My Unplanned Sabbatical

Partners

Worked pretty much all day today. I am pretty shattered. It happened to be the Victorian office partner meeting today so I dropped into the meeting/lunch. It was great to see everyone and it was a really positive experience to see and reconnect with people. Lots of hugs, back slaps and a few kisses!

Partnerships are such an unusual thing, so different to a corporate. Our sense of ownership, common purpose, stewardship and support is unique I believe. It has given me and my family great support and strength when I am at my most vulnerable.

Great to read Petra’s blog today and her perspective on things. The kids are coming down with winter flu’s which worries us somewhat. I can’t afford to catch it when my immunity is low as it is. Not much I can do about it really as it is that time of year.

To bed early tonight as tomorrow is another biggish day. Pens down Wednesday night for awhile and back to my sleep ins, breaky in bed and rest before next week juice up!

Moving along by the insider

So as you can read we are living the world of medical illness. It is now no longer a journey of new experiences but rather a cycle of repetitive events. Our calender that was once is marked by birthday,social gatherings and holidays is now marked by the medical appointments and chemotherapy dates. I find myself paralysised , ineffective with actions[ change address on licence] ,tasks and projects that should be undertaken.

But soon our acute treatment phase will cease and what then??? Will we go back to life as it was before , fast and furious?? Will this experience change us? Will we have expectations that this should be life changing…what ever that means and will I be more effective in my actions. The most important question is will Serg still blog and will you out there in cyberspace be interested in what he has to say… surely you will ..

I suspect there is more to come , another new journey full of new experiences . Its not just over when the last drop of chemotoxins is delivered.