Saturday 5 February 2011

swings and roundabouts

wow.

my life feels like a film right now. i can't wait for it to finish so that i can move on and do something far more normal and safe.

we got the call at school. we got ofsted in.

oh

my

god

never in the history of my life have i lost my appetite. never. not even when i got divorced.

i didn't eat for 3 days and i slept for 4 hours over the course of 72 hours. to say i've been a wreck was an understatement.

i had text my family and told them that i loved them and that they shouldn't ring unless someone was dying because it was all a little too frantic here.

as i waved the chief inspector away on friday afternoon, i breathed a sigh of relief.

then the phone rang.

my sister called. my dad had a call back about his mri.

they've found a growth on his neck.

my mom, being my mom, is not dealing particularly well with this news and has put herself to bed, threatening to hurt herself. my sisters are both crying non-stop and my brother is out partying and trying not to think about it.

that leaves my poor pops on his own watching tv.

i'm 350 miles away but that doesn't mean i won't drive up there. they don't want me yet, i'm better with appointments and operations because i ask questions and take notes.

this is killing me.

my appetite has also returned and then some.