Sunday morning entry

Saturday morning.
Brrrr! It's cold out there! The wind's howling and battering the windows and it's been raining on and off for most of the day.I finished my run of night shifts today. It's been very busy but I like it that way ~ makes the time go much faster! As I said in my last entry, I've been sleeping well, eight to nine hours a day, much better than facing the cold dark January days! At least at night you expect it to be cold and dark don't you?! Next week I'm back on day shift, it'll be nice to catch up on all my staff. This morning I got home at 7am, cold, wet and tired but I decided to go out again and get some shopping, Nina and Katinka were almost out of cat food and litter. I had to force myself to go, luckily the supermarket is only a two minute walk from here. I was back indoors by eight o'clock. I got to bed at 10am and set the alarm for three hours later. I didn't want to sleep too long or I'd never sleep tonight. that's the only problem with night work, it's difficult to get back into a routine when the week ends. Funny but working in the other hospital was OK except that I didn't really find my way around, it's a vast site, until last night! I actually found a way to get to the renal and cardiac wards without going outside, there's a honeycomb of tunnels underground to use and I finally managed to navigate them on my last night of working! Still, I'll know next time I cover the night shift! Maybe the gales and torrential rain helped me to find my way without going outside and getting soaked and blown over! A few days ago I had a letter from our travel agents telling us that we need to fill out some forms for our holiday. We start our Caribbean cruise in Miami and apparently the US have decided a visa waiver form isn't enough to gain entry to the States. We have to go to a website and download application forms to be filled in and remitted before we travel. I went to the site and found that I have to pay $49.95 to download the application form. I haven't done it yet but they say that the information you give must be exactly the same as what you put on the visa waiver ~ we still need to fill that in on the plane. It just seems a way of getting more money from us! After this horrible freezing cold winter I can't wait to get to the Caribbean, I've always wanted to go there, it sounds so laid back and wonderful.... palm fringed white sand beaches, gentle breezes, azure blue skies and ~best of all~ heat! A few days ago I thought I'd switched off the heating before I left for work. I came home the next morning and it was so hot indoors, I looked at the central heating switch and saw I'd turned the dial the wrong way, it was on the highest heat! Poor Katinka and Nina, they were both on the kitchen window ledge pressed against the cold glass trying to cool down! Poor souls thought mummy had gone loopy! Like all of you, I can't believe Nina is almost three now, it seems like yesterday I brought her home and took these photos of her on her first day here.

Well, it’s now Sunday morning, I was falling asleep while writing last night so succumbed and went to bed. It’s still wet and windy out there. I got up early to finish this before I go and see Andy, we worked together on Friday night which was nice. I never see him at work now as he only works night-time weekends. He’s in charge of the porters and I’m in charge of the housekeeping and catering side. It’s just about getting light outside now, it’ll be nice to see some daylight again but I want heat and sunshine too, not asking for much am I?! I went out a week ago and bought all my Christmas cards for this year! I’m going to get them written out during the year so I’m not too late to send them! Last Christmas was the first year that I didn’t send any due to working 14hrs a day plus weekend working but thank you to all of you who took the time to send me one, it was very much appreciated. The end of last year was manic so I’m trying not to leave things till the last minute this year. We’re already over halfway through January. We leave for our Caribbean cruise on April 2nd so I need to get that sorted first, it’ll be a joy to be packing sun tops and going to warmer climes!I added some photos of Nina and Katinka to my side bar which is at the bottom of the page as I don’t have a sidebar! I don’t know why they came up so big as it said it’d shrink them when it was uploading them.

Anyway, I’d better get off here now and add this to my journal, I typed it up in Word so I could add to it.

Have a great Sunday and stay warm! I wish I could stay indoors but Andy is expecting me!