| Creative Procrastination! |
[Jan. 30th, 2010|06:50 am] |
Not posted for a while and i guess that's because I've had nothing much to post about, nothing big anyway.
Although i am all against posting for the sake of posting i feel i should! Otherwise i might get out of the habit and the four people who read my blog would be very upset, i'm sure!
So, If i'm not asleep, eating or walking the dogs then i'm at work.
If i'm at work i'm watching 'Girl Bravo' (Japanese Anime series), The new series of 'Hustle' (It gives me ideas!) and up until recently 'Doctor who' (Cant watch it anymore cause i get angry and cry, i know, its pathetic.). If i'm not watching any of those then i am reading SHIT LOADS of Sherlock Holmes fanfic on Live Journal whilst trying to think of something to blog about (which doesn't work).
Of course this is all procrastination because i should be writing one of my three, yes its three now, stories.
Well I've got some time booked of now and won't be back in work till the 8th of Feb (Yey!) so should either get lots of writing done orrrr find some really creative ways to procrastinate!
Hmm...Maybe drive down to wales? Or up to Jordiland? Or somewhere else entirley...Don't answer your doors Rebecca Godzilla Huntley is on the loose! |
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| Working hard or hardly working? |
[Jan. 8th, 2010|05:12 am] |
Well if you know me you know how little i actually do at work.
So to help you on the road to getting nothing done here are some 'work preparation, exercises' for you to do -
1. Walk around the office 3 times, chatting with each of your co-workers.
2. Straighten out everything on your desk so that it makes as many 90 degree angles as possible.
3. Offer to do a coffee run and then go to the cafe furthest away from your work that you can walk to.
4. Spend 15 minutes building a rubber band ball to warm up your fingers.
5. Meditate for 30mins to concentrate on your days goals.
6. Attempt to stretch every muscle in your body.
7. Review the steps to take in case of an in office emergency.
8. Spend 30mins getting your chair exactly how you like it.
9. Arrange the piles on your desk so you look productive and busy.
10. Clean your monitor, then your desk, then the floor under your desk, then empty your bin, then offer to empty your co-workers bin, then meticulously clean your coffee mug and anyone else's that are in the staff kitchen and then clean the staff kitchen.
If you've done this right it should now be lunch time so take a break! |
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| #34 and suprisingly #8 |
[Jan. 4th, 2010|05:58 am] |
I have a list of things to do before i die which is currently 38 'things to do' long (and growing).
When it got to Christmas this year i realized how little of it i actually have done so i vowed to do one of them before the start of 2010.
A big, big thanks go to Paul the Projectionist who not only let me sleep on his floor, snuggle his penguin, got pressies for Billie, Puddles and "Gorgeous" and wrote me a CD of music (which was great, thanks!) he also helped me with #34 - Learn magic tricks. I have been practicing!
Today i crossed #8 off my list when a man i've met several times through work told me that i had made such a difference in his life (#8 - make a difference to someones life).
He had been through a really hard time with his wife throughout her pregnancy. Most people only think of the women that suffer when we talk about domestic violence and i was one of those people until i met this man and his wife.
I wont go into details but i have spoken to this man in person and over the phone several times in the past 9 months, counseling and giving advice. Being someone to talk to i guess.
At the time in my mind i had just thought of it as part of the job but i realize now that i could have so easily just put him through to delivery suite advised him to talk to someone else and i didn't.
Although i really didn't think about it at the time i think now that it is because all the support there is here is for the women involved and until now i couldn't see what was wrong with that.
Anywho, getting a bit off track. This man was moved to tears when he was explaining how much of a support i had been, he actually apologized to me for all the times he'd 'harassed' me. I'm not ashamed to say i cried too.
Although my job is very easy and the pay is good i never before this moment actually got pleasure from it. I have been here for over a year and the more time i spent here the more i thought me and my little 'just a receptionist' job were completely worthless. Now i can see how wrong that is. Had it one of the other night receptionists, who are very nice, been working those nights i know they would have put him straight through too delivery suite, where he would have been speaking to a midwife who's only concern was his wife and unborn son. Today i am proud of myself and my job, all those people upstairs can carry on looking down their noses at me because i never will be 'just a receptionist' ever again.
