Catch up on a Mixed Week

Sorry that I have been so quiet folks, but it's been a busy week with one thing and another, and access to the PC for any length of time has been .... errrr... Difficult..!! So I'll have to give you a brief run down of the last week, and try to get back to something resembling normal service soon

Monday

Working - Well kind of.. It was one of those Study Days that are aimed at new staff, and the vast majority of the sessions were aimed at newly qualified staff and those who had not worked in ICU before..

Not me then..!!! SO I got to go and play in the library for a bit and ended up with a very short day :o)

Ran to work and Back too - and the numbers looked like this

Morning Run
Distance:- 3.27 Miles
Time:- 25:22
Pace:- 7:46 min/mile
AvHR:- 165 bpm

Mile	1	2	3	0.27	Run
Pace	7:29	7:44	7:57	8:10	7:46
AvHR	154	171	171	170	165

Afternoon Run
Distance:- 3.11 Miles
Time:- 22:57
Pace:- 7:22 min/mile
AvHR:- 170 bpm

Mile	1	2	3	0.11	Run
Pace	7:21	7:14	7:17	8:10	7:22
AvHR	159	175	177	179	170

Tuesday

Quite a reasonable busy work day today - got to meet loads more people, but I'm going to struggle for a good while yet with actually remembering what people are called!!! There are SO many staff!!!
A couple of reasonable runs either side of the working thing!!!

Morning Run

Distance:- 3.11 Miles
Time:- 25:56
Pace:- 7:46 min/mile
AvHR:- 167 bpm

Mile	1	2	3	0.27	Run
Pace	8:00	7:44	7:50	7:37	7:46
AvHR	157	163	164	167	16

Afternoon Run

Distance:- 3.27 Miles
Time:- 24:03
Pace:- 7:21 min/mile
AvHR:- 165

Sadly - Garmin battery ran out after 3 mins (I'd left it on in my locker - Foolish boy!!!!)

Wednesday

Overslept - Bah!!!!

Which meant I had to take the car in in stead of the usual run to work. Proper work Day!! - In that I was on the unit all day. The plan was to take a patient back from theatre - but it didn't quite work out that way - We were expecting 6 surgical admissions - of which just two actually came to us. That's a Good Thing really, as it meant that the patients did not actually need our services. But it did make for a relatively quiet day. On the other hand I got talking to one of the blokes who works on the unit, and it turns out that he is a bit of a climber.

Did I ever tell you that one of my many pastimes was rock-climbing..?
Hmmm...
Well it was - and it was something I used to really enjoy. So I might just get the chance to start that up again on an occasional basis. If nothing else, it'll give me something to do, and someone to do it with. You see, I really haven't met many people yet - and it is a rather lonely existence being alone with very few people to interact with. It's fortunate that I have a couple of very close friends in the area - because, although I DO like my solitude, the truth is that I am a social creature, and the company of people is very important to me!!

Thursday

The Day from hell
London bombing
A very sad death
A monumental loss suffered by one of my closest friends

It was a very late night - I got hardly any sleep - this was a sad day

Friday

Wandered around fairly zombie-like in the morning, felt really sad and a little overwhelmed by the events that were happening around me. I phoned a friend which was rally helpful. The remainder of the day was a bit hazy - got to bed late again.

Saturday & Sunday

Travelled down to Wales to see my children. It was my weekend to see them, but it was the School Fair and Mr Speedy's birthday on Sunday.
It was SOOOOO hot at the school, and the vast majority of the parents, most of whom knew me - made a great effort to make me feel like an outcast. The studious avoidance of eye-contact was plain to see, and only one - yes ONE - of the people who I might have been able to call a friend from when I was living there, came and sat down to talk to me!!! Even instigating interactions with people was met with uncomfortable shuffling and moving away at the first possible opportunity. To be fair, though, most of the people I knew well were busy organising and running stalls... but even so!!!!!

Mr Speedy had 4 friends to stay at the house for a 'sleep-over' for his birthday - so the children were very 'occupied for the whole day. They had a good time however, and it was rather nice that I wasn't invisible to them too!!!
The sleep-over

gang didn't get to sleep until the early hours, and yet were awake at the crack of silly o'clock to get on with the Present-Opening thing!!!!!

We went to the local park to play some 'baseball' (Mr Speedy's present from me!!!) which was very enjoyable - and incredibly hot!!!!! Then the kids all went to paddle in the river, before going back for some lunch. After lunch the extra kids went their separate ways - DVD's were requested and Mr Speedy promptly went to sleep!!!!!! for 4 hours !!!!!!

The best part of the Weekend followed - playing with all of the kids in turn - messing about really - I went with Mr Speedy back down to the park on his own to hit a baseball about for a bit - watched DVD with L'il Prof and had a long 'chat' with him - and Princess wanted to be an aeroplane for a while. It's so nice to just spend time with the kids do 'Dad' stuff. Play, chat, hugs, kisses... all the things that

show the children that you love them and that they are the centre of your universe. So - being with the children was great. The rest of it was not, as my closest friends already know.

Needless to say - I shall not be subjecting myself again to the Sh*t that supposedly mature adults threw at me this weekend. If I can possibly help it!!

It's ironic that I was in fact treated with more respect and decency on my return than I had been in the previous 36 hours. To my friends, whose ears I bent this weekend, thankyou for your kindness, objectivity and support. Oh and it would appear that one of you is my "new girlfriend" - such is the judgment made of me with regard to a few texts and a phone call!!

So - who is it then...????

;o)