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Missed out on some DnB / jungle music tix but the place is basically corner of flinders st. / elizabeth st. which I'm happy to avoid no loss there.
INSTEAD!
There's a free techno / breaks day park party (until 10pm) which is tempting. Just near La trobe uni. Looks like there'll be a fair few peeps going. Seems like a more sensible option. Probably a more fun crowd too.
Also just got off the phone to the ol' girl and she is really pushing hard to jump back behind the wheel again. She's been told that it's too risky by every doc she's seen, and her friends have said the same thing to her. She doesn't seem to grasp how much of a risk it is. Breaks my heart to keep telling her no.
Would it get through to her if you told her about the risks involved for others? It sounds brutal but what if she killed a child? Or hit a car with a young family inside? You and everyone else involved are absolutely correct in your stances. They say, "oh I'd be really careful." What about reaction time? I'm edging towards having this conversation with my MIL and preparing myself. They fear a loss of their independence, but there are other ways to have independence. Plus the half price taxi is really cool!
Yep it's too poor to drive.
I hope your conversation with the MIL goes a bit more smoothly. It's a tough one.
Dude I was just thinking about you and your mum recently as my mum's cataract surgery lens thingo is coming loose and she's booked in for a surgery in 2 months time, but we're all pleading with her to go private (she has insurance that us kids pay for), and get it done faster because she lives alone and she's had a couple of small falls... not only would the lens come out and she'd need urgent surgery (assuming she stays conscious) I'm so worried about the risk of more permanent vision impairment.
Oh no your poor mum. So many unexpected things happened with mine over the last few months, defs keep trying to persaude her to do it asap. Crazy how a fall can change things so quickly and how complex things can get.