Well here we are on Boxing Day, with our minds back on our football. Billy, Raji, Stephen and friend, all went to Wigan today to watch Newcastle play. (They probably now wish they hadn’t bothered!) They went and saw my Mum first and had a drink or two, and some lunch, and I’m sure they’ve [...]
On Christmas Eve, I had to work for a few hours, making sure there was nothing urgent and no ward patients that needed to be seen. I didn’t mind too much and was expecting a fairly quiet day as the week leading up to Christmas had been very quiet. HA! That’s because the post had [...]
The Christmas party was OK – usual thing- indifferent, mass produced food, too much alcohol induced childishness, and too loud music. I enjoyed the company and did my usual thing of escaping early, to bed. Billy staggered into the room at 3.40am! Very, very, very drunk! He fell over his feet, stood on his glasses, [...]
On Friday, although I was not actually working, I had to attend my annual mandatory training session at the hospital, covering the usual Fire Procedure, Infection Control, and Health & Safety/ Risk Assessment, and with a new addition – Child Protection. This new area was handled as sensitively as possible, but it still made you [...]
After spending the morning fighting the hoards in Tesco, but managing to buy half a year’s worth of food (and enough cheese to feed every mouse on the planet!) I felt rather pleased with myself and glad I had finished all the Christmas shopping and preparations. In the evening, the four of us went to [...]
Wednesday’s lunchtime meeting at the hospital was the now infamous Christmas Quiz, consisting of 40 general knowledge questions. I think it should be renamed the “Just-how-thick-can-you-be? Quiz” The highest score was 23, and the lowest was 3 (no, that wasn’t me – I got a grand total of 9.5 !) Questions included: “How many stars [...]
On Monday, I tried wearing my glasses to work – and they irritated me constantly, my eyes dried out faster than ever with no contact lenses to protect them, and I was struggling with reading my spreadsheets. I got so frustrated with the whole situation, that I had a few tears (in the privacy of [...]
At last, on Friday I managed to put up the Christmas decorations, ice the cakes, wrap the last of the presents and write the last of the cards. YAY! I left Billy to post the last bits on Saturday, whilst I went to my match. First, I visited Mum so that I could take her [...]
Thursday was mine and Billy’s 3rd wedding anniversary (though we’ve lived together for 4.5 years; were a couple for 8 months before that; and friends 18 months to start.) Anyway – this meant it was our leather anniversary so we had bought leather gifts for each other. I took Billy breakfast in bed - on a nicely [...]
Tuesday was my day to go to the Metrocentre and finish my Christmas present shopping, and I was determined that I’d try and enjoy it and take my time. I think I completed my mission successfully on both counts. I even decided I’d allow myself to buy my lunch and hang the healthy-eating, but even [...]