I thought I had best give you all an update on my life (are you ready, you two?)
Ok. So..placement has been brilliant. I loved the last one but I have REALLY fallen in love with this clinical area. At this moment, I would say that the career for me is definitely working with older adults. However, I will probably change my mind a gazillion times by 2010. That’s how I feel about it now though.
My mentor is ace. She has a very strange sense of humour that I find most amusing and I am genuinely enjoying spending time with her which is nice, cos I HAVE to. I get the vibe that I’m not massively popular with the n/a’s (nursing assistants). I feel that they feel that I spend too long in the office learning how to do the documentation and stuff rather than on the floor. I would say in fairness that the time I spend learning about the paperworky type stuff is 60% and the time spent on the floor is 40%. It has only been like that this week though cos I am playing at being somebody’s named nurse and therefore have had to do her assessments and all that jazz.
I might be wrong, I might just be a bit paranoid, but if it is the case then never mind.
My birthday was a bit of a washout..for various reasons. Again..never mind.
Generally I am feeling pretty good at the moment. I am tired, but that is fairly normal. I have also got some wonderful pink pj’S, a fluffy pink dressing gown and some pink slippers. They make me happy 
skellybones said,
July 10, 2008 @ 6:20 pm
I am very glad you’re enjoying your placement Marge! And I’m glad your pink things are making you happy. I have to say, if it were me with all of those pink things I would be most displeased. They would not make me happy at all.
allatseawithabucketandspade said,
July 12, 2008 @ 8:48 pm
Pink things make me happy too.
I have a big cerisey pink tent/t-shirt on right now.
I got it from my old job.
It has ‘rethink’ emblazoned across the front in big white letters.
I also have bright pink bed socks on.
I feel very very happy about this.
I’m really really glad that you are liking your placement and your mentor. I heard that your mentor is not fully ace but rather half ace.
And half downright scary.
Just what I heard.
Sorry your birthday was a washout.
We will definately eat some food and drink some wine at some point.
For your belated birthday.
Take away or some nice all you can eat buffet.
Transport provided etc etc.
Maybe in three years time, you will have the most fantastic birthday.day ever
xxx