MOVIE UPDATE.

I usually hate foreign films. Just watched "Pans Labyrinth". It is really quite beautiful. Recommended.

Also watched "Tenacious D". My type of thing. Fantastic.

MAKE ME CRY.

A new clutch. Almost £600 with delivery and VAT.

Not what I was wanting for my old Defender. My eyes still sting as does my wallet.

HMMMM!

Some may call me mad. Some may call me weird but I do. I fancy Sarah Jessica Parker. No accounting for taste.

A STRESSFUL DAY!

I've been single crewed the last two days. I've actually quite liked it. There are only a few jobs that you can do and they tend to be high priority jobs where you go as a first response.

Yesterday I only did five jobs. Three people went to hospital, two were little girls who were not well but not seriously ill. I like small people, they make me smile and restore my faith in the inherent good of people. Small jokes and a bit of fuss and wonders can be done. One of the girls, a 4YO, had tonsillitis and a temp. of 41.1C. She still nattered all the way in, except when she slept on her mums lap, and had a smile on her face. Very high temperature though, for anyone never mind for a wee tot. She did say she'd help get me organised though, so I don't think she was too sick.

Today was an endless stream of NHS referrals for chest pain. Well 6 jobs. That's all I did, six jobs. A very manageable workload. Everyone of these people was having a panic attack. Anxiety had taken over their day. Not a nice thing. Two wanted to go to the hospital and I was quite happy to oblige.

So, a stress-full day. But not for me. I may be starting to become less grumpy - but I doubt it.

WEEKEND.

Well the weekend is my week-start. Four days from Friday and to tell you the truth I can't be arsed. Spent all day today working on the Defender trying to get the door locks working. Figured it out after dark so no chance of finishing it off. Will have to wait until Tuesday.

Hope something interesting happens at work. Bit board of playing taxi to people who are in better health than most. Will have to wait and see.

WORK, REST AND PLAY.

Well it's been a while. I thought I'd leave the previous post up for a while in an effort to direct as many people as possible to the petition thing. Guess my bit is done by now.

WORK.
Work has been a bit strange. Very dull. Nothing of interest yet again. I was reminded though of a couple of instances where I hate people. You see, one of the things that gets my goat is interfering relatives. Relatives that stand exactly where you need to place the chair or try and wrap the blanket tighter around their husband while your carrying him down the stairs. These type of things just piss me off and I find it hard not to tell them this. I find a couple of deep breaths and a follow up policy of ignoring everything they say helps me out. I always feel sorry for the patients in this situation. Makes me glad that I'm not married.

Get out the way. Let us do our job and no, we wont wait 10 minutes while you change your trousers and do your hair. Idiot!!!

REST
Lots of rest. Too much. Things to do but not doing them. Too distracted by ... play!!

PLAY
Well, play is fun. Everyone should be playing more. I'm still struggling through Zelda, in fact I've had to look at a walk-through in order to try and escape the mines. Need more arrows and a touch more coordination and patience. Still, I will prevail.

Also I've been a bit naughty and bought myself an old ex MOD landrover that needs some work done on it. I know nothing about cars so this is a bit of a challenge and may take the rest of my life to complete. The aim is to get it into mint condition then trash it on a friends farm driving through mud and over rocks. Unfortunately this all costs money and I spent it all on the thing. My gut feeling is that it will end up a pile of rusting parts but at the moment I'm spending lots of time sanding things and replacing bits. Feel like a real man - good honest manual labour.

Other than that life plods on. There are a couple of changes in my life being planed and I will let you know when things progress. Other than that if you see a couple of Ambos next to a bed or struggling down the stairs -- get out the way. Ta.