Blahness

I was called into work this morning and everyone was like, “what are you doing here?”. 8am. On a Sunday morning. Surely that was a sin? Anyhoo it was different to working a weekday because you have less baths, a three course meal (hey, that’s not too bad every Sunday, is it?), church service and also we have a new girl. I’m not the youngest there anymore!!!! The new girl who started last weekend is 20 years old and her birthday was last month. She’s nice. Although, we were talking and she said her boyfriend was in the same year as I was in school. She told me his name and I said I didn’t know him. She then said maybe it’s because he wasn’t popular enough. Nah. Most likely it’s because I wasn’t popular enough.

Work went ok. I’m totally shattered though. Came home and slept and woke up feeling more groggy than I did before I nodded off.

Oh, and about that lady I mentioned in previous post… it’s not looking good. Anyhoo bye for now.

Tags: life

Workness!

Well today went smoother than yesterday. Although, instead of doing toast I had porridge and it blew up in the microwave. Oh yum! It tasted like paste and considered giving it to the decorators who were in work doing up a flat. The only way I tolerated it was by putting banana in it, could imagine it sticking to my stomach lining.

Anyhoo, todays events! Well, had a bit of a problem in the morning when bathing a tenant but the real problem arrived just before lunch…

To cut the long story short, one of the tenants had a really nasty fall and had a large cut to her lower leg, happened a few weeks ago. It was stitched up and hasn’t been allowed to walk… until yesterday. Yesterday, we walked with the lady to lunch and she done really, really well. Today, however, we were on our way to her flat to walk with her and we see her in the corridor and next thing we know she is down on the floor. We run to her and it was clearly visible she had broken her ankle. Totally. Her foot was facing the other way around, there was blood and she was going into shock. I ran into the office to let the senior know who phoned the ambulance and we helped the lady.

The operator put it down as a low priority and when the ambulance crew got there the woman mouthed to us “oh my god” as they weren’t expecting that. By this stage the lady was in so much pain she was given morphine and oxygen and they said the operator should have put it as a high priority as the lady was in a right state.

Anyhoo, she was taken to hospital and it is very unlikely she’ll return. We’re wondering if she had her ankle X-rayed when she fell last time… maybe she had muscle weakness.. maybe she cracked the bone. Dunno. It just makes me feel really, really sad at the thought of never seeing this woman again. She has trouble walking as it is, now this is going to knock her right back and will probably end up in a nursing home due to inability to mobilise. We just need to wait and see. This lady always makes me laugh and smile whenever I see her.

Lunch was madness. We were two staff down but we worked really well as a team and still finished lunch at normal time. Staff meeting tomorrow – oh joy!! Oh – and about my job – there’s a chance the lady CAN’T return in August afterall… it’s just going on and on and on, isn’t it?

Tags: jobs/careers, life, people

Black Monday

Oh gawd. Today has been one of those days.

I was up early this morning and thought I had plenty of time before starting work but I still ended up rushing and leaving the house a tad late. I drive to ASDA to draw some money from the cash machine and I literally fell out of the car and stumbled onto my butt. Not many people about thankfully as it was early in the morning but there were some kids walking to school and the only thing really injured was my pride. So I get the money and drive to work.

I go into the staff room and put my bread in the toaster and make the coffees. I spill my coffee all over the floor then turn around to see the staff room full of smoke and the corridor too. I run into the corridor to open the windows and as I do I see my senior and I said, “oh Jackie, today really isn’t my day” and she says, “what’s wrong, darl’?” then she realised and ran to open some more doors but the fire alarms still went off…

The boss was there too and I explained my day to them and as I did my colleague walks in and I said, “Oh, you don’t want to work with me today!!” then they all fell about laughing. Mainly about the mental image of me falling in ASDA carpark.

I have spent the entire day catching up with myself… I thought it was the 13th then asked if it was Friday (jokingly) as it sure as heck felt like it. Gawd. Tuesday tomorrow. Please say it’ll go more smoothly…

Tags: feelings, humour, jobs/careers, life, people

Head is Screaming!

Hmm right well my head is all over the place today. I have things to do, places to go, in the next few months and my head is spinning with it all. There’s a wedding, my dads birthday, callum’s birthday, the FC meetup, my mums birthday and my ‘grandads’ birthday, it’s also a good friends birthday next week. It would have been my step-mums birthday in August too. Work remains up in the air, I haven’t found the lead for my camera (which is stressing me out) so looks like I’ll have to buy a new one. I can’t find the lead for my MP3 player either.

Am also contemplating whether to buy an external hard drive (for my photographs) or a new printer (have been umming and arring over getting a new printer for a while). Also need to buy a few things for the house.

I need to phone up about my mobile phone and I need to get around to sorting out my modem because the connection is so poor I really cannot take it anymore.

I need to work on a few things for FriendsCircle and I’m getting my photography site up and going again.

Rightio I’m due in work in two hours time doing overtime. It’s Sunday, double pay. Looks like I’ll be working with a girl I haven’t worked with before, she seems nice though. Which is good. Bye for now!!

Tags: feelings, friends circle, jobs/careers, life, people, photography, thoughts

Saturday’s Day

Still can’t find my USB lead for camera so I’m considering buying a new lead on eBay. Knowing my luck I’ll find it the day after I receive the new one but even so, it’s better having two than none. I couldn’t find my MP3 USB charger lead thingy this morning but in my defense, that lead is TINY. It’s here somewhere. They are both here somewhere!

