Come on sack me

They will be talking about me my bad temper at work. Its deliberate through I am tired of working with some of the slack self promoters in that place. Whole reports consist of what they didnt do and could you do it. Sometimes you want to ask them what exactly did you do all day. Anyway I unloaded on one of them. Then the girl in charge tells me she is giving me the new lady, there wont be anything to do she says. I said no I'm not having her, I've got too much to do now, she thinks I'm kidding and makes a joke, I said I am serious I am not looking after 6 people when 2 of you have 4. Oh she says I'll take her, good I said. Then she is still trying to off load her on me with comments like I haven't got to that lady yet while she is sitting at the desk. I don't reply. You start to realize there are two brands of nurse the guilty (me) who (used to) run all shift and feel they never do enough and the exploiters who use your guilt to off load their work. When I was younger I didn't worry about it just ran around but too old to do extra. 

She finally went to check on her and the girl was bleeding so needed a catheter in and an IV with synto, the second post partum hemorrhage that shift. 

One of the other ladies I was looking after was waiting to go to theatre, complications after a cancer op I wanted to say to her why didnt you go back to your original surgeon not to our crap hospital but you cant say that. Pity. 

I was angry too before because it occurred to me that we were never going to be a midwifery ward again unless we are flat out with new mums we are going to be the overflow ward for the rest of the hospital and every-time we have an empty bed an ADON will be trawling to place for someone to dump on us. That the patients are getting sicker and more worrying and we  dont have the experience, equipment or medical back up to deal with them. 

I said that to one of the girls she said no it will get busy with babies again and then we wont be able to take generals. I said I think they will be sending the Mums home quicker, they've been off studying another hospital with a faster turn around than ours????? we cant figure how they do that unless they just show them the door of the ward and push them out on the street.

 

Cruising

We are google cruising all around the world fabulous, we saw a program about the Queen Mary 2 which was really interesting, brave guy to build it. Oh beautiful parrot in the trees green and red/orange King Parrot I think all the birds look big and healthy this year all the rain lots of food around. The bower birds have been in the front garden all morning. I have got my sister on to it now, good fun thinking of all the places you could go to in style and comfort. 

Back to work in a minute oh well on the home stretch and I might have a sickie to look forward to this week if I'm too tired after golf. So many people have been off the last two weeks fed up or kids ill or themselves ill. I dont think we can really be called a mid ward any more more once was midwifery. I think in our heads we were just thinking all this general patients on the ward were temporary but now we are realizing it is the mothers that are temporary. The heavies went of to another hospital that kicks out mother quicker than ours to see how they do it (prob by falsifying the departure times that how we do it!) so we can throw them out faster too, encouraging. 

stop all this weeping swallow your pride you wont die its not poison

Good advice to all. There is enough genuine grief isnt there without all this rubbish we do. Dealing with the anxious child again, no not me for once through you can see your reflection. 

Diverticulitis, pancreatitis, and fertility and round the world cruises

Nutty  two shifts at work, half mid patents and half general you feel like you are going in two different directions. Older ladies with hover children and new mums with hover mothers. So much time spent on explaining to relations, diahorrea vomiting new mum tears antibiotics. Trying to figure what is normal course for those diseases doctors wandering in without telling you they have been, or not coming because they dont know they have a patient on the mid ward 

Balmy sunday

I wish I didnt have to go to work its such a beautiful day and I would be happy in the garden. I am going to buy one of those cutters on poles, there is too much trimming to do by hand. I bought a chain saw but I was too frightened to use it. One of the ladies from aquarobics is going on a 3 month cruise around the world that would be fabulous, I hate flying so exhausting cramped into those seats for hours, 4 hours is about all I can stand of it. I wanted to be an air hostess once but after a long flight I couldn't even get on a plane for a couple of years. She said it will cost them 35 thou each I suppose with the side trips but I love the idea of it Sydney to Sydney no cooking only one packing and unpacking. We looked it up I said we should start a running away to sea fund and do some test runs to NZ to see if we like it. Cruising is really back in fashion. Horrible air trips I think. 

