Its been a busy and interestiung month. Theres been mamy highs and some lows in a full on rollercoaster of emotions.
At the start of the month I had no job and severe winter blues. I am happy to say that on both counts the opposite is now true. I had 3 job offers in a week and of course I took the highest paid. So I am now a Dispatch manager for a tree and shrub nursery that sell wholesale to the trade.
If im honest I could see why they hired me as the dispatch side was just chaos. That took a couple of days to sort out but now runs smoothly. The problem with that is I now have not a great deal to do! In fact I am wondering why I have been hired at all because the work load doesnot justify a full time job! There are a other issues as well such as they want me to keep tally on the receptionist's mistakes so they can sack her??? Not my place I feel as she is not my secretary so I will not partake in that at all.
I managed to put my back out at the weekend whilst emptying out my old van. Damn it hurts and I managed to work a couple of days with it but have been laid up for the last two with forced rest as it was just getting worse. Not a good thing in my second week of work.
Im not surprised this has happend as I was pushing myself far too hard to get the allotment and garden sorted before I started work. But the results speak for themselves.
The plot is now clear and the garden is covered in wood chip instead of what was left of the grass!
Our friends had a bouncing baby daughter that weighed in at 5lb 2oz. After many years of trying they finally got the daughter that they wanted after IVF treatment. We were so happy for them as they will be the best parents. Mum and baby did fine and went home the following day.
The trip home was short lived as the next morning the baby was unresponsive with blue hands and feet. She was rushed to the special baby care unit and put into intensive care. There were many problems including fits every few minutes.
This was a nightmare for us and I cannot imagine what our friends were going through. Years of waiting to be so happy and winthin 48 hours stood above their baby in an incubater that they couldnt touch.
She was very very poorly but due to the hard work and dedication of the care team she started to make headway. We are now 4 days on and she is doing brilliantly. She is once again taking milk and the test results are coming back clear with no obvious underlying signs of infection. The fits have stopped and with any luck mum and baby will be home once again next week sometime.
My Dad has returned from the Falkland Islands and we are going to see him this Sunday so that should be a really interesting day with tales of the last 6 weeks and info on the family tree.
The chickens arrive this weekend as well and the run is all ready. It could do with some felt on the roof which I will do on Sat before they are put in there. I am helping the charity out collecting chickens so that should be a good way to meet some new people.
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