Tick, tick, tick...

My life has seemed to be ruled by the clock this past week. Or should I say more accurately, the calendar. End of financial year is a little bit like "hurry up and slow down". You know that you need to clear a lot of debts to manage tax, but on the other hand, you need to make sure that you have enough cash on hand to pay for ongoing things too. Add to this, the fact that on July 1st we changed over to a new record keeping software package which will include payroll (something we have done manually since the inception of staff in our business), trying to get the finishing touches done to our new office (including new computers, lines, phones, office equipment etc), implementing a new herd recording software package, updating all the calvings for this year to be registered in the coming weeks, getting things organised for Tom's upcoming 3rd birthday, making a flying dash to Melbourne to attend a 1st birthday party....it's no wonder that I came down with a migraine last week.

On Thurday morning I felt a bit 'off', by Friday I was really starting to suffer. Come Saturday afternoon and I really had the makings of a migraine and on Sunday I spent the day either hunched over the toilet or trying to convince myself that my head was really not going to explode. I should have gone to the hospital for a jab, but with 2 littlies I just couldn't face it. So I ate panadeine forte and tramal like lollies.

To top things off, last week one of Mark's wisdom teeth gave way and he had to get a temporary filling. Turns out he needs to get all three remaining ones removed, but he needs to see a specialist as they are fairly well embedding in the jaw bone. After getting the temporary filling, he ended up with an infection in the gum line and had to go back to the dentist for antibiotics and some emergency work which involved some excruitiatingly painful treatment (so I'm told). He walks into the house yesterday morning and says "Panadeine forte....NOW". Ahhhhhhh, bit of a problem there. I took the last one for my migraine. Fortuantely, I did have a script so I filled that and have been dosing him up on antibiotics and painkillers for the past 24 hours. Poor bugger. He doesn't usually even take panadol, so for him to take such strong pain killers.....it must be damn painful. I'm so glad it's not me.

The dinosaur party is rapidly looming. It is this Sunday and I haven't done a thing. Shopping and house cleaning tomorrow, cake baking/decorating and other food preparation on Saturday. Isn't funny how the time spent in getting organised for such a small event is disproportionate? I mean, I'll probably spend 10 hours all up getting prepared for a party that is going to last 3. But at least the kids will be happy and after all, that is the MAIN thing.

ETA: I just remembered that due to my migraine, I have neglected to record a significant milestone for Bridie. She is now on solids. On Thursday last week we started her on farex and breastmilk. She loved it (as you can see in the picture!). She is now just over 6 months and I think she is really ready for solids. Unlike Tom who started solids a little earlier and it was sometimes a battle to get him to eat. Bridie was weighed on Thrusday as well at the MCHN and she weighs 6.220kg.


Yum yum....