Feb
28
2007
1

I wish I’d taken a duvet day

I have just had one of those days today. I was feeling pretty knackered when I went into work today and I was greeted by a stack of urgent phone calls and the news that two of my really vulnerable clients had been admitted to hospital.

So at lunchtime I took my social work student up to the hospital to visit these two clients. It amazes me sometimes how badly my clients can be treated by hospital staff when they find out they are on methadone. One of the guys had been admitted for a badly infected abscess and when I read his notes it turned out that he'd had a run in with the matron. When I finally spoke to her about this she said he had been very rude to her and was shouting but when I asked her whether he'd had his methadone she had said she ‘didn't think it was that important'. The poor bloke had not been given 90mls of methadone and she was expecting him to reason things through sensibly with her. I just thought she was being a prime bitch.

The second client was in ITU with pneumonia and I was so sad to see him all tubed up. This guy is one of my favourite clients (I know I shouldn't have favourites!) but he is a delight. His family reminds me of an Eastenders family, he and his brothers have a ‘bit of history' (!!!) and his mum is such a strong matriarch. Unusually for me I came out of this visit and cried when I got home. I am pretty tough, and yet I still care deeply about the people I work with and I get very angry with some of the shit they have to go through, especially when it is things over which they have no control.

You know those days when you wish you had never got up? This was one of them.

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Feb
26
2007
2

*sigh*

Back at work. How miserable.

Might have to eat some Fairtrade chocolate in a minute to make myself feel better.

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Feb
23
2007
1

Bonjoir


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Feb
22
2007
9

Not sure what to title this one!

Well, after spending nearly a week together SBW and I have decided that we don’t really work as a couple, but much better as friends. I guess that sounds a little bit strange, but it seems to be the right decision for the moment. We are both happy and as a result have had another really nice day on the island of Guernsey!!

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Feb
22
2007
4

Auntie Doris

Auntie Doris
Auntie Doris

One of my big heroines is my Auntie Doris and it is after her that I chose to be named on the Ship of Fools. During our visit to the Occupation Museum yesterday if asked the owner if he had any pictures of her, and whilst he didn’t have any on display, he produced a book which had a chapter about her and the work she did during the occupation. It turns out that she and a few other people ran a soup kitchen at Cobo and the guy at the museum said that they probably saved hundreds of lives. The book stated that during mid 1943 they provided 21,504 meals with the very little they had available. Auntie Doris was an amazing lady who I remembered well for making very sweet apple pies, and jam and banana sandwiches. She was a spinster and a devoted Christian and the book also comments that she regarded every provision of food as an answer to her prayers. She truly was an amazing woman, and I am quite sure that our lives would be less rich if we had never known her.

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Feb
21
2007
0

For Spike

Just to keep you happy…

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Feb
21
2007
0

Notes from a Small Island 2

WARNING: be prepared for a long blog entry!!!

SBW and I have had a lovely day today. I took my Mum to school at some ungodly time this morning so we could use her car and as a result we were able to go out and about and visit some tourist sites.

So, first things first, in order to get to our destination we had to drive around the coast and over the last couple of days we have had some of the biggest tides on record for several years. Yesterday was a good tide to collect ormers as it was a very low tide, so of course it also meant that there was an impressively high tide. It has been a long time since the sea has come right over the sea walls and it was absolutely gorgeous today… clear blue sky and fantastic views!!!
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and one of Stevie and I for good measure….
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So, after a little photo session we made our way up to the Occupation Museum. For those of you who don’t know, from 1940-1945 Guernsey along with the other Channel Islands was the only British territory which was occupied by the German army. There are plenty of reminders around the islands of this history in the shape of bunkers and gun emplacements and of course there are still people around who lived through the occupation. The museum itself is a slightly tatty, but fascinating place and there are various bits and pieces which have belonged to my family at one time or other in the museum on display. I was particularly looking for a photo of my Auntie Doris and Auntie Rita who ran a soup kitchen at Cobo. I couldn’t find it so I asked the owner about it and he said they had no photo but he knew of the story and showed me a book with a picture of Auntie Doris in it. I think I will blog more about that later… in the meantime here is a picture of Steve getting into the spirit of the place…
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Then we went to visit The Little Chapel which is dead cheesy but I love it!
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After this busy morning we had the best fish and chips in the world and then went for a walk on the cliffs.
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To end the day we paid a visit to my grandparents as it is my grandma’s birthday today.

A lovely day, with beautiful weather and lovely scenery. Oh, and the company was OK too 😉

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Feb
20
2007
8

Hot F***

Tonight I have lost two hours of my life that I will never recover. SBW wanted to go and see the film Hot Fuzz so being the dutiful girlfriend that I am I agreed to go with him.

It was utter shite and one of the worst films I have ever seen. The Boy Wonder commented on the fact that I laughed at a couple of bits on the way through. Well, yes I did, but a few funny bits does not make a good film. SBW claims to be the fount of all wisdom and knowledge about films…. I can confirm that he isn’t.

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Feb
20
2007
0

Cat-therapy

I am pleased to report that SBW’s cat therapy is going well so far. They make a bee-line for him every time he sits down (which I have to admit to finding quite funny!!) but he is doing very well.

Pictures to follow if available.

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Feb
19
2007
5

hmmm

does this work?

obviously not!

My links have stopped working… does anyone have any advice on why this may have happened?

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