Signing the papers for the unit tomorrow unless they try to gazump us, bid up the price, he said he wouldn't but real estate.... Hope it goes smooth. I'm thinking of running a sort of b and b or more a serviced apartment. Short term accommodation is hard to find around here, anyway I'll talk to our property manager about it. We could furnish it with mums stuff which is stuffed into our house because I thought I should keep it for my sister who said I dont want any of that junk. 

Good news too the girl at work (well is 50's a girl. maybe not) is buying the other unit she knocked on doors to check the rent of the other units and they were good so I'm pleased for her. I hope it goes ahead.

It comes back

I remember how it goes now, you just make the offer go and see the lender. Then the real estate talk to the solicitor the bank talks to the real estate and they call you in to give them money and sign papers. 

Ferrets flat

We are looking at a unit to buy, its in our neighborhood and a bit under the market. Last year we bought the house for my sister (her money) and a unit for us to move into when the kids leave. Yet I can not remember the steps in the process so I'm going to write it down on the blog so I can look at it. Step one of course find the property. That is kind of funny because like all aussies bit obsessed with property, well probably more Sydney than Dubbo, its probably about a 1/5 of all dinner party conversations. Read the realtor mags and websites. Did find one I liked but a girl at work was looking so I told her about it also probably a little more than we wanted to pay this time. Havent heard how that went but better to stay out of it. She has a great deposit has been looking for years and is getting older, cant make up her mind and her children like the rented house. Theres a lesson, we never ask the kids about financial decisions. What 20 yr old gives a toss about their parents security or comfort. 

Then I thought this week oh well it will come to us when its ready and I saw this flat had an viewing on saturday so ran out and had a look, its a bit of a tardus, much bigger inside than it looks. Couple of things I dont like, ferret in the backyard for one but there is always something. Very rentable and we are near the uni. In a block of only 3. 

Got Husband to look yesterday, he liked, checked the numbers minimal rent seemed ok, if we get more and I think we could even better. Made an offer to realestate today, he will present it to the owner. Have an appointment with our bank, so better get ready....to be continued

Hibernation

We came home to some chilly weather. Colder than Adelaide and out west. I was longing to go in the sea but its so bleak today we will just have coffee and muffins at the beach. Played tennis this morning and now I am ridiculously sleepy, driving is tiring. We have even turned the heater on, but its nice to be cosy. I have to learn to put photos on this blog again. I think I will post a photo every day till I learn it properly.

We might buy a unit a couple of streets away it is quite cheap for this area as it got flooded years ago. This city is between the mountains and the sea, on a narrow flood plain and there are numerous creeks which have been piped or just let run but when it rains a lot we get big floods. The coalwash from the old mine came down and filled up the unit we are thinking of buying, which is why its a bit cheaper probably.  

To Adelaide Broken Hill and back, 3000km nearly

We drove to Adelaide to visit my Aunty and then came home via Broken Hill. Its a long drive. I'm tired today. I love that country through and those small towns. We stopped in rest areas and had a tea from our thermos which is nicer than in cafes, as you are outdoors. Broken Hill was very interesting, history never comes alive till you are in the middle of it. I'm always not very interested in Australian history but when you are in the actual places it means more. It is very dry country there, they call it the accessible outback which is true as you are a days (long) drive from Adelaide and the Riverina. 

The other really good thing we saw was the exhibition of William Morris and the Pre-Raphaelite designers which I love. Adelaide has the biggest collection outside of the UK as there were families in Adelaide who furnished their homes from his collections. He is such an interesting man because through he wanted to return to artisan working conditions (which only the rich could afford) his thinking was very modern classless and inclusive and interested in everything. 

Ah my friend rang to go out to dinner at Vietnamese again. Good timing too tired to cook and can wear my boots again. lovely.