Tired

 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 didn’t look up to much but it tasted bloody lovely.
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. 

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  1. Nowt wrong with that omelette. Looks good to me.

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    1. It was tasty with the flakes of Parmesan and lumps of spinach

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    1. I needed it, I’m incredibly tired recently and probably need a full review blood test

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  3. Enjoy the afternoon and Chic Eleanor.

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    1. It was lovely , we both have through similar journeys over the past few years

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  4. Rest and recharge those batteries. A pub supper sounds exactly what is needed. Xx

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    1. The 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 )

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    2. I had the belly port , black pudding and mash to die for

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    3. I 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)...

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    4. Anonymous8:52 pm

      What is black pudding ?

      Keith

      Xx

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    5. 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

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    6. Anonymous9:11 pm

      Ahh blood sausage ! I get it

      Keith

      Xx

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  5. Earlier 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

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  6. Glad you were able to sleep in. Enjoy your dinner with chic Eleanor!

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  7. Sometimes food that looks a bit rough and ready can be the most delicious food ever. If nothing else it would have been very nourishing.

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    1. On another blog recently a blogger referred to me as overweight and unwell

      Lol

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    2. Frances10:07 pm

      Really! That is just nasty.

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  8. A day to pamper yourself. Sleep, good food and good company. Just what the doctor ordered! xx

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    1. I think he will order a full blood profile including fasting blood sugar and thyroid

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  9. After a rough shift, a meet-up at the pub with CE will lift the spirits and put things right. Enjoy.

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  10. A 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!

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    1. I’m so glad I’ve been kind to myself , for that last five years I’ve been hidden away feeling sorry for myself

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  11. Whenever I make or eat something very, very good lately I always think to myself, "Bloody lovely."

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    1. I love the fact that I’ve invented a catch phrase

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  12. "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".
    "Quite good" - Rhyl Journal.

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    1. Funny x can’t Russell Crowe play me I’m not a lover of sheen , it’s the grin

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  13. Cordon Rouge!! Tasty, however it looks.
    Sometimes ones body orders...demands...battery recharging

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    1. I suspect I’m not well

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    2. Anonymous8:49 pm

      I hope the fact you hate your GP is making you hesitate

      Lee

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    3. Anonymous9:06 pm

      Pardon me.
      Is NOT making you hesitate

      Lee

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    4. A little . I know I know I know

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  14. If anyone deserves a lie-in it's you.

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  15. Barbara Anne6:43 pm

    I hear you on a demanding shift and how it can knock the stuffing our of you and your coworkers, but humor rWhat
    What are 'early doors at the pub"?

    Hugs!emains. I'm glad you could sleep in today.

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    1. 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

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    2. Babs 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
      When you would go after work and be home before dark

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    3. Ta for the helpful explanations HH and JG! Live and learn.

      How did the words in my initial post get scrambled??

      Hugs!

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  16. Anonymous7:15 pm

    The things I learn from blogs! early doors at the pub, bloody lovely, bloody hell! - Jackie

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    1. More “bloody lovely” tomorrow , a scotch egg shared with Chic Eleanor

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  17. John 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/

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    1. The painting rather moved me

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    2. Bunt'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.

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  18. Anonymous9:28 pm

    Oh dear you're not well, poor you.
    Perhaps another holiday will perk you up.

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    1. I think that I am unwell anon…it’s up to me to sort

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  19. It 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.

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  20. Nursing 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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