Anyhoo today I went along and helped at some celebrations. There was a fare being held celebrating the 30th birthday of the neighborhood my workplace is in and there were stalls, live entertainment etc and it was good atmosphere. My workplace had a few tables there as it’s the 21st year the service has been operating and my boss put up a banner saying HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY and had photos of tenants and staff (including me) on a board. We were selling some bits and pieces given from the tenants and families etc and there was a ‘pick a straw’ table, too. We made over £100 from the straw table alone.

Weather was a bit dubious this morning but turned out nice. This afternoon I have been working on my photography site replacing the Coppermine gallery and going to use Wordpress instead and use it as a photoblog. I am trying to install it but my connection won’t allow me to upload all the files so I’ll try again later.

Tags: life

Welsh vs English

Gtalk conversation with my boyfriend, all in jest:

Boyfriend: welsh stink like sheep. :p
Me:
Boyfriend: being english is the way to go. :p
Me: english are unintelligent because the only insult they can think of involves sheep
Boyfriend: we have steven hawking… who do you have?
Me: *holds up a banner saying YOU’RE LAME
Boyfriend: I’m MALE, I know. :p
Me: shirley bassey
Boyfriend: that’s nothing to be proud of. :p
Me: pfft

Tags: chatting, humour, people

The Waiting Game (Part II)

Ok well it’s all back in the air again! Yesterday I met the woman I’m covering maternity for. People have said she’s off the wall and they’re not far wrong – I only spent 5 minutes with her and I couldn’t keep up. Totally crazy. She is coming back in August but would like to cut down her hours and only work the morning shifts, and the boss asked if I’d like to jobshare and work the afternoon shifts – that would mean working 2 days one week then 3 days the next week, any other shifts that come up I can cover too and I said I’d like that, it would also mean I’d be permanent and not temporary. The boss said she’d try and arrange that and when I told my colleagues they were super happy.

Anyhoo today she pulls me into the office and she said she’s contacted the council and they were dead set against the jobshare. If it goes ahead it’ll only go ahead for 6 months, then the other girl will have to go back to her normal hours (mornings AND afternoons) and I’d go to casual, or she’ll have to leave and I’d have to APPLY to cover the morning shifts. Even though it is currently one position, if the jobshare goes ahead then they’ll split the position. It’ll also mean I’ll remain temporary for them 6 months and when we change over to the new housing scheme (which is meant to happen early ‘09) the council may not carry me over – which is why my boss is trying to push me to permanent.

To be fair my boss is trying her hardest to keep me in the job. Just the waiting game.. again!

A friend offered to talk to the nursing agency he is a part of to ask about jobs etc but I really like my job, the people I work with and the tenants. Everything about it and I would be thrilled to stay there.

Tags: jobs/careers, life, people

Putting on the Pounds

I’ve been eating quite a bit recently and I think it may be comfort eating because I haven’t felt all that great. Tenants at work have been a little… mean… about my figure and really, sometimes it feels like the older they get the younger they act. One of the tenants asked if I was pregnant the other day. Another asked what medication I am on as I have put on a lot of weight. Then on Friday I was walking past a few tenants and they say, to each other, as I am walking directly past them and they know I can hear, “gosh hasn’t she put on a lot of weight?” then they were talking about how fat I am.

Lovely, isn’t it? Gives you a real confidence boost!

Maybe they are justified in commenting, it’s not very nice – but it’s the truth. I weighed myself the other day and I have put on 7lbs. Not a horrific amount but still – I have put on some weight. You’d have thought with the amount of walking we gotta do at work I’d be falling down a drain. Someday I’m going to wear one of these things that monitor how many steps you walk.

Tags: feelings, health, jobs/careers, life, people

My Love for Kiwi Fruits!

Ok there’s a problem and it had better be sorted before it turns into an international crisis – THERE ARE NO KIWIS LEFT IN THIS HOUSE!!

*Panic*Panic*Panic*
I have eaten 7 in the past two days – I left one in the fridge in work on Friday so hopefully it’ll still be there tomorrow but I think I’ll need to go to ASDA tomorrow to stock up. I was talking to someone and they said they have never tasted a kiwi fruit before and I was like, “what??”. I guess they’re a bit like a sweet grape and I started eating them when my step-mum bought them a good few years ago – they were my step-mums favourite fruit, too. As long as there’s bananas and kiwi fruits and chocolate in the house then I’m ok foodwise. Oh, and cans of ravioli. And potatoes! Yep.

Today is Sunday. Boring Sunday.

Tags: life, thoughts

Themes & Photography

I’ve been pretty busy today finding a new theme for my blog and came across this awesome layout. I liked the previous one but wanted something different, time for a change and I like this one muchly. *nods* I’m gonna work on my blog quite a bit as I have some plans for it.

I was thinking about my photography site, esteedphotography, and I’m thinking about removing the gallery and replacing it with a photoblog, a wordpress but photo themed. I think it would be a lot easier to update and maintain and I’m also pretty used to wordpress. Will think it over.

I went to the park earlier today and took quite a few snaps. I’m trying to find my camera lead but isn’t that just typical – it’s nowhere to be seen! I have two cameras – a Kodak one which is pretty small and ‘portable’, the other one is a Fujifilm and it’s a bit chunky and not so easy to carry around, and this is my ‘main’ camera. The lead has to be here somewhere. Now, where was the last place I put it??

Tags: life, photography, thoughts