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The kids and I went swimming a couple of days ago.  Not this picture.  We went to a pool in Hobart.  It was a nice pool.  A big lap pool, a small lap pool and a kids pool.  The have a big water slide and some other things the kids can stand under and play with.  There was a little slide also but it was for little kids.  Although William did try it.  He was too big.

I got in the water for a few minutes.  Not long, about half an hour.  Maeghan and William were in the water for three hours or so.  I had time for coffee and read the paper.  It was fun.  At least it got us out of the house.  We will go again soon as it is fairly cheep, less than $10 for the kids. add another ten for me if I decide to get in the water again.

We had the choice of going swimming, ice skating, or putt putt.  Maeghan chose swimming, which was good because it was the cheapest.  We had fun.

Their mother gets back tomorrow.  Not sure if I am supposed to take them back then or keep them longer.  Guess she will let me know.

Kids are off school for two weeks.  Don't know when I will have the kids during that time.  Hopefully, I can have them again before they go back.  We need to arrange a more permanent schedule but that will have to wait until we talk next.

Kids are kind of bored sitting around here.  I have tried to take them to lunch and stuff all week but there is not a lot to do.  We will make better plans next time.

I'll go now.  Still not adjusting to this but I am trying to keep this up as I feel like it.

Until next time

MWNews 117

Kids are sick again.  Not really but this is the last day of term so William decided he didn't feel well and Maeghan is still a bit unwell, so I kept them home again.

Not sure what we are going to do today but we need to get out of the house again.  I am getting a bit stir-crazy.  Missing my life and sitting here is not helping.  Not the kids fault and this is supposed to be about them but I am better when I am around people so we might go into town again.

We went to the shop yesterday and had coffee and got some groceries.  As we were driving home, we decided to keep going and went to Kingston.  Stopped at the shop for a few minutes to see Michelle,  We tried to ring Karen to visit her but she is sick also and was not up to visitors.  While talking to her, she said Michael and Bev were in town so we called them and arranged to come see them at the shops.

Had coffee there too, with them.  It was nice.  The kids mother called Maeghan while we were sitting there and that was a bit awkward but only for me.  The kids enjoyed it.

I got doughnuts for kids but Maeghan informs me she does not like doughnuts.  Don't know when that happened.  So William got six.  He only ate three there, he wanted more, but I made him bring them home and he had them for breakfast today.

Not sure what we will do today.  Probably just stay home as tomorrow we might go to the market.  It is a big and crowded market in town but we might go anyway.  Not movies on for the kids to see and not a lot else happening.  It is cold and raining so no outside activities.

For me, I need to get out and do something for someone.  Not sure what, but I miss taking care of someone.  The kids don't need much but maybe I can go and cook dinner for their grand-parents or something.  I like to cook, as we all know, and cooking dinner makes me feel better.  Can't really do it at my place as it is not big enough.  I am trying to change that, get a dinner table and rearrange the rooms but that will take a while and I need to do something now.

Ok, going now, beginning to depress my self again.  Probably going to be that way for a while.  Hopefully not too much longer but it has been a month now.  I am hoping writing this will help.  I started another blog.  It is a religious blog and I was encouraged to do it by Michelle, but the world is not ready to hear my beliefs and no one I actually know would ever believe I am writing it.  But it helps while I am writing and maybe someone somewhere can get something from it. I don't really advertise it but if it is meant to be, it will get out.

Until next time

MWNews 116

No pictures today.  I don't have access to my pictures any more so I might not be able to include any unless I take more.

Maeghan is sick today.  Staying home from school.  I am keeping William home as well as it is the last day of the term, or tomorrow is, and I am sure they are not doing any work.  Not sure what we are going to do today but we will go out later.

Maybe we will go to Kingston.  Visit some people or something.  Anything to get out of the house.  Hopefully, Maeghan will feel better.  And I need a coffee.

Had one of Maeghan's friends over last night, or after school.  Had to take her home in Geeveston.  Then we stayed up late to watch a movie Maeghan had rented.  Cinderella.  It was ok and almost exactly like the animated version, except it was real actors.

William is watching his movies.  He has four but he wants to rent the new Ninjago movie and I said he has to wait until he finishes these.  Probably be watching them all day.  That are not good.  The Ninjago ones are ok, they are lego movies.

I'll keep this short as I need to go take a shower.  Do something besides sitting here.  Not a lot of work lately but I won't go into that right now.

Until next time

MWNews 115

It's been so I long I forgot how to do this.  I don't have a lot of new pictures, actually I do, but I will use what I can find.

A bit of sad news to start out.  Juanita and I have separated.  I won't go into it a lot but just say it was not my choice and I am still hopeful.  Not sure why, but that should be all I say.

I live in Tasmania now.  Been here for a couple of years.  I chased Juanita and the kids over here.  I live in Huonville, they live in Kingston.  Look it up.  About a 20 minute drive between the two of us.

We have not worked out a schedule of when I see the kids yet.  Not sure how all this will work.  I am starting to write in here again as a kind of therapy for me.  Not a happy camper.

But enough of that.  Some kid news.  Maeghan and William both go to St. James Catholic Collage.  It is about a 20 minute drive from where I live, about an hour from where they live.  It is kind of far for them to take the bus each day but I didn't have the choice.

They like the school.  The used to go to Sacred Heart in Geeveston when they first came over here.  They like that school.  It was pretty good there, small and plenty of individual attention.  Not that Maeghan needs it but William does.

William has some learning problems.  They are still diagnosing what they might be.  He cannot read yet and he is already in fourth grade.  He can read some but not very well and he does not remember what he had read for any length of time.  They think dyslexia but I am not sure they know.  As they only do test once a year, they have made no progress in diagnosing what his problem is.

But he tries.  Sometimes.  Not always.  He is very enthusiastic but he gets bored or distracted easily and it is hard for him to concentrate for any length of time.  But everyone says he is willing to try so I suppose that is something.

He gets in trouble a lot in class as he is always willing to speak his mind and does not know when it is appropriate to do so and when it is not.  But again, they say he is getting better.  I think we can work it out but without me seeing him on a daily basis, it makes it very very hard.

Maeghan is great.  The teacher told me the other day that she is a big asset in the class.  She one of the only ones that actually pays attention and she is very helpful with the others in getting the work done.  She tells me that most of the boys in class are very disruptive and the teacher cannot control them most of the time, so they spend a lot of time going over and over the same things.  The teacher says Maeghan is always there to help explain things and the other kids seem to look up to her.

Which is hard as Maeghan has still not, and never will, grow up a lot.  She is still tiny but she has gotten over a meter tall now and they expect her final growth spurt to begin soon.  She might make four feet.  We hope so.

The doctors have said it could be bad for her as she grows but we are hoping for the best.  She is such a good girl and willing to try anything.  We love her very much.  As we do William also.  I am hoping to remain an influence on their lives but the current situation does not bode well for that.  We will have to see.

I am going to close this now as I am depressing myself.  Maybe I can get back into a rhythm with this and it will begin to be helpful again.  I started it the last time to help me with the way I was missing my family.  As they never responded, that didn't work well but for a while it did me some good.

Until next time

MWNews 114

Well, how long has it been.  I hope to try to post more content starting soon.  Maybe I will and maybe I won't, but that is the plan and I am going to try to stick to it.