Nel has had a busy summer: With her Peppy Paws dog walking and pet sitting service – she has a regular dog walk most days and she has had a couple of holiday customers. She’s looked after : dogs, cats, rabbits, fish and chickens so far. She even brought home the eggs (at the behest [...]
As you may recall, Nel has been desperate for part time work for some time now, and particularly since she was told that she can have a dog if she pays for its upkeep, so she has been applying for quite a few jobs. Sadly she rarely gets any response at all, never mind an [...]
You may recall that Medical Herbalists have been recommended for Statutory Regulation by a Select Committee of the House of Lords and that the government is backtracking and considering ignoring that recommendation. This resulted in us all having to take valuable time to campaign for this much needed regulation – towards which we have all [...]
Last week, it was my turn to give the presentation at the hospital education meeting, and I chose to do a subject in which I’ve had a lot of experience as a practitioner, with many patients being successfully helped by herbs. The meeting was well attended by the usual mix of health professionals including doctors [...]
I am back to working Mondays and Tuesdays at the hospital now that K’s back from her holidays, so though those two days seem to be frantic, I’m coping slightly better as I know I get to escape the other days. I have lots of overtime to use up sometime, but somehow I haven’t yet [...]
Nel got her GCSE results on Thursday, and was hoping for the 5 passes at C or above, including English and Maths so that she could get into 6th Form after her aborted college plans. As you may remember, she’s had an awful time at school, with bullying, lack of confidence, and difficulties with some [...]
The Sunday before Nel and her friend were due to start their 2 weeks summer course at college, Billy and I drove in with them so that we could find the bus stop and walk the route they would have to take on their own each day. Billy was in charge of navigating – both [...]
I can’t believe it’s been two weeks since I last blogged. Life seems to be running away with me again. (Does it ever NOT?) Billy and I watched the England football team in a boring 6 – 0 win over Andorra. Yes. Boring. Somehow it was a very tame game but a good run-out for [...]
Apart from the fact that I’ve been spending part of each week at mum’s, generally, things have been settling at home. Billy and Raji are now into their cricket season (oh joy! Two lots of cricket whites to wash each week ) Billy is first team captain this year – which he assured me would [...]
Billy and I both had Monday off work so that we could accompany Nel to her 1pm college interview for a place on the National Diploma in Art & Design course. We’d decided we’d leave home at 12 noon so as to have plenty of time to find it, park, and find the right department. [...]