Ups and downs

Thus far this week I haven't posted much in the way of happenings in the gemmak household, in the main because it has been a strange week with things seeming to hang in the balance.

PG has been off work ill for 3 days and under my feet requiring ministering too at frequent intervals, as is the way of the male of the species. He hasn't in fact been that ill (a point that is of no consequence where levels of 'attention' are concerned) but given the nature of his job, is prohibited from work with any kind of infection etc. His work is with severely mentally and physically disabled adults who's immune systems can barely cope at the best of times.

To be encouraged, nay banned from work while ill seems a Godsend to those of us who continue to struggle in when ailing and receive little sympathy for our stoicism. It is not so much of a gift however when you consider that despite not having a choice in the matter he does not get paid!

I think in honesty he was glad to be out of the place for the last few days. Saturday bought him and his colleagues news of the tragic death of one of their number, who had apparently and without warning thrown herself off a cliff to her death.

PG was one of the last people to speak to her, she had only been with them for maybe a year but he and she had some common ground and often chatted together. There seems to have been no warning that she was feeling even remotely suicidal but it is often the case and ultimately it is sometimes impossible to know what is going on in someone else's mind. PG is not given to showing his feelings but I think quietly, this hit him harder than he would admit.

On a more positive note his father was moved from ITU late last week and has made such steady progress will hopefully be returned home by the end of this week. It was decided that further surgery was not necessary thankfully and having 'turned the corner' his subsequent recovery was impressive. The ability of the human body to heal itself amazes me. Of course in this case massive medical intervention saved his life but once over the worst the natural healing process is astounding.

So thus far it has been an odd week, sad and happy, up and down. Unusually I am working the rest of it,Thursady through Sunday, so less playtime for me. PG shuffled off to work at 6.30 this morning, looking slightly sorry for himself in the gales that have blown all week...... Autumn has most definitely arrived in this corner of the world.

This week over with and it is then only one week remains until we are off to London to visit my parents again, I can't wait..........