"...desperation, isolation and personal space..."
...it's been a while I know, but I returned to the land of the employed on Christmas Day (!) and have been working fulltime, finding little opportunity to actually reach the PC (it is in the boys bedroom, unfortunately..)...so the entries may be few and far between for now but I don't intend to resign like my ex-blogging husband!
So now we are all trying to adjust to yet another change in routine, made that bit more difficult by the fact that I am now working shifts for the 1st time in 10 years..J is finding that bit hard to understand, as is his baby brother and my body is now so confused that it spends most of the night looking at the clock...
..but I have a very understanding ward manager and modern matron and they are helping me find that work-life balance and whilst my new role has been a bit of an eye-opener after working in the same NHS Trust for the preceeding 10 years, I am starting to settle down and enjoy it.
It's strange being back in a ward environment but the leadership/management experience is proving a challenge and that is what I needed to work on developing, in order to finally move on within my profession and achieve (at least initially) that elusive band 7 post.
The sale of our house is moving well too and we seem to be oncourse to move at the end of the month which is what we all need...we are all struggling with not having a home and base of our own and, unfortunately are tending to take it out on each other- although I am relieved to say we are getting on fine with my parents. J needs his own friends and his independence, as do we all, but it was good news that J went back to school on Thursday and made a new friend...who has just started at his school too. So a common bond was forged and 2 lonely boys happily built a bridge across the sea of lost souls ;-).
EBB is enjoying nursery although is finding it hard to understand where Mummy is sometimes (3 early shifts this week, so I was up and gone before the boys were even stirring) and that makes me feel guilty.So I am not sure how long I will continue to work shifts..but that is at least a year down the line yet...
Lots more to settle, sort and rectify in the mean time...so keep watching this space and I will try to update as often as I can...
Love to all in Iceland, England and the rest...we think of you all often and miss our happy times and our friends out there near the Arctic circle...
With best wishes and lots of personal space from J and 3 boys xxxxxx :-)
So now we are all trying to adjust to yet another change in routine, made that bit more difficult by the fact that I am now working shifts for the 1st time in 10 years..J is finding that bit hard to understand, as is his baby brother and my body is now so confused that it spends most of the night looking at the clock...
..but I have a very understanding ward manager and modern matron and they are helping me find that work-life balance and whilst my new role has been a bit of an eye-opener after working in the same NHS Trust for the preceeding 10 years, I am starting to settle down and enjoy it.
It's strange being back in a ward environment but the leadership/management experience is proving a challenge and that is what I needed to work on developing, in order to finally move on within my profession and achieve (at least initially) that elusive band 7 post.
The sale of our house is moving well too and we seem to be oncourse to move at the end of the month which is what we all need...we are all struggling with not having a home and base of our own and, unfortunately are tending to take it out on each other- although I am relieved to say we are getting on fine with my parents. J needs his own friends and his independence, as do we all, but it was good news that J went back to school on Thursday and made a new friend...who has just started at his school too. So a common bond was forged and 2 lonely boys happily built a bridge across the sea of lost souls ;-).
EBB is enjoying nursery although is finding it hard to understand where Mummy is sometimes (3 early shifts this week, so I was up and gone before the boys were even stirring) and that makes me feel guilty.So I am not sure how long I will continue to work shifts..but that is at least a year down the line yet...
Lots more to settle, sort and rectify in the mean time...so keep watching this space and I will try to update as often as I can...
Love to all in Iceland, England and the rest...we think of you all often and miss our happy times and our friends out there near the Arctic circle...
With best wishes and lots of personal space from J and 3 boys xxxxxx :-)
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