God I was tired this morning
Work in a hospice is not all floating nuns and piano melodies on the radio
Many of our patients, for a variety of reasons can be for resuscitation and escalation of their care. Issues that can prove to be a challenge when you are dealing in incredibly poorly people.
I worked alongside Julie yesterday, a Lancashire nurse a year older than me.
My the end of the shift we were still laughing but incredibly weary .
I slept in until 11.30 am this morning,
Something I haven’t done for years.
Today is my set counselling day, but my client is on holiday , so luckily I was allowed that lie in .
I’ve walked the dogs and checked what food I had in so made a mushroom and chicken omelette covered in spinach and Parmesan shavings
It’s already 1.30 and I’m surfing and still drinking coffee.
I’m meeting Chic Eleanor for early doors at the pub and supper.
Nowt wrong with that omelette. Looks good to me.
ReplyDeleteIt was tasty with the flakes of Parmesan and lumps of spinach
DeleteGlad you had a sleep in!
ReplyDeleteI needed it, I’m incredibly tired recently and probably need a full review blood test
DeleteEnjoy the afternoon and Chic Eleanor.
ReplyDeleteIt was lovely , we both have through similar journeys over the past few years
DeleteRest and recharge those batteries. A pub supper sounds exactly what is needed. Xx
ReplyDeleteThe food at The Crown is excellent , nice to see so many locals having dinner there tonight, several families with their dogs ( the restaurant is dog friendly )
DeleteI had the belly port , black pudding and mash to die for
DeleteI fully intend to eat at The Crown one day, with you as my guest, if you consent (mind you I "fully intend" to do a lot of things I may never get around to, but we shall see)...
DeleteWhat is black pudding ?
DeleteKeith
Xx
Black pudding is a distinct regional type of blood sausage originating in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is made from pork or occasionally beef blood, with pork fat or beef suet, and a cereal, usually oatmeal, oat groats, or barley groats. The high proportion of cereal, along with the use of certain herbs such as pennyroyal, serves to distinguish black pudding from blood sausages eaten in other parts of the world
DeleteAndrew, I accept
DeleteAhh blood sausage ! I get it
DeleteKeith
Xx
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DeleteEarlier today as I was browsing in a charity shop I overheard 2 ladies chatting about one daughter's forthcoming wedding this weekend - " the bridesmaids are all waring padminas" ! x
ReplyDeleteLol very Alan Bennett
DeleteGlad you were able to sleep in. Enjoy your dinner with chic Eleanor!
ReplyDeleteMe to and I did xx
DeleteSometimes food that looks a bit rough and ready can be the most delicious food ever. If nothing else it would have been very nourishing.
ReplyDeleteOn another blog recently a blogger referred to me as overweight and unwell
DeleteLol
Really! That is just nasty.
DeleteA day to pamper yourself. Sleep, good food and good company. Just what the doctor ordered! xx
ReplyDeleteI think he will order a full blood profile including fasting blood sugar and thyroid
DeleteAfter a rough shift, a meet-up at the pub with CE will lift the spirits and put things right. Enjoy.
ReplyDeleteAnd it did
DeleteA good sleep, a walk with the dogs, a delicious omelet, leisurely surfing the net with a cup of coffee, and dinner plans with Chic Eleanor sounds like a perfect day to balance out a weary work shift. Hope the day has been sunny and mild. Enjoy the evening!
ReplyDeleteI’m so glad I’ve been kind to myself , for that last five years I’ve been hidden away feeling sorry for myself
DeleteWhenever I make or eat something very, very good lately I always think to myself, "Bloody lovely."
ReplyDeleteI love the fact that I’ve invented a catch phrase
Delete"Bloody Lovely" - the hit NEW Welsh drama starring Michael Sheen as John Gray and Catherine Zeta-Jones as Chic Eleanor. "Passion, duplicity, misunderstanding, elation and terror in the shadow of Gop Hill".
ReplyDelete"Quite good" - Rhyl Journal.
Funny x can’t Russell Crowe play me I’m not a lover of sheen , it’s the grin
DeleteCordon Rouge!! Tasty, however it looks.
ReplyDeleteSometimes ones body orders...demands...battery recharging
I suspect I’m not well
DeleteI hope the fact you hate your GP is making you hesitate
DeleteLee
Pardon me.
DeleteIs NOT making you hesitate
Lee
A little . I know I know I know
DeletePlease rest more.
ReplyDeleteI’m off to bed shortlyn
DeleteIf anyone deserves a lie-in it's you.
ReplyDeleteThat’s what I said
DeleteI hear you on a demanding shift and how it can knock the stuffing our of you and your coworkers, but humor rWhat
ReplyDeleteWhat are 'early doors at the pub"?
Hugs!emains. I'm glad you could sleep in today.
British pubs used to close in the afternoon, and early doors was used for those waiting for the pub to re-open in the evening. Licensing hours are now much more relaxed, and pubs are open all day, but the phrase is still used to mean those who arrive about 5pm. xx
DeleteThanks for that HH
DeleteBabs see above, in the Uk in the 1980s pubs opened at lunchtime and closed at 3 pm I think they reopened their doors at 5 and that was early doors
DeleteWhen you would go after work and be home before dark
Ta for the helpful explanations HH and JG! Live and learn.
DeleteHow did the words in my initial post get scrambled??
Hugs!
The things I learn from blogs! early doors at the pub, bloody lovely, bloody hell! - Jackie
ReplyDeleteMore “bloody lovely” tomorrow , a scotch egg shared with Chic Eleanor
DeleteJohn and Roger at the churchyard. A Gary Bunt painting. Tho John is much younger, of course. You ll have to copy and paste the IG link. https://www.instagram.com/p/C7mkPTWC4tn/
ReplyDeleteThe painting rather moved me
DeleteBunt's work is so lovely, always a story. He has one of Old Man and The Dog in a bluebell woods, always make me think of you.
DeleteOh dear you're not well, poor you.
ReplyDeletePerhaps another holiday will perk you up.
I think that I am unwell anon…it’s up to me to sort
DeleteIt does sound as if you have something more going on than the understandable tiredness due to your work. I do hope you are able to have some tests done soon and that it can be helped.
ReplyDeleteNursing is like digging ditches, it's damned hard on the body, plus we have to deal with all the grief that goes along with caring for sick and dying people. Sending hugs to you John and I'm glad you're going into counselling.
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