I got up at 4:30 am to get the train at 5:24! I had to be at placement for 7 am and arrived at 6:30 am My latest placement is at the private hospital Nuffield Health. It’s the first time I’ve done anything private, I’ve always been NHS. There were 2 nurses + 2 hca’s…
Category: life
Why I’m not a typical blogger
I don’t confess to being any good at blogging, in fact I’d say I’m terrible at blogging. Below are my reasons why I’m not your typical blogger I’m extremely lazyBoth in writing content and commenting on blogs, joining blogger chats etc I don’t much care for flat-laysI find them boring actually, not always, but I…
When a bank job isn’t a bank job
Yesterday I had an interview for the local eye centre. I’m not looking for a new part-time job and don’t really need a 2nd job right now (other than increased debt payments) but I wanted a bank position where I could work as and when I liked and was local. I applied for the job…
Life: Starting a new job
On July 15th I ending my time on the Emergency Floor to start a new job within theatres (eyes!!). I had been with the Emergency Floor for nearly 4 years and I needed a change, I needed something that would work with my uni. The eye hospital was just that (or so I hope). I…
Life: Trying to balance everything
Sometime it can be hard to balance everything going on in your life, I haven’t gotten it figured out just yet. How do you balance everything? For me I have work + uni + fitness + lazyness Work I have a 23 hour a week contract but only work 19 hours, the missing hours need…
My time at uni so far….
I have been at uni for 4 months now so feel it’s about time for an update. Our first week there for all induction, info on course + modules + tutors etc, we got down to business the second week. We are only there Monday – Thursday so I have been able to keep my…
Life: Uni update…
There hasn’t been much movement of late in regards to university info. I have been waiting for the day I could set up my student account. Well the day finally arrived on 29th November, exactly two months before I start uni. I managed to set up my student gmail account as well as register at…
University: A possible change in working schedule
My original plan was to drop to only working one day a week (12.5hrs) so I’d have time to study as well as time off from both. Now that doesn’t appear to be possible. Matron has said that the min hours we can work is 23 so that means if I plan to stay (and…
University: The countdown begins
Timeline I have 5 months remaining before I become a full-time student again! This time will no doubt go fast, I’ll probably be working mostly, trying to save as well as pay down debt. I can”t actually do anything uni related yet as my student ID number doesn’t activate til 2 months before start date….
I got into uni!
After weeks of wondering and emails to uni, I finally today got the news I was waiting for…I got my uni confirmation that I will be going to uni in Feb 2018 to do nurse training!!!! Needing to go out to celebrate at some point 😉
