Late Posting Today

Battery died on the PC this morning before I could get around to writing something… now am in the office, and thru the usual morning email tick-tacking.

Two things today.  Firstly the miners in Beaconsfield are out and whilst I think its amazing how lucky these guys are and that they have been incredibly lucky, I can’t say that I will be sorry to see the media circus die down a bit.  Yes, tragic that one man died, amazing that two men survived (apparently so well) and that the other miners are all heroes too for their own bravery and dedication, but puh-leez can we stop now with the media coverage.  I watched the two guys come out from the mine this morning on Sunrise and you would think that the girl who was covering the scene from Launceston Hospital would be someone a bit better than the local Tassie work experience girl.  This reporter (Clare?) was so amateurish and giggly and so full of clichés that it was just sickening.  The icing was put on the whole thing in which she mistakenly thought that the fluoro stripes on their mine suits (which were glowing in the media spotlights) were actually straps.  She kept saying that the miners were “strapped to their stretchers to keep them from running off” when in reality the guys were lying there in fluoro striped mine suits.  Ridiculous.  Congrats though to the two guys though.

Secondly, one on the home front, I have just found out that Kate needs glasses.  She has been complaining about sore eyes and has been a bit sensitive to light so Niki took her to the Optometrist for what she thought was an overly precautious check up.  Turns out she has a significant problem in focusing causing eye strain and now distress to her and the solution is glasses.  I am not concerned she needs glasses as I think that in today’s society they are pretty much the norm and I think that kids have perhaps gotten over the “Four Eyes” teases… I guess only time will tell on that front.  Kate though is very excited and has apparently picked out her frames already and will get them Thursday but what does shock me is that she needs them in the first place.  Her reading has been good, she is doing very well, so we didn’t really expect any problems…

Of course now we will start looking at what having glasses does cost a parent and we also are aware she may need some major orthodontic work in the future, so we will be revisiting our health cover options…