The man has a baby boy and he and his wife are doing a lot better. He has already written a letter to my boss thanking me, not that she will care. But that really doesn't matter because today i made a difference to someones life.
Hey, maybe i'm not as anti-social as we all like to think :) |
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| Writer's Block: Baby, you can drive my car |
[Jan. 3rd, 2010|09:11 am] |
I already had my dream car, the best car in the whole wide world.
Colin, my ancient, broken tape player, smelled like mold, bits fell off while we were moving, holes in the apolstury, first gear didn't work, roof leaking, no power stearing, no air con, no heating, doors didn't lock, silver(with rust) ford fiesta.
I loved that car from the bottom of my heart and still get upset thinking about him now.
I would trade in any car, anything, to have him back...
Love you Colin, hope your happy in your next life, im sure you will be re-incarnated as a Vanquish. |
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| I has ebay! |
[Dec. 24th, 2009|02:40 am] |
Just sold my first item on eBay.
Well not just one item, several.
My ex-boyfriends junk that i got as presents for him but he couldn't be bothered taking with him when he left to be specific...not that i'm bitter.
ANYWHO!
It was easier than i had imagined and i got more cash than i thought i would, its definatley something i will be doing again. |
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| Snow Day! |
[Dec. 18th, 2009|04:11 am] |
I was dreaming of claws coming at my face today, getting some sleep before work when Zara my best friend/fiancee woke me.
I was NOT happy!
But, she then told me why she had woken me, it was snowing!
Lovely big flakes, and it was "lying down".
That's what my 5 year old next door neighbor was saying before i pelleted her with snow balls.
I love snow, its well magic bruv! |
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| Zzz |
[Dec. 18th, 2009|02:40 am] |
Ha!
As if work wasn't easy enough.
Everybody knows how little i actually do at work. A couple of emergencies and the computer work - admissions, notes, tracking ect.
Tonight i am doing even less!
The computer system is down and has been for the past four hours. I literally cant do any work!
I phoned IT who were in complete melt down and said they didn't expect it to be back up any time soon.
Feel free to hate me!
HaHaHa!!! |
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| Twi-porn |
[Dec. 7th, 2009|07:05 am] |
How badly could we get sued?
Me and Jemma are going to write an erotic version of Twilight.
We are gonna change names, places, all that jazz and not actually copy passages from the book so are we legal?
We are aware that we are not the first people to do this so don't get your panties in a twist.
Its more for 'personal use' ;) than being for the general public. |
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| Writers Block |
[Nov. 27th, 2009|07:18 am] |
Oh-My-Goshles.
I still have writers block and its really starting to piss me off.
All i've done since i last blogged about my writers block is edit bits and rearrange other bits and all i've actually managed to do is lower my word count by 200.
Grrrr!!!
I need some inspiration. Any ideas are welcome!
????? |
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| Not good |
[Nov. 24th, 2009|05:07 pm] |
I managed to bend my car key.
It still works but does occasionally get stuck.
Am now trying to make a plan for what to do if it snaps while the engine is switched on... |
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| B-U-F-F buff! |
[Nov. 21st, 2009|11:27 am] |
OMG.
Why did i ever think that New Moon wasn't going to live up to my expectations?!?
Super yumminess! And yes Jacob Black is all of the buff wih his top off.
I'm going to watch it again with my mum and another time with Jenny. And if anyone else would like to come and see it your more than welcome to join us!
I have to go and calm down now. |
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| Slowest days of my life! |
[Nov. 15th, 2009|06:02 am] |
5 DAYS TO GO!!!!!!
Though i would normally complain that the days are going too fast this is no longer the case. Apart from Doctor Who tomorrow (BBC 1 at 7pm) i could do without these next 5 days!
Maybe i should write to Gordan Brown...though with the postal strikes the letter probably wont get there till after the week is up.
Oh well, just got to hang on till friday. Then its topless vampires and werewolves for everyone! |
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| And what are you looking forward to? |
[Nov. 11th, 2009|12:54 am] |
Dark, dark and more dark.
LIKE MY SOUL!
Kidding! But seriously even the happiest-go-luckiest person can feel the sadness that comes with this season and so, i feel, its important to have something to look forward to.
