The spring started with my father-in-law being diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. This didn't come as too much of a shock, as it was what we had suspected. However, with my mother-in-law also having AD it did make things rather difficult. It's very hard to manage a situation like this when you are one hundred miles away. Yet, with the help of a strong Social Work team and a team of carers we coped.
May saw a two week hospital stay for both of them, and we knew that our system was starting to break down. In July we moved them to a care home, just a mile away from our house. This proved to be far more traumatic that we could have imagined, but we are now starting to see some improvement. They seem to be mostly happy, and importantly, much healthier. It's great that we can drop in whenever we feel like it.
Whilst this was rocking our family boat, it started to become apparent that my daughter's school was not working for her. She was approaching the end of Year 9, and about to start her GCSE syllabus. We had to move very quickly. Fortunately we managed to find her a lovely new school, who had a vacancy for her, and seemed to be the right fit for her. She started in September, and my goodness! The change in her has been quite startling. She is really happy and doing so well. WE went to her first parent's evening last week, and heard so many positive things about her. We were so proud.
I did manage to find time to sew as well. I had a few custom orders over the summer, which I managed to fit it around everthing else. It was touch and go at some points, but I got there in the end.
Some pictures from the last few months.
My daughter's first day at her new school. Very smart uniform!
I'm hoping to have a bit more time now to blog again, and I have a lovely project to tell you all about.
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