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Bessie

Below is taken from a journal entry I wrote quite a while back (as you can see) and I thought I’d share it as a tribute to my Grandmother. Bessie, I miss you everyday… 29thOctober 2009 (Thursday 1220hrs) Well the wheel sort of fell off since the last time I sat to reflect on my …

Lifestyle Work

Back to Work

I can’t believe that a year has passed already. I had high hopes of accomplishing great things during my time off, even finding a better job, but to no avail. This morning I sit with my cup of tea, nerves building, wondering how I will cope with my first shift back, my first shift on …

Writing

Andy Pandy

Black and white, soft and new Best friend, constant companion Keeper of secrets Drier of tears Always there, only caring The things you have seen The places you have been And through it all we survived Now threadbare and worn Well loved Always remembered Safe and sound in my heart

Lifestyle

Seven weeks in…

Well seven weeks on not much has changed, while I have been busy at times I am struggling now more than previously to find my way and get into any sort of routine for my life. It is an odd feeling thinking that work is still nearly a year away; it’s not like being on holidays …

Lifestyle

First week…

Well my first week without working at the hospital has come and gone…what has happened??? Not much really. Life goes on with monotonous regularity. The sun rises and sets each day with not much in between. It is so easy to waste hours doing very little. I am still hit and miss with my sleeping …

Lifestyle Work

Shift Work… a snap shot

18 April 2017 Today marks the last day off before my last three days of work, and the thought of going back tomorrow night does not thrill me. It is one of those things that unless you work at a job doing shift work you cannot really understand or appreciate the toll it takes on …

Work

Last days…

I must admit, as the end of work and the beginning of my time off draws nearer, I am feeling a little more anxious each day, tomorrow marks the first day of my last week of work (as a Nurse) for the next 12 months, and the last time I walk these corridors in that …

Lifestyle

My first blog post…

So what do you do when you turn fifty and your children set up a blog for you as a birthday gift? Well, blog of course… It’s my own fault really, I’ve been talking about starting a personal blog on and off now for a couple of years, but have been too chicken to start …