I wish I was funny enough to think of witty blog titles, but I'm just not that good!
It’s been a good week. I’ve done loads with the baby, and Calum’s finished most of the DIY so we can all get a chance to do something together this weekend. I’m sure that something is going to be watching the football tomorrow, but as long as we’re altogether then I don’t mind! I’ve invited his sister over for a roast on Sunday as she’s a little bit down and lonely (she’s 19 and goes to uni here too). She’s just gone through a bit of a bad break up with her high school boyfriend so I thought it would be nice to get her fed and stuff. Just got to hope the dog behaves, he can get a little bit over zealous protecting the house (since the baby arrived) but he’s usually better with women than men. If not, he can sit in the garden for an hour or so, if it’s not raining it won’t do him any harm! I’ve been eating a lot healthier recently as well. And when I say that I mean I’m not eating a WHOLE pack of custard creams with a cup of tea just because I can. But it’s been good, I’ve lost like ½ a stone even thought I wouldn’t even technically call it a diet. I put no pressure on myself to lose ‘baby weight’ after Alys because, frankly, my mental health was more important, and I’m not really bothered about the whole ‘diet’ culture. I actually think it’s probably counter-productive to being healthy. The next step now is quitting smoking, which I did before whilst I was pregnant, so I know I can do it again. The only problem is that it makes me eat so much more, and that was alright when I was allowed to put on weight, but now it’s not ha! We’re going to give it a go anyway.
I also had a small hair-related breakdown (honestly there was just too much of it and I cried trying to blow dry it) so I got it all cut off. Didn't quite go fully mad with it, but about 12 inches came off!
Placement starts on Monday now.
I’m quite looking forward to it. I finally managed to get hold of my mentor to organise where to meet and start times, she’s on annual leave for the first week so I’m with a different nurse to begin with, but she said she’d call me next week to update me on things. It’s quite handy actually because where my mentor is based is actually only a 5 minute walk from my house, so I don’t have to worry about traffic or getting the baby ready so Calum can drop me there on time. It’ll be nice to get started as well, I think the first week probably is going to be a bit weird, but it also means I can start thinking about the dignity essay and what interaction to use for the reflection part of it. I’ve started the introduction and whatnot- I’ve got about 500 words done so far, but I can’t really go any further without knowing what I’m going to write about. I've done about 600 words of the patchwork essay as well, but that’s a long progress one and I’m not overly worried about trying to do more of that at the moment.
Four of us met up this week at one of the girls houses. It was nice to sit and have a social, but we also went through essay plans, referencing, all of that. Which, if I’m honest, is stuff I’m familiar with already from when I did my degree before, but I think I at least managed to help them out by explaining the referencing system a bit more. And it was nice to chat about everything we’ve got coming up.
So I’ve sorted out my year one competencies folder for Monday as well. it’s quite nice to get it all ready and organised, I feel a bit better about it all now. I've read through them all and I honestly don’t know how I’m going to get some of these things signed off, but I think that knowledge will probably come with time. Maybe it’s not something I should be worrying about right now.
There’s not much else I can write about really, the interesting stuff starts next week!
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