I like this journal. I have to be relatively constrained, because it's public (unlike my LiveJournal, where I write
everything) and I know people who pretend they don't care about my life are reading it.
But I can use it for things that don't seem 'important' enough to go on my blog. It's a nice half-way house, and I should use it more often.
Wee Chum was made a 'free reader'. This means he's finished with the reading scheme books, and can read whatever he chooses for reading time both at school and at home. He is chuffed to bits. Considering this is a child who I've always had to cajole into reading, and completing the ten minutes per night that the school mandates, I'm really, really pleased with this. I think it has a lot to do with allowing him an hour after bedtime to sit up (or lay on his belly!) in bed and just read whatever he wants to. He's been doing this for about a year, and his reading has come on leaps and bounds. I has a clever Chum.
My physical health hasn't been so good lately. I'll write about Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day in a bit, but suffice it to say I've been in a
lot of pain and experiencing a
lot of fatigue recently. My new antipsychotic helps me to sleep at night, which is helping the pain/fatigue a lot, but it's still screwing with my ability to lead a 'normal' life a lot. I manage to be a good parent, husband and student, and that's what matters I suppose.
Studying is going well - I'm three years into my six-year degree right now, and I only have one more assignment (the dreaded EMA) to do before I'm free until October. Looking forward to that four month break SO much. Especially because it encompasses Wee Chum's school summer holidays. Hopefully we'll get to go camping again this year, because last year was so idyllic and wonderful. Just the three of us as a family getting to know each other better.
I don't have anything exciting or groundbreaking to report, basically - that's yer lot. Hope everyone's doing well? Let me know what you've been up to!