Am Not Coping

[Faith-and-Hope]

I am not bad, but I still haven’t been able to shift my body clock to this time zone .... well half ... sort of. Slept from 2:30am ..... awake by 7am .... dozed till 8am ..... getting up to go.  It’s going to be hot today and mr f&h wants to go to The Coffee Place for lunch, so I am thinking I won’t go there for breakfast as well this morning as I am not ready anyway, and he is due back from 1st jog ..... 

[Zoe7]

It takes time to adjust @Faith-and-Hope - which is not ideal for you I know going backwards and forwards between time zones  

I get that mr F&H is doing something with you but it is on his terms still and you miss out on YOUR time. I think today I may need to sit on your shoulder again but this time to keep you company rather than my usual 'resting' place 

I won't be home until around lunch time today as my gp has booked me in for an extra long appointment (an hour). She wants to do all the 'usual' checks all at once today so we have updated results/details/readings before she goes on leave next week. 

I will check in and look out for you when I return home though 

[Zoe7]

@Faith-and-Hope I'll leave this for you while I'm gone Hon 

[Faith-and-Hope]

I ended up going to The Coffee Place @Zoe7 because my girls wanted to go .... and forgot my phone at home.....

Thank you for the beautiful R .... 💕

We are actually bouncing coast to coast now for the kids, rather than mr. f&h.  Counsellors are recommending the relocation.  I won’t say more about tha a this stage ..... but mr. f&h is choosing to operate on AWST here, and yes, that is contributing to me feeling knocked around.  I am trying to stay on AEST when I am here, because our body clocks work to daylight hours.  This time my body is struggling to make the shift .... 😔

[Zoe7]

So pleased you went @Faith-and-Hope - and with your girls - bonus 

Still recovering from my appointment today but won't go into it now. Everything is ok just needing to continue to calm down from it 

I can imagine you are worn out @Faith-and-Hope and adjusting your body clock is made so much harder then. All the travel combined with the isolation for you will not be helping. I hope you can find some of those 'special places' around you in 'this time zone' to help you cope better with the relocation 

[Faith-and-Hope]

I will have to @Zoe7, to ba able to cope.  

When we were coming here for holidays I was enchanted with a lot of things.  The change in our family dynamics and the “enforced” move has taken the gloss off it all, well and truly at the moment, so I am going to allow myself some sulking time, and then need to get back up and on with it,

When we are here for uni terms I will go in search of support groups, which I can access here more readily thanI can in the West.  These short stints are part of feeling like we are in limbo.

I will put coping mechanisms in place gradually.  I just don’t have the stomach for it yet.

[Zoe7]

Completely understand @Faith-and-Hope 

When you are ready to put those coping mechanisms in place I will help share them with you. There are some places in the city you are in that I love and always 'visit' when I am there (even though it has been so long) but I will share them with you - and then maybe we can share them together (even though you are there and I am here ) 

[Faith-and-Hope]

That sounds great @Zoe7 .... thank you.  That might get me up and going again.

💚💕

[Zoe7]

Just let me know when you have the energy and/or motivation (and time of course) and our together-but-not adventure can begin @Faith-and-Hope 

[Faith-and-Hope]

Thanks @Zoe7.  I expect it will be next time we are here.