Me, Jemma, Zara and my sister Sarah are looking forward to the 20th of November because we have cinema tickets for 'New Moon', the sequel to 'Twilight'. We are self admittedly Twi-groupies and are counting the days till we put in our vampire fangs and queue up for hot dogs with the other overly obsessed fan girls and boys.
Times maybe hard and things might be getting you down but you have to find something to look forward to!
So, What is everyone going to look forward to then? |
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| I'm such a trend setter |
[Nov. 1st, 2009|12:40 am] |
My dad has now signed himself up for laser eye surgery too!
Well its fair enough. I am ALWAYS RIGHT! |
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| Laser eye sugery - the day of. |
[Oct. 31st, 2009|11:02 pm] |
Monday the 12th at 8.30am i went under the laser. Ooohhhh
THE CONSULTATION
But i should start with the initial consultation, which was great.
I left my details on the Optical Express website and they phoned me the next day in the afternoon, i spoke to a very friendly and pleasant lady who made an appointment for me he same week. She told me at the time all the stuff i needed to bring with me and let me know that i needed to take my contact lenses off for 24 hours before the consultation. Grr, i hate wearing my glasses!
At the consultation i was met by my personal consultant Bobby, who was extremely friendly and cute! Actually the level of customer service across my whole experience has been exemplary, all the staff i've dealt with have been friendly but professional and really set a standard.
WORST CASE SCENARIO
I'd been considering laser eye surgery for a while and the only thing i'd worried about (and not been able to do much research on) was the risks. After all the tests and a detailed description of what actually happens during the surgery the optometrist let me ask my questions the first of which was "what is the absolute worst case scenario?". I had heard all the horror story's of people going blind and having extreme pain and wanted to know whether this was true and what the chance of it happening to me was I was therefore surprised to learn that there were no facts behind these stories and that the absolute worst thing that could happen to me was a nasty infection which was highly unlikely to happen with all the antibiotic and steroid drops i would be using and so long as i followed all the post op advice.
GOING FOR IT
After the consultation was over i knew i was going to go for it.
I booked the next available appointment at the closest location which turned out to be at the Trafford shopping center (making it that much easier for me to talk my sister sarah into taking me there and back!).
That's when i told my family and friends about it and got mixed reactions, most people were happy but some were concerned and weren't as comforted by the optometrists words as i had been and some thought it wasn't worth the risks as it wasn't 'necessary surgery' which is easy to say when you have always had 20-20 vision i guess.
ON THE ROAD
As my appointment was early in the morning and we had to go to manchester in the commuter traffic i wanted to set of as soon as possible.
Sarah was not best pleased to be woken up at six in the morning but to her credit she did get up, without hitting me. Though she did spend the rest of the day cursing me under her breath.
Jemma was much more cheerful and bouncy when we picked her up form her flat at six thirty which, of course, made Sarah even grumpier!
It was still dark as we set of from Preston but as we drove towards our destination the sun started to rise. I took of my glasses and soaked up the beautiful blur, i realized in that moment that i would never see the same again. That, instead of glasses or contacts correcting and shaping my vision i would be able to see with my own eyes. I admit i cried a little bit...but don't tell anyone.
GETTING SCARED
OK. So maybe i made us get up a little early but i didn't want ot take any risks!
We arrived at a very deserted and locked up Trafford center at about 7.30am. Yes Sarah, i'm still sorry.
That's when i started to get little butterflies in my tummy! At 8am after some staff had arrived and gone inside we decided to venture in and hunt down the right shop. Walking around the shopping center we kept expecting to get in trouble, it was completely empty but for a cleaner and a security guard.
We found Optical Express (closed) and after Jemma got us shouted at by the cleaning lady (for trying to break in) we opted for sitting on the bench across from the shop.
MORE TESTS
A little while later a rather serious business man wandered over to the store with his up-her-own-bottom-wife in tow and was let in to the shop by the same cleaning lady who had told us off. We followed him in and i gave the very friendly staff my name, filled out yet more forms and waited my turn.
I then had more eyes tests and had some pictures taken of the insides of my eyes (very cool). It was all very through and very comforting and once again i feel the need to rave about the high quality of customer service!
Then i had my eye drops explained.
1- Intensive tears - keeping my eyes well lubricated and washed out will help the healing process massively.
2- Steroid drops - to improve the speed and strength of healing in my eyes.
