's Mum) has been in hospital after falling and breaking her ribs. She is 94 and has been living independently up until now but things have rapidly declined. She ended up falling again and breaking her legs. They say she had a stroke. She is now not able to swallow and has been sedated. They removed her feeding tube and all meds but her pain relief and sedation. She's not comfortable and its awful to see her distressed. We are now waiting for her to pass away. It's also hard to see my Mum so upset. I've just got off the phone from her and she was in tears.

My emotions feel very unstable right now and it's not something I like very much. I have always been a very stable person without too many ups and downs but I feel like a bit of a roller coaster lately. So much for being a stable nomad :)

The kids have basket ball at 1pm so we will head off there after lunch. There's a certain young man there that seems to be showing a bit of an interest in our girls (I'm not sure if it's Daya or Dani he has his eye on most). He's a lovely boy of 17. It's funny to be into this phase of parenting and seeing boys hanging around our girls. The girls are being very sensible and tend to stick together and hang out in groups at the moment. None of them are rushing into needing boyfriends at this stage.