Just Journaling ~ and other wonderful stuff ~ Part 1

~ Posted, 28th October 2017 ~
 
19th October – Thursday
I had plans to clean my room today... long overdue... but a student’s portfolio arrived, so I marked that instead. It was such a beautiful one once again... beautifully written... a lady who is already living Logotherapy, even long before she started to study it. Such an inspiration.  I have enjoyed this part of my work very much, but it is extremely time consuming.  When I mark a portfolio such as this one, I tend to comment quite a bit on everything, due to feeling so Logo-inspired by it all.  Once I’ve finished marking, I then have to read over all my marking to make sure it’s all good to go before finishing off and sending to my student.  Marking for me has been an absolute privilege and blessing.  I’ve learned so much from our students… each one generally chooses different ideas to speak about when answering the questions. I love the ones that are really very different… the lateral thinkers for instance… or the ones who have had certain experiences which make them focus in on different aspects of each topic.  They make the marking even more interesting than usual… I love it!
 
My sister’s Birthday:
It was my beloved sister Shev's 60th birthday today. So, for one month we are twins... hahahaa!  😊 (11 month's difference between us)... I wrote for her:
 
TWINS FOR A MONTH
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Twins for a month
My sister and I
A special celebration
That quickly goes by
And then it’s my birthday
And our twinship ends
Your back to little sister
The bestest of friends
You then love to tease me
About being old and grand
Big sister once more
I'll proudly stand
 
~ Panayiota

The photo was taken around when we attended together, the 19th World Congress of Viktor Frankl’s Logotherapy 2013, in Dallas, Texas.  But the photo was actually taken in Canada when we visited there after the congress.
 
We will take some updated photos together with our littlest sister.  We can't wait for Shev's visit next month... I’m so excited I could just POP!
 
Nobody can make me laugh more than my sister Shev and my second son... they are the only people in this world who are able to crack through all my defences to reach my funniest funny-button to release my true belly-wobbling-snorting-hooting laughter!  Oh, my goodness me, they are just magic!  I' m looking forward to exercising my authentic laughter once more... I just know it's going to happen already, because that's what they always do to me!  It's going to be crazy-time having the two of them together in one place... hahaaahaaaa!  We’re all in for a real treat I’m sure.                                                                                                                                                                
20th October:
I looked after my three nearby grandchildren tonight so that my son and daughter in law could go out together... I sleep in my grandson’s room when I have sleepovers, and this is what I have to sleep with! (bearded dragons and noisy crickets!)

21st October:

This is what I did for almost 7 hours today... helping my helper’s daughter to make a house for her school project... Man it was a lot of work and my lounge was a total mess afterwards, but she was very happy and proud of herself with the results of her little house!  I wish we had more time, better equipment and more of my stuff that is still hidden in boxes, locked up in Jabba da Hutt (our outside storage room), but we did our best with what little we had available.  I encouraged my young friend to do as much on her own as possible and only helped where I felt I needed to and to speed things up a bit also.
 
22nd October - Sunday 
I went to church in the morning and to my daughter’s house in the afternoon.  She made me a really special lunch... curried chicken… and she used double cream to thicken it.  It was totally YUMMY!!!  Because I can't eat carbs (thickeners), it was really nice to have a thick stew for a change instead of my usual watery ones.  I really enjoyed it.  She also gave me some to bring home... I ate it before the day was out... too good to keep!  YUM!!!  She's a great cook!  I'd like to think I taught her 😉 ... hahahaa!  I love my daughter soooo much!
 
This is just one of those silly random things that pop up on FB… I don’t usually do them, but just decided to this time around… so sharing… because I can…
 
19 random facts about yourself...
1.            Do you make your bed every day?  Most days
2.            What's your favourite number?  3
3.            What is your dream job?  Doing it & hospice nurse & Logotherapist & art therapist
4.          If you could, would you go back to school? No!  (but I do want to study art therapy one day)
5.            Can you parallel park?  Struggle
6.            A job you had which people would be shocked that you worked at?  Nursing (professional nurse)
7.            Do you think aliens are real?  No
8.            Can you drive a stick?  Not anymore!
9.            Guilty pleasure?  CARING CANDY chocolate and sweets & avocados
10.          Tattoos?  No
11.          Favourite colour?  White & cerise pink (and pastel shades)
12.          Things people do that drive you insane?  Child abuse - any abuse...
13.          Fear?  Never making my dreams come true
14.          Favourite childhood game?  French skipping (and I was so good at it!)
15.          Do you talk to yourself?  Yes, I do and to my God and those who have gone on ahead also, because I truly believe they are still with me and love me unconditionally - I am not alone
16.          Do you like doing puzzles?  Yes
17.          Favourite music?  Classic, calm, uplifting, country… anything that's not loud or fast!!!!
18.          Tea or coffee?  Rooibos
19.          First thing you remember you wanted to be when you grew up?  Nurse
 
23rd October - Monday

My nearby daughter in law is so creative.  Here' what she did to my almost 9-year-old granddaughter’s hair for her school’s Alien day 😊 I just love it with the eyeballs on the ends!  My daughter in laws are great mothers who are actively involved in their children’s lives… this is such a comfort and joy to my heart.

Art classes with Yiayia 😉

​My grandchildren love to do art classes with me.  I sketched the little horse in the corner and my 7-year-old granddaughter copied it.  I was surprised she did such a good job!  She's brilliant! 
 
My Flower Garden:
Here’s some of the latest flowers in my garden.  I gave the rose plants to my neighbour... kept one of the red/white ones for myself... they are so beautiful.  I needed more space for my salad veggies and my neighbour needed more flowers for her garden, so we're both happy and can share the joy of both, just by visiting each other.  I love my neighbour… we get on so well and I look forward to our forever friendship.  

​In the afternoon, my neighbour surprised me with some veggie seedlings as a gift… I’m even more excited than ever about my veggie garden now!  In the evening, I planted her gift of seedlings on Wednesday 25th when our gardener came and finished off filling in with the compost he had brought for us and getting ready the lasts of the beds.  He did the most amazing job of it all.  Around 21h30, I was still planting… very late for me, but wide awake and loving it!
 
Home improvement:
Our garage ceiling was put in today... YEEEEEEEEEHAAA!!!  It's soooooooooo wonderful to have some home improvement progress at last.  As you must know by now if you’ve been following my posts, I have dreamed of using that room as a hobbies room ever since I moved here in 2012... OH JOY!   It looks like it might actually happen at last!  I’ll posts before and after photos as soon as it’s done 😊
 
Journaling to be continued…
 
Thanks so much for sharing with me.
 
~ Panayiota