Sunday is here! I have a day off, on a Sunday! Rarity.
Feeling pretty work-hungover this morning, I worked a 13.5 Hour shift yesterday, and I have done two other 13.5 shifts, and a 8 hour shift this week. I have to get over it though, today is my only day off, and then I am in 8 hours a day for the next five days. That is relative luxury for a shift worker.
Oh, BTW I call it a work-hangover, because you feel tired, irritable, headachy, and sick. Pretty much a hangover, right? I was watching some self help and awareness videos, regarding fatigue and driving with fatitgue for shift workers. It's actually amazing to think of the mental and physical strain some of my colleagues go through for work. I find it biazarre to kill yourself for your career. Perhaps that is just me, I am not really into Healthcare, I didn't train as a doctor or nurse, and I am not planning... I am not going to be in it long term.
Having said that, it does make you appreiciate your days off a little bit more! It is rather a bitch though, trying to live a normal life, you have to plan your banking phonecalls, job interviews, appointments, everything, around your shifts. The perfect example of which, is the fact that I have an interview on Thursday, which I am not going to miss out on, but I am scheduled for a shift that afternoon. No one will swap with me and they are short staffed, so I don't know how that is going to work?! I guess I just have to take the risk, and see if I get back on time.
I will see my Husband briefly, on Wednesday night, because I am driving home, and staying there the night, so that I can be nice and refreshed for the interview on Thursday. I will be back there on the 10th (next Sunday) I have that off too, woohoo! I am hitching a ride with the in-laws when they go to inspect our new living arrangements. I still need to go to their house and gather up the rest of our toot.
Doctors appointment tomorrow, as my blood test results came back normal, so I am going to ask if my symptoms are caused by stress. I have an enlarged thyroid, with scattered nodules, and they have done loads of blood tests and what not to ascertain whether or not I have thyroid disease. I don't, according to the results, but I still feel pretty shit, and the sisters at work have told me to see my GP for stress. I am not surprised if it is stress, I have had a pretty crap time of it all recently, I will go into more detail about that later.
As far as things going in the right direction, I am looking forward to my interview on the 7th, that will hopefully enable me to be with my husband again. The good old NHS normally get back to you that day if you got the job. I have also started to look at my French course this week, we officially started yesterday, but I had given myself a few days to prepare. I am a little daunted though, my French is terrible, and I have suddenly realised I can't bluff my way through this course. It means I actually have to work hard this year, and I really really need to practice, alot!
Bye for now, I am sure I will be back again soon.
Trollbyt
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