Day off

It's Monday morning 

So that means a day off for me

Which is very much welcome

Given I worked four long shifts over the weekend 

Work was quite busy

With 60 guests staying 

All separate families 

Which makes it that bit more difficult than one big group

As they come for their meals in dribs and drabs

And it's harder to keep track of numbers 

So many kids too

Big families with lots of little ones 

Which meant the food was everywhere 

On the floors 

On the walls 

In cups 

On the chairs 

But mostly they were grand 

Even though we were busy yesterday 

I took the time to play hula hoop with the kids outside 

They also wanted to meet the chef 

As they thought the dinners were lovely 

Then later on they wanted to see them again

While I was cleaning the dining room

They all came in and wanted to help 

So I gave them little jobs to do to keep them busy 

Which was help for me too

Anyway 

I was wrecked when I got home each day 

But it's a lovely natural tiredness

That I feel I've really earned my rest

The dogs have had to adjust to my working 

My sister often brings them for a walk the days I can't 

But their routine is still very much the same 

So I'm not worried about them 

There were a lot of sad stories in work this week 

Families dealing with bereavement 

Illness 

Loss

It's heart breaking 

And we do all we can to make their stay memorable 

It's hard to get time to spend chatting with the guests 

But we do our best 

That's all we can do

Monday morning again 

And doctor day for me 

We chatted about work 

And my meds reduction last week

Which went fine 

I was telling him about my Dad 

As I have an update on his health

You might remember a couple of months ago 

I went with my Dad to Dublin to see a consultant 

As over the last couple of years 

He has been losing the power in his hands and arms 

Tests were done 

And he was told that he had possible motor neuron disease

So last Thursday he travelled to Dublin again to see the top neurologist in the country 

And it was confirmed that he does have MND

We have all been very worried

As the prognosis with this condition is not great 

But in fact 

He received better news than he was expecting 

He was told he has had MND for three years 

But out of four stages 

He is in stage one 

Also it is slow progressing 

And he is on the 30% that has the mildest form

Even though the diagnosis is devastating 

We are in the best possible situation

So that's something to be grateful for 

Apparently it kills younger people quicker 

Dad is nearly 70 

So it won't progress as rapidly 

Anyway 

We will look after him 

He won't go through this alone 

In other news

My statistics have shot up in the last few days 

Getting over a thousand hits every day 

I am wondering why this is 

And if some of my posts have been shared on social media 

Don't get me wrong 

It's great to be reaching so many people 

But it does make me slightly paranoid knowing that so many people are reading 

So I've kind of been holding back and censoring my writing recently 

There are many things going on in my life that I don't feel comfortable sharing 

Just yet 

Including a love interest 

But it's early days 

So I will keep that to myself for now 

And also about the girl at work who seems to have taken an instant dislike to me

But that's a whole other post 

I was wondering if you know why my stats have sky rocketed

Because I sure don't 

I can't quite believe that it's almost August 

And I've been working for two months now 

I will have work in to September 

And my manager told me that if anything full time comes up 

She will keep me in mind 

And that is fantastic 

As working has been a huge turning point for me 

It's doing me the world of good

There was a little bit of a disagreement In work last week 

In that some of the staff weren't pulling their weight 

And our manager had a word with them 

Two in particular had a good talking to

And I think they kind of blamed each other 

I was then worried that I had not been doing my work to a high enough standard 

But my manager assured me that she had no concerns with me 

Which was a relief 

The two girls were working together yesterday 

And you could cut the tension with a knife 

But yes 

I am loving work 

The routine 

The structure 

Being busy 

Meeting people 

The money of course 

It's all good 

And it is amazing to be able to say that 

As regards my ED

It's going ok 

My weight is stable 

My mood is good 

On the days I work I absolutely make myself eat 

As my brain goes to mush if it is not fed and watered properly 

I just can't think straight 

And i go all peculiar 

But I know I need to eat and drink correctly too

Otherwise I just can't function

I was dying to weigh myself in the doctors this morning 

But I resisted 

No good can come of it 

Right 

That's all the news for the day 

Another working week over 

I feel such a sense of fulfilment and satisfaction 

As well as independence 

I have my own money 

And can with it what I wish

So that is me over and out for today 

Happy Monday 

And see you on the next post.....