Kaycee's Blog

1 July, 2006

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Got up early and me and Jim off away to Auckland to catch the plane.

It was a cold morning, a bit of ice around. Traffic was not too bad as far as Auckland was concerned. But once at the airport, the wait was terrible. Took three quarters of an hour to go through getting bags checked. Just as well we were early, as we thought we would have time for coffee. Wrong, just enough time to check in, and for me to catch the plane. I hate saying goodbyes, especially to Jim as he has been a rock for me, and I get all worried and stress out a bit about what ifs.

Got to Christchurch and had to wait about three hours for a bus which took another three hours to get to my final destination.

So here I am. Dad actually cooked me tea, which was wonderful, as I thought he was a bit worried about my situation with coeliac. But he came to the party and cooked tea, just something simple, and it was lovely, as I hardly ate all day, due to not being hungry and being stubborn I guess. Then he tells me there is a man in the neighbourhood that wants to see me. I do a double take, dad, don’t you know I am married! But then he tells me that this man has coeliac and wondered if I would like to talk to him about it. I think that is a damn fine idea, any hints whatever would be appreciated. But I usually only hear what I want to and then disregard the rest. But it will be interesting to hear someone elses take on the coeliac.

Last night was a worry as my stomach did terrible things, and I was on the loo for a bit, so I did stress a bit about not being in a fit state to travel. I did not get much sleep last night, stress I guess, but happily my tum was fine, but I got real acquainted with the loos at the airport in Christchurch, as on the bus going south there is not much chance of a toilet stop. I am beginning to sound like an old woman here, with my toilet woes.

There is some of that cold stuff down here, and there was some on the side of the road. I thought how cute, they make it into big piles in the paddocks, side of the roads etc. It wasn’t so cute when I thought of kicking a bit. It was solid and the guy beside me tried to tell me it was solid. So red faced I just said, well you can tell I’m from the north island. I is so dumb, and not know a thing about snow. I thought it was going to be soft and mushy, as it still looked like snow, but a bit dirtier.

Dad is fine and looking good. I rang my sister who lives up the road, and she is the one that gave me the courage to get tested for coeliac, especially the time when she thought she had it. It seems like now she doesn’t want to go there, and is back to eating normal. But she has a healthy interest in all things healthy, and will be good to talk to her, and she is interested and most of all, understands. She could still have a chance of having coeliac, but she now blames her problems on their water.

I am tired, and should think about going to bed, alone without my hubby, I will miss his warmth as it is freezing down here. I will miss my two sons as well, but I told them I wasn’t coming home until they had cleaned up their rooms. Maybe I will be here a lot longer than I thought.

Cathy