.......you go to the toilet and there are half a dozen crickets in there! And I mean IN THE BOWL!!!! Won't they get a surprise! I hope they can swim. (And avoid missiles from above!)
So yes, today was the first day of the rest of my life. Not a very exciting one though, I must admit. I started by driving 100km, and discovered I had misjudged the time it old take to get there by about half an hour. Whoops. So I sat around for a while - ha, you thought I was late didn't you?! Then the excitement begins - orientation is filled with paperwork, computer work, more computer work, some computer work for good measure, and oh, did I mention computer work? And tomorrow will be just as thrilling. I don't really mind it, but it just makes for a long day.
Then I walked out into this wall of heat. I've forgotten just how hot it can get up here. Although, I don't find it unbearable, probably because it's dry, and I'm used to humidity. Luckily the ute has good air conditioning! It does not, however, fit under the carport in the nurse's quarters! I realised there may be a problem when I saw the height of the roof, so cautiously backed the tray under, then got out for a look......well, maybe if I took off the roofracks......but it's too bloody hot to be fiddling around with them. And besides, I'd have to put them back on again! So I just parked it in the driveway (out of the way) instead. I hope I'm allowed to. I'm only here for one night, so if I get in trouble, I can just play the innocent visitor card and all will be well. :-)
Oh yes.......if you really want to know - Miss Honey did get on the float yesterday, although she did leave me a lovely gooey, slippery, smelly mess inside it as revenge. Who'd have horses, huh?!
Monday, January 31, 2011
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Tomorrow's the day!
Well, folks, tomorrow is the big day, the day where I leave my old life behind. I've been trying to put the final touches on the house, pack bags and boxes, sort out what I need to take with me, plus had numerous people invade to pick up their ebay purchases! (Why do they all think that everything they see at my house is for sale?) My stomach has been doing backflips a fair whack of it too. I also had to drop my husband and some mates off to his farewell - now how is it that HE manages to have a night out with mates and I don't even get a piddly little card from someone? YEAH, THANKS FRIENDS!!!!!! I'm sure you'll all miss me just soooo much. </sarcasm>
I guess it's not really surprising, I've always been a bit of a loner. I do make friends, but very few close friends, (except the four legged kind). I've never really been the type to be "in the club" so to speak. My friends went out to nightclubs - I went riding then home to a Star Trek video or a good book. (I promise I'm not a complete nerd, really!) I'm sure my parents will tell you I have always tended to do my own thing.......this worries me a bit though, with moving to a new place. I'm sure I will make friends, but will I really fit in? Only time will tell. If nothing else, the country life will provide an opportunity to spend time with my beautiful children, and for them to try out different things.
First things first though - the immediate problem is whether the horse will get on the float! She flatly refused on Wednesday, so I suspect it'll take some time to convince her that this white monster is not going to swallow her up, never to be seen again. I'm allowing plenty of time just in case........I'm sure Miss Honey will know that she just HAS to go in tomorrow and will refuse accordingly. If it was just floating practice, she'd go right in. It's Murphy's Law of course!
So here's hoping it all goes well. See you all in 400km - when I've finally begun my new life as a REAL NURSE!
I guess it's not really surprising, I've always been a bit of a loner. I do make friends, but very few close friends, (except the four legged kind). I've never really been the type to be "in the club" so to speak. My friends went out to nightclubs - I went riding then home to a Star Trek video or a good book. (I promise I'm not a complete nerd, really!) I'm sure my parents will tell you I have always tended to do my own thing.......this worries me a bit though, with moving to a new place. I'm sure I will make friends, but will I really fit in? Only time will tell. If nothing else, the country life will provide an opportunity to spend time with my beautiful children, and for them to try out different things.
First things first though - the immediate problem is whether the horse will get on the float! She flatly refused on Wednesday, so I suspect it'll take some time to convince her that this white monster is not going to swallow her up, never to be seen again. I'm allowing plenty of time just in case........I'm sure Miss Honey will know that she just HAS to go in tomorrow and will refuse accordingly. If it was just floating practice, she'd go right in. It's Murphy's Law of course!
So here's hoping it all goes well. See you all in 400km - when I've finally begun my new life as a REAL NURSE!
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Well here I go......
Well it's a week to go until I start my New Grad job.....and things are far from settled!
I'm moving my family to a new town, where we know nobody - no family, no friends, nothing! I don't know how my husband will adapt to the country life, only time will tell on that one. I'm more interested to see how he enjoys being the stay-at-home parent.....now that is going to be the real tester! He's quite keen on the idea, and I can't wait to say "I told you so" when things might not go as he planned! Although with our eldest starting school, I rather think he'll have it just a smidge easier than the past couple of years have been for me.
Our house isn't sold and the bank won't give us a loan, due to an incompetent so-called "home loan specialist" (but that's another story) so we are going to be living in a rented house the size of a shoebox, at least for a while. But it's a roof over our head I suppose. Rentals are at a premium due to the mines in the area, so I guess I shouldn't complain too much......but I will, because it makes me feel better momentarily! It's a big move, with 3 kids, a dog, 3 cats, 3 horses and a load of furniture that will not fit in our new, teeny tiny house! Which, I might add, has no garage or shed to store it all in. Oh, fun.
