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learning lessons
Posted Oct 11, 2005
Lessons I've learnt so far this month:
1. My health suffers if I neglect the needs of my soul.
2. Bad working conditions are life's way of telling us to move on to a better job (dire working conditions in the NHS, including having to pay for the privillage to park at work 
)
3. Some people are unbelievably cruel to animals (someone has burnt my oldest cat! 
)
4. Children will hate their parents and leave home no matter how well they've been treated (Nephew left home in middle of the night)
5. Trust my intuition (I couldn't sleep the night my Nephew left, didn't know my sister was up all night worrying
)
6. 2 vehicals breaking down at the same time with the same problem is telling me to buy a newer more reliable car 
Most important is to listen to what life is telling you and make changes before the changes happen anyway
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exhausted
Posted Aug 9, 2005
4am. Just 2 hours of nightshift to go and I'm exhausted.
Dreadful weekend. Son, aged 8 had breathing problems and I had to rush him to casualty Saturday night. Luckily the emergency staff managed to help him and he soon felt much better. It was awful to watch him struggling for breath and being unable to help. He had to stay a further night in hospital for observation and was discharged yesterday. He is much better but not 100%. I would have much rather stayed with him tonight than have come to work
I'd had no sleep Saturday night and a very disturbed Sunday night in hospital so I now feel awfully tired. Saw my doctor yesterday as I'm so tired and have to have bloodtests to exclude all the obvious causes. I told the doctor that I'd be very happy to be diagnosed with hypochondria or trying to cram too many things into one day syndrome!
I'll hopefully have a good sleep today and feel a lot better.
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Batty?
Posted Aug 1, 2005
I suddenly find myself run off my feet again. Strange how it seems to creep up on me
Along with my usual one night duty per week as a nurse and two as a hospital midwife, I am trying to set up a business, run a house, and spend time with my children who are enjoying the school holidays. I'm currently on-call for 2 more homebirths also.
I'm afraid all time for myself or my husband has evaporated
Saturday was full of food shopping and ordering a weighing scale for my business, having Trouble's friend over for a sleep-over, feeding 6 at teatime and keeping everone happy.
Sunday meant doing the usual things like cooking Sunday lunch for 5 and packing childrens bags for camp this week. I took the children and beloved to a country park Sunday night for a bbq and some bat watching. Unfortunately weather was bad and only a few bats were seen. Good evening though, returning home 23:30hrs. Stayed up until 2am perfecting leaflets.
Monday. Up at 8am, bath children, take them to summer camp, deliver leaflets, collect weighing scale, sit at computer for 1/2 hour then visit midwife friend 1 hours drive away. Returned home 17:30, tried but failed to sleep before my nightduty and came to work at 21:00hrs.
Beloved gave me an overdue lecture about doing too much (I'd just been asked to do another shift this week). I haven't been too well recently and have lost 4lbs in 2 weeks (not overweight at all). I know hubbie is right but it is hard to give up paid work when my business is bringing in no money yet. Batty or what?
Have decided to take a leap of faith though and cut out one night. I'm sure we can tighten our belts a little
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Where is Ian Turner?
Posted Jun 30, 2005
I'm really worried about one of my husband's oldest friends who went to a Webmaster World conference in New Orleans last week and failed to return home on Sunday. He was last seen leaving the Park Plaza hotel on Saturday morning to go sightseeing. He's 42years old with glasses,collar-length grey hair and is over 6ft tall.
for a full description and photo see http://www.threadwatch.org/node/3008#comment-17642
Please, if you were in New Orleans or know someone who was, on Saturday 25th June please check out the link and pass on any information you may have, however insignificant it may seem.
His wife and children are really worried as this is out of character for Ian.
Thank you all.
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Cats
Posted Jun 6, 2005
The Stray we found last summer is still with us despite having been claimed. His home is a few doors away but he choses to live with us. This is despite my two tomcats fighting with him, my husband shooing him away and all of us grabbing the foodbowl away to discourage him. His owner was apparently distraught at his dissapearance but hadn't taken steps to find him. We put up "found" posters, phoned vets and cat charities, fed him, treated him for earmited, fleas and worms. had him vaccinated and castrated (all should have been done before he got to young adulthood). After 2 months the owner phoned to ask why we'd put a collar on her cat! She was very grateful for our care, and we were grateful not to have another cat. We promised to shoo him away and not feed him but he still comes back daily. I feel so sorry for him as he sits watching my cats eat
The good news is that we found another stray in our garden last week and re-united her with her owner 2 days later. This owner really was grateful. The cat had been missing for two months, was old and quite infirm but was so pleased to see it's owner again
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