Pig Hunters

I have just got a phone call from my husband who is at our Sheep Station in the arse end of nowhere. Someone has cut the fences and broken in to the house. Nothing was taken but it is going to cost $ and time to fix the fence. When you have large property the fencing goes for many Kms before there is a need for a strainer post. From this one cut we have to repair over 1km of fencing. Bugger.

Bloody pig hunters are to blame. Pig hunting is a very cruel sport, In fact its not a sport at all! These guys (mainly guys but I know of some women who do it too) Hunt the pig down using dogs, once the dog has the pig on the ground, the men (if you call them that) slit the pigs throat. Most of the time the die straight away but not always. Mind you this after the pig has been mauled by 3 or 4 pig dogs, bull mastiffs and the like. 9 times out of 10 the dogs get ripped up by the pig's tusks. The hunter then sews the dog up themselves How can you call that a sport. Yes the pigs are feral and are a pest as the dig huge wallowing holes and in numbers make paddocks useless for farming, but there is not need to be cruel. Yes we have pigs, yes we shoot them, NO DOGS or KNIVES!. Most of the people who do this are from larger towns or city slickers out for a cheap thrill. Not to mention the damage the hunters do to the farmers fencing, and trespassing is against the law!
Makes me sick!
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Twittering

Hey All,

Anyone using Twitter?? I have recently signed up, still trying to work out how to use it and who would have time to update it all the time..LOL

Let me know if you have it and your user name so I can follow you. Stalker much?

Tom is now getting some mental health help. Our paed basically said to me, "I don't know what's wrong, he needs mental health help, call this number, your on your own sweetheart" But that will be $200 thanks. Thanks for nothing!

The local unit have bumped him right up towards the top of the list and is seeing someone Wed week. In the mean time I will have to just try and defuse any situations that arise. Tom went back to school today, first time in a week. He still has stitches in his hand until the end of the week.

I had a huge session with my new PT last Wed. She was so full on. I'm now feeling quite smug at the fact today is the first day I can sit on the loo without using my hands to lower myself down. She better slow down with this old girl or else I'm finding a new PT. I'm averaging one workout a week as I'm too bloody sore after seeing her to do anything else.

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Hard Day Relived or is it Ground Hog Day?

I'm sitting here in my swish office thinking about yesterdays events.

It all started when Lucy wanted to borrow Tom's earphones, after much name calling and yelling the kids came out to me in the office to tell me all about it. I asked Tom to lend them to her. Of course he said no. They went back in to the house. 5mins later I hear screaming to see Tom coming out the back door covered in blood. Lucy had called Tom names he went in to one of his meltdowns and punched one of our glass antique doors and smashed it.
Once again we were at the hospital. 5 stitches and lots of blood later we are home.

I am seriously not coping with Toms temper. We are forever having people here fixing things he has broken or smashed. He couldnt find his pencil case the other day and kicked in the kitchen cupboard. We hardly have any flyscreens left as he kicks them out so he can get out of the hosue and run away. We live in a house worth $800k, he has no respect for anything we have worked so hard for. During last week I asked him to do something, he pushed me out the way and hit me in the mouth splitting my lip. I honestly think he didn't mean to hit me that time.
I'm so sacred he is going to have a meltdown and seriously hurt himself or hurt or maybe kill someone else. I honestly fear for my and others safety.

I'm at my wits end, I'm seriously considering giving him up. This is so hard to write.
I just don't know what to do! Please remember that I'm doing all this as more or less a single mother as my husband is away for work 6 days a week.

I'm waiting for the paediatrician to give me a call with some ideas.

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Im Cold

It is so bloody cold here today! It is 19deg! I'm freezing my arse off. (I wish weigh loss was that simple) We have had 30+ for months now. I hate winter. Hate it with a passion. Mind you I always get my fitness up and loose all my xmas weight over winter, wanna know why? because its so cold I don't socialise as much. Quite social life = less drinking = less drinking food = slimmer Cheryl!

On a brighter note, I'm living in a calm house right now. Tom's higher dose medication has kicked in. Mind you he still is only on a relatively low dose anyway.
I now have my loving, caring, funny, young man back. AHHHH I can breath again.
When he is like this he can cope with the teasing. Fingers crossed it will stay this way for a while.
I hope its warmer where you are. Gym spin class time for me!

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