Unfortunately I have no phone. I left it on a kitchen side and unfortunately for me a 2 yo was around. It’s a shame, as now I have very limited access to social media and can’t update or report on anything. This is the 2nd time my phone has been fixed in less than a year and it is 5 years old but quite literally holds my whole life in that tiny bit of technology. Life at home is going well, I have now finished my mentoring job which means I no longer have to work in the community weekly. This is good news for Charlie as he needs me at home. Especially as we are transitioning onto the EOTAS plan and Charlie will extensive support to transition into this. He needs to have me around to support his time with the tutors and therapists and I cant do that if I am out of the house. So this is a good move for us.

Charlie also costs me a lot of money. More than any other ten year old I know. He has specific interests and he needs a lot of scaffolding to support him in life, so I naturally need a lot more money into this household. My new job will come with new hours and a new wage and should make us a lot more comfortable for the next few years. It does not help that my other children are in a transition phase too. So my eldest is going into the final year of A level studies, and in 6 months time he will be completing his UCAS form for University. My daughter is entering her first year of A levels in September and she is awaiting GCSE results (4 more sleeps not that we are counting) and she is also starting her very first job. So as you can imagine, life at home is often fraught. We have lots of changes and lots of transitions and it does get increasingly difficult to manage. Especially when you are on your own and have no emotional support.

The room changes are going well. I am about to start painting Charlie’s new room and I have high hopes that he will be in this new room from tomorrow evening. This is what I am hopeful for. Again, it will take some time to adjust and transition into the new room and thankfully I will be working from home and have limited meetings so I hope that I will be able to settle Charlie in with minimal effect on my own personal sleep pattern. But as we all know, Charlie’s sleep is really hard to manage at times.

My phone should be fully repaired and back by Tuesday, but I am considering taking a bit of a social media break and just updating the blogs instead. It can be quite time consuming to keep up with the social media aspect of things and throwing all of our other challenges into the mix just makes me feel as though other parts of our lives need more attention and I can give them the attention they need without feeling the need to have a constant online presence. I hope this makes sense. I really will be quite grateful when our own personal version of changing rooms has been completed and everyone in my household has fully transitioned to their new timetables in September.

Take care all. Is it 2 weeks to go?

Georgina x