Peace in the chaos
Last week was an interesting one for us. I was doing a locum for another GP whose practice has mostly younger patients than what I am used to so it was a totally different set of pathology and different speed and number of patients. There were admissions and a government clinic and another home to […]
A New Year
2018 is over. And what an unexpected year it was. I did not expect to move house. I did not expect to start working again. I definitely did not expect the two to happen at the same time. I did not expect to make such good new friends. I did not expect my sister to […]
Handling Trials
I know I have been quiet for a while. It has been tough. Most of the year has been tough actually and I have ended up sort of wishing the year away. If I can just get through, surviving then I will be OK. But this week my quiet times have been all about trials. […]
No Words
It has been a while since I posted and that is mostly because I haven’t known what to say. Life has been plodding on and I have been plodding with it. Just plodding, no real flashes of inspiration or anything of the kind. I have had thoughts about what to write, each unformed and not […]
Sense and Sensibility
Tonight Colin was out and the boys went down relatively easily so I decided I deserved a treat. I decided to watch a movie but not just any movie, a 23 year old British classic. I watched Sense and Sensibility; the one with Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet. It was a magical evening. If you […]
Timothy Traddle
Anyone who is my age or there abouts or who has children my age or there abouts should remember good old Timothy Traddle. He is the turtle from Kideo – or maybe a tortoise, I’m not too sure. Turtle or tortoise is beside the point though, the point is the song he sang – cue […]
Don’t sweat the small stuff
As I said in last week’s post, life has been just a tad busy (sarcasm sign, it has been a LOT busy). When I chat to people, I keep getting told the same thing: don’t do anything unnecessary, know the limits of your capabilities, focus on the most important things. In other words; don’t sweat […]
Eating my elephant
Greetings all!! It has been an absolute age since I have last posted. Let me explain….. I got a phone call asking if I could do a 10 day locum for a GP in town with a VERY busy practice. I agreed as the doctor was sick and it was an emergency. The 10 days […]
Become like little children
I have just had a journal session for the first time since May and suddenly it makes sense why I have felt overwhelmed and out of control and just not at peace the last few weeks! I was writing about all that was happening and all that was bothering me and as always happens, one […]
Sick in bed
The last few weeks I have been sick. It is winter here and the mornings and evenings have been bitterly cold with temps going up to 22 in the middle of the day. Colds have been going around and I fell victim to its claws. It wasn’t a big deal, or at least it shouldn’t […]