Update and things.
Well, my 3 years as a Field-Based Nurse has come to an end. Last appointment was this afternoon, but completed using Facetime rather than travelling 2 ½ hours for a 10 minute visit. Good use of technology and saving the company money in reimbursed fuel.
My Telephone Support Line job starts on January 4th, and I managed to actually get the system working this morning. They were supposed to have done it earlier this week but for some reason it wasn’t working. I finally got through to a “Technical Analyst” today who remotely took control of my laptop only to find that the IT wizards had loaded the US System instead of the European!! Duh!! But all working well now, so I’m good to go.
Last week I spent 2 days at Head Office training for the new job. It’s a lot more involved than I first thought and I am looking forward to the challenge now. It’s going to be strange actually sitting at a desk for so long actually doing proper work! LOL But at least I’ll be at home.
Small disaster at home this week. I came home from an appointment to find the Christmas tree missing. Apparently one of our cats, Bonnie, had managed to pull the thing over twice, smashing several baubles and eventually pulling the lights off as she tried to escape, so Dawn, bless her, said enough is enough and took the whole thing down. We’ve still got a small one up as well as all the other decorations so we’re not “bah-humbugs” just yet.
It always seems that at this time of year there are a lot of deaths reported. Mud-slides in Asia, cars crashing into coffee shops, policemen being stabbed to death, celebrities and sportsmen dying , as well as members of friends’ families. Other calamaties include the floods that have hit part of the UK 3 times over the last 2 months. Just as the population seemed to be getting things sorted they got hit again and again. Some have been left homeless and livelihoods have been ruined. Why does it seem so much more poignant now? Perhaps it makes others realise how lucky we are to have our loved ones with us, even though we may have lost some ourselves. It’s our second Xmas without Mum, and the 12th without Dad. It still hurts. Don’t suppose it will ever be any different.
Finally got my first article published this month, and it was very exciting to see my name in print. If anyone is interested it’s on my website www.PaulSmart.org . On the Article page, surprisingly. LOL
Next one is due in Spring next year. I’ve got lots of other proposals into magazines, just waiting to hear from them. And lots more ideas to get to grips with in the New Year.
We’ve had more people round to look at the house, which we didn’t expect at this time of year, but once again they have to sell their property first, so it’s still a case of waiting. The place we found in Cornwall is still available, so that’s encouraging.
Well, that’s all for now.
I hope Santa brings you all you wish for and that 2016 will be everything you expect from it.
Stay Safe, peeps
Hugz
RNBiker
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