Not a flash day today – have heard from my sister an update on Dad. I am in shock to think of the deterioration he has gone through since I left. I cannot believe it is him. It will never be the same and of course another 6 months till I am home – what will he be like then? I am full of guilt…..I should be there. I am in 2 minds about everything. I am extremely appreciative to all those in the family and friends that have done a lot for Dad while I am away and very fortunate that he is now in good hands. I realise and understand all that. However, there is still a but…. Guilt/ shock/depression… My mind goes to all places! How horrible it is when the children have to start parenting the parents…..an awful stage with no definite beginning and a gradual change in roles and relationships.
However – an interesting thing happened today at uni. We had a different professor – she was great and actually showed a bit of interesting ‘flair’ to her teaching. We actually got to stand up and do a bit of talking, then ….wait for it……we played a memory type game matching verbs! Unheard of…a game!! This was much more like teaching I know. It turned out that she had come along way to relieve for the day – from Le Mans (racing car fans will have heard of here) now this is way over the other side of France, much closer to Alison in Poitiers. The straight line distance is about 450km but would be further than that in reality. Crazy…. Not really sure why she would travel so far for a days work but she would have been travelling longer than teaching! I am hoping that she may be the new tutor for me next week!
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