Working through stuff
Well I am slowly working thorugh some stuff and have needed to accept my limitations to some extent. I need to see doctors most days, so I have stayed fairly close to home. I have been misdiagnosed, which means I am still wearing my philadelphia brace when I'm up and my broken shoulder is way sore. I need to see spcialists about what to do next. On the other hand, my hair looks pretty good now, so I'll probbaly get it cut short soon. I started a blogg expecially for the accident today... It's called
car crash. I'll write about the accident there from now on.
I went to work again this week. It's delicious to work quietly at my desk. from next week i will be there pretty permanently I hope. Michelle was 2o weeks pregnant *laugh* I knew she was having a baby last year. it was lovely to see her again.
Next week is a lunch for Robyn who is leaving the Centre. I'll miss her heaps and have to go to the lunch. I will need to take the campus bus from Clayton to frankston and then hitch a ride with one of the others.
We are also going to have a meeting about the ARC grant next week, which I'd love to have a go at. One of my supervisors will return from leave then, so they will both be on board for the discussion. I think we can do it because we are working on the priority areas of the Health Department. Actually, i got a lovely article for this and my thesis yesterday (which reminds me, have to do up my web page again).
Next week I have heaps of copying and printing to do because you can't log in from home. The journals can tell from one's IP. I am also going to start work on Chapter 2 by going to see my advisor at
LLS.
I will finish my journal article this week I think, which should be lovely. It will need quite a bit of editing, but it's a start and I'll use the material I wrote last year on useability in it. It's nice to use what I have already written for a change :)
The suburban ethics is on its way, but I still need 2 signatures. The country ethics committee will meet up tiday, so my fingers are crossed that they won't want much from me.
While I was away at Christamas, the journal sent me hard copy of the edition in which I was published. I have copied it and sent it to various people. It felt delicious. Actually, it's also nice to cite myself when I write sometime too.
It's time for brekky now, I have so much to do today and I am so hungry right now. More later.
Well where am I now then?
A few days after my last entry, on the 27 December 2004
, I had the most horrible accident- well we did but I was driving the car. It was in the desert of South Australia and the car rolled four times. Nina was ok but for the fact that she remembers everything (which wasn't pretty) and she broke her arm pretty badly. Sandy broke his spine, pierced his lung, hurt his right eye so that he can only see double and broke his collar bone. I broke my spine, broke my right arm and froze it (ow, ow, ow). I also have a big, deep cut on my head which mean't they took off a lot of hair. For a long long time I was so swollen I looked like Gumby with stitches. We are all on the mend now though.
We spent more than a month in hospital and will take months to get better, but at least we will get better. Saara moved home wile we were in South Australia.
I started work two weeks ago. Its really hard. I am doing my ethics stuff. I have a meeting in 2 weeks. I'm writing a journal article about what happened to us too, as its relevant. I also need to go over chapter two and fully draft chapters four and five. Before I go to chapters four and five though, I need to recover my draft chapter two from
LLS at Uni and finish that section. In the interim, I'm writing the diary of our accident, the article and going on with ethics stuff.
Last week I also started work on the CD again. I ended up going into work to get some files and it was lovely. I kind of love work and hate it. When I work, everything hurts (especially my right arm) and I'm kinda slow (I think). But work is cathartic too and it comprises a nice way to fill empty time.
My new supervisor called last week to touch base. It was hard to tell her stuff but I did. I will be attending a meeting with the group soon, along with a one on one with her. Before the accident, I couldn't wait. Now I'm not so sure. If I know one thing for sure though, its that I am a survivor and I'll get through this just like everything else I have before :)