Oh, and there's the small fact that we don't get the keys until the day after I start my job......and I will be 100km away doing orientation! Minor detail.......but I have got the power, phone and all-important Austar sorted! This leaves my husband to do the loading of the truck on his own while his mother babysits the kids, then we'll have to unload it together after work one day, and he gets to drive back in the truck to return it, pick up the kids and bring them up! I know somebody who is going to be very sick of driving! Not that I escape - I have 2 trips to Tamworth and back to deliver my horses to their temporary home - and it's going to be 42 degrees!
I am still waiting on my registration as a nurse. There was a stuff up with my grades coming through from the university, and while that has been fixed, I am still waiting! Those who know me personally will understand my frustration at "all things university," so this new problem is just another in a loooooooong string of events. And, while the new national nurses' board has charged my credit card, they are yet to actually register me. It's the same in so many things.....happy to take your money, but provide the actual service? Well, maybe next week..........I mean, it's not like they are moving 400km away and spending thousands to take up a new job, are they? I made the effort to send in my pre-registration so it was easier for them, surely it can't be that difficult to look at my results and see that I passed? (With a GPA of well over 5 I might add!)
But I am pleased that I have been accepted into the graduate entry Bachelor of Midwifery. After all the dramas this year with the cancellation of the GradDip, I looked further afield, and found a great program at a new university. I've always wanted to be a midwife, it's why I did nursing (as a stepping stone) to begin with. I enjoy nursing as well, but my passion lies in midwifery. So in addition to new town, new job, and new life, it will be new university and further study as well!
Am I mad? Perhaps, just a little. Am I stressed? You bet!
But am I excited to begin this new chapter in my life? Absolutely. In a month's time, we'll be sitting in our teeny tiny shoebox home, drinking whatever alcoholic beverage the budget allows, wondering what all the fuss was about. And I will be a REAL NURSE. Now that is a scary thought. :-)
I'm moving my family to a new town, where we know nobody - no family, no friends, nothing! I don't know how my husband will adapt to the country life, only time will tell on that one. I'm more interested to see how he enjoys being the stay-at-home parent.....now that is going to be the real tester! He's quite keen on the idea, and I can't wait to say "I told you so" when things might not go as he planned! Although with our eldest starting school, I rather think he'll have it just a smidge easier than the past couple of years have been for me.
Our house isn't sold and the bank won't give us a loan, due to an incompetent so-called "home loan specialist" (but that's another story) so we are going to be living in a rented house the size of a shoebox, at least for a while. But it's a roof over our head I suppose. Rentals are at a premium due to the mines in the area, so I guess I shouldn't complain too much......but I will, because it makes me feel better momentarily! It's a big move, with 3 kids, a dog, 3 cats, 3 horses and a load of furniture that will not fit in our new, teeny tiny house! Which, I might add, has no garage or shed to store it all in. Oh, fun.
Oh, and there's the small fact that we don't get the keys until the day after I start my job......and I will be 100km away doing orientation! Minor detail.......but I have got the power, phone and all-important Austar sorted! This leaves my husband to do the loading of the truck on his own while his mother babysits the kids, then we'll have to unload it together after work one day, and he gets to drive back in the truck to return it, pick up the kids and bring them up! I know somebody who is going to be very sick of driving! Not that I escape - I have 2 trips to Tamworth and back to deliver my horses to their temporary home - and it's going to be 42 degrees!
I am still waiting on my registration as a nurse. There was a stuff up with my grades coming through from the university, and while that has been fixed, I am still waiting! Those who know me personally will understand my frustration at "all things university," so this new problem is just another in a loooooooong string of events. And, while the new national nurses' board has charged my credit card, they are yet to actually register me. It's the same in so many things.....happy to take your money, but provide the actual service? Well, maybe next week..........I mean, it's not like they are moving 400km away and spending thousands to take up a new job, are they? I made the effort to send in my pre-registration so it was easier for them, surely it can't be that difficult to look at my results and see that I passed? (With a GPA of well over 5 I might add!)
But I am pleased that I have been accepted into the graduate entry Bachelor of Midwifery. After all the dramas this year with the cancellation of the GradDip, I looked further afield, and found a great program at a new university. I've always wanted to be a midwife, it's why I did nursing (as a stepping stone) to begin with. I enjoy nursing as well, but my passion lies in midwifery. So in addition to new town, new job, and new life, it will be new university and further study as well!
Am I mad? Perhaps, just a little. Am I stressed? You bet!
But am I excited to begin this new chapter in my life? Absolutely. In a month's time, we'll be sitting in our teeny tiny shoebox home, drinking whatever alcoholic beverage the budget allows, wondering what all the fuss was about. And I will be a REAL NURSE. Now that is a scary thought. :-)
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