Well I think I am going to like this job. I worked with V today. I only met her a few times and so today was the real test. No problems. All I am doing is meeting and greeting, shadowing and going into clinics at the moment and wiil do for the next month.

Setting up for a sale at home over the weekend tonight. J is coming over, in fact should be here now. This is going to be great as loads of people said they would come. This will be the second event of the year and hopefully a bit more sucessful than the one last week. At least no table fee to cover

Have a sunny weekend folks, back on Monday.

Though it was the second day in my new job it was really like my first as my first was an all day mandatory training day.

My new boss, old friend and colleague, T, showed me round the department formally and itroduced me to the peopele I would meet in every day life. I have written their names and roles down but doubt I will remember today.

We talked about what I was to be doing over the next month or two and expectations. In a nutshell I will be working as part of a team of three. The other one is V. who I met last month for the first time. One of us is permanently based at the local general hospital and one at the local city hspital. I will be working in between sites.

I am responsible for training people over both sites, about 40 wards and units, on certain pumps and entonox (laughing gas) and also will see patients regularly depending where I am about pain. Also will be doing little training sessions and supporting link nurse days.

All in all I will be pretty busy but i think fulfilled. I worry about remebering names now Eventually both hospitals will merge and we all will be working on one site. This will be in the next few years. I don't think any jobs will be at risk.

We saw some patients yesterday and this was very strange as I didn't have to be tuned in to what was going on around me in the same way as I used to, which meant I could concentrate fully on what the person were saying. I won't have a responsibility forpatients yet but after my induction period I will.

Also got my uniforms. The trousers, it has to be said, are HUGE. This is due to the unfortunate issue of a big bum but normal shape legs. Luckily I will be able to use the old trousers from my previous job which are ok if not a bit worn.

So third day today and I will be shadowing T. all day. Looking forward to this as I will be wearing my uniform and won't feel so out of place.

Just catching up with what we got up to on out hols.

We had a lovely break at Waiwera, our first port of call. Our parking spot was right on teh calm sea and the sunset was lovely first night. We spent the second day in the hot springs there, lovely and relaxing though busy. We all got sunburnt a bit despite it being cloudy.

After another night we drove up to Ahipara, right at the beginning of the 90 mile beachm which is only 60 miles long. The site was good though they had weird pizzas. http://www.ahiparamotorcamp.co.nz/

We had a go at quad biking on our second day there but had to alter our plans as they did not do dolphin swimming there. Quad biking along the beach was ok but when it came to going over rocks I nearly bottled out. Glad I had a go though.
We left earier than planned to go to Paihia, to do the swimming with dolphins which was something I wanted to try at least once.
More tomorrow when I get a minute to pop in again.

Well dreamm hols over and back into the usual stuff already.
I didn't do well on Sunday with my sale, just about covered the cost of the table. My next event is at home so there iwll be no loss.

First day at work in new job yesterday. Unfortunately it was mandatory training so my first real day will be today. I have at least one month induction and probably two. It was a good feeling to go into our new office and sit at my own personal desk, drink from my own personal mug at lunch time. Apparently there is some hot desking so I will have to let someone else sit ther occasionally. I am not too bothered though

Looking forward to eating regularly, sleeping regularly and seeing daylight everyday

Have a good day foks

Came back from New Zealand yesterday. Had a 26 hour flight broken up bu 2hrs in LA. Not impressed to be fingerprinted and photographed without warning both ways. Had a great first week but had to slow down somewhat the second when littl'un developed diarhoea and stomach ache. We didn't eat anything vastly different to our usual though we did have issues with sausages.

Well I will be going back in the future. There was so much to do and see, and we did a lot less than we wanted.

Will talk more of the trip in the week, I have a sale tomorrow in aid of the RSPCA. Selling my stuff with my friend J.

Start my new job on Monday so it will be a bit of a week. I will probably not be able to catch up with many blogs.

By for now folks.