Objects in Motion
Yours Truly has completed his First Aid at Work course today, whoop! A four day course with St. John ambulance, very good actually.
One thing that I really enjoyed about the four days was being around the nine other people taking the course. They were from varying backgrounds and differing areas of employment. It was nice to be interacting with others that had no connection with healthcare, pharmacy and so on. Very refreshing. I need to take up a serious hobby where I interact with others! Outside of my professional sphere! I think I'm turning into a pharmacy-robot.
Finally, we've bought a widescreen TV! My better half has been nagging (sorry, politely reminding) me that my TV that we were using is the same one that I have had since I was a teenager at home with my parents. I would respond with something like, 'there's nowt' wrong wi'thit!' or 'still works, it's just like new'. Perhaps subconsciously I feel like we're not just discussing the TV!
Anyway, I have given in... and agreed that my wife buy a brand new TV with her own money! haha! Anyway, she was right because it looks superb in the corner of our room on its brand new stand. Excellent! We also picked up a second hand sideboard for the dining room and a second hand table and chairs. So now we have two lots of tables and chairs in the conservatory and a hulking great sideboard sat in the dining room... they were cheap though!
Our house gradually approaches the perfection that we will expect to achieve in about... 2015 or something. Nearly time for 'New Tricks', one of my favourite TV shows (watched on the brand new telly), so I'll just leave you with the little gem that I didn't manage to get around to sending a birthday card to my dad last week (damn). I will have to go up there this weekend I think :)
1 Comment:
Congratulations on further improving your mind. Training courses are wonderful if they take you away from your usual four walls.
A friend works in a general practice, and says that people with flu symptoms are banned from the premises, but that the phones are red hot. A typical call is "My son has swine flu: he got a diagnosis over the phone from NHS Direct, and he got pills from the Tamiflu fairy. Please will you send him a sick-note for his employer." The answer has to be no, we didn't diagnose his illness and we haven't seen him, so we can't certify that he's ill - another narked customer!
Congratulations on the new telly as well. You're much too young to be stuck in a John Smith Bitter advert. And congratulations to your beloved on her tenacity.
By lesley153, Jul 31 09 7:29 AM