Horror Happenings During the Year.

During March, a mini-tornado ripped over my home and took the roofs off my house and shed.  In both instances, the tornado sucked up the entire roofs, trusses and all, but with the shed roof, it lost its punch, and put it back on top of the walls again.  The house roof landed over 100 metres away.

This happened at nearly midnight on the 22nd March, and luckily I was insured, as the cost to repair the damage was immense.  I decided to take a settlement, and sell the property "as is".  The settlement took four months to finalise.

During those four months, I was fortunate to have a good friend who invited me to live in her house, in one end of the house which was almost like a flat, except we shared the kitchen. 

This event impacted my life severely, as I suffered shock for weeks after that first night.  My life is back to normal now, however, and I have a nice, new home to enjoy, which is central to shopping in Bundaberg.

Success at Impact!

I finally reached the end of the course I was studying.  I have passed Certificate III in Home and Community Care.  With a lot of pushes and support from both trainer and other students.  I particularly had difficulty with the job placement, missing much of it through illness - a virus hit in the middle of the placement.

Nevertheless, I was in a placement on the last day, and was ticked off on all my competencies.  I receive my graduation certificate at an event on 7 June, and will have a guest, Roscoe, who is coming from Bridges. 

I am having difficulty fitting back into my old patterns, as I have been so busy up until now, with work and study.  Settling in at Bridges again is taking some doing, although it is still the friendly and welcoming place it was.

Studying Home and Community Care on a Budget

The last six weeks have been tough, as I worked hard to keep up the hectic pace at Impact's course on Aged Care.  There is a lot of homework to do, and many corrections to edit on the papers.  The class is made up of about 12 people, with a couple pulling out early on.  There are two men in the group, who are quite cheerful in the face of so many women.  The trainer is new to the job, although she has worked in Aged Care for 25 years or more, so she knows the industry inside out.  Time will tell whether I can keep on with the course, but at present it doesn't look all that hopeful.