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Thank you @Shaz51 @Zoe7 @outlander
and @Owlunar
I am taking each day at a time. Last night was lovely and I am able to be light and social at rehearsals now that some of the heavier stuff has been "lifted". I can relax more. Though I am reserved, I am not standoffish. I took prn to get through, but it was the right decision and allowed me to be social.
The opera is good for me on many levels. It is difficult and I have to work hard at it to do all the memory work but that is a blessing. The friendly lady has been good at social stuff. She is a teacher. There are a lot of them there and somehow I have struck good soil.
It has meant a lot that I can talk to you ladies. You each offer different perspectives and that helps. I need to go and drive son. Take Care All
It is great that you are doing something you have a passion for @Appleblossom - that can help the hard days be a little easier despite all that you are dealing with. It seems like you have found a nice group of people also and that also makes it pleasurable. Keep doing what you are and enjoy all those moments - it helps make navigating other things in our lives somewhat bearable. I do love hearing about your singing and the joy it does give you and hope for things in other areas of your life to settle to a manageable level.
@Owlunar I went to the tennis in Melbourne for over ten years - my mum and I used to do two trips a year to Melbourne - one to go to the football and another trip to go to the tennis for a few days. My sister occasionally came as well but that was before we both had fur babies. MY previous cat used to be okay staying at my parents place for a few days but now I have Cat and Toby they wouldn't cope at all with being moved to be looked after. I occasionally look after my sister's dog at my place for a night or two but he spends so much time here that he knows the place really well. She lives only 5 minutes away from me so I call in a couple of times a day to feed her cat and check on her when my sister and her partner are away somewhere. They never go for more than 2 nights though so it is never an imposition to help out.
I expect you will be playing with the graphics on your new computer a bit over the coming weeks - it is fun having a new computer but so many programs, apps, etc. that need to be installed and often the ones that you had do not work with the new operating system - a lot to work out. Touch screens are good but you do need to clean the screens regularly as well.
I hear you about getting older and joints not as they used to be. I am being very careful with my back and so far it has been okay. I will be able to go back to the pool next week and do my exercises so that will show how it is really going. I expect I will be a little stiff after the first couple of times but should get back into it pretty quickly.
We have a few more weeks until school is back but I know some places go back a week earlier than us - not sure about Victoria. I understand you not wanting to be in the crowds and waiting to school goes back to do what you need at the shopping mall - hope your phone lasts that long.
There is quite a few good documentaries on SBS but I haven't watched much lately - except for a lot of sport lol - I do love my sport.
Hope you are out of the heat today where you are - it is warm but not hot here today - a few sprinkles of rain this morning but that passed very quickly - luckily I covered things stacked outside with a tarp last night so they remain dry but expecting more rain tomorrow so need to keep them covered for now. Will sort that all out on the weekend when t is expecting to be dry. Hope you can stay out of the heat in your area over the next few days.
Hugs
