i am SUCH a grouch !

my mom's injured her back somehow and it was really bad last night; she's better now but she's recovering and taking medicine.

but i'm being such a grouch cos suddenly i feel overwhelmed like i'm rushing around doing the stuff mom normally does. And the person who gets stuck with the horrible grouch is my brother. His solution: he doesn't talk to me untill he knows i've calmed down a little.

We've been dog sitting this week and Linus is a lovely dog (though i will never in a million years name my dog Linus) he's a labradoodle and very well behaved but he's one of those dogs who need constant attention and love. Which is the problem. i've been spending most of the week just gone sitting with him in the tv room; reading or going on the internet, playing catch with him. i felt a little guilty because i haven't spent as much time with him today and i'm normally the one who spends the most time with him.

so far i've hung out clothes (that my mother somehow put for wash with her bad back), washed an ENTIRE sink-full of plates and such, made rice which really isn't that hard. But i really should be deciding if i do want to do a course this semester and sending the applications which are due in a week. Procrastinate much ?!

I've got a casual job with a psychologist which i'm really looking forward to starting and there's another paid job possibility with a charity organisation but whether i'll be able to commit to that will depend on whether i go ahead with the application for the college course thingy but i'll talk about that later when things are written in stone. i.e. i've sent my application and it's been accepted...

Woo hoo linus just did a number 2 in the garden. Guess who's on clean up. That's it for now then i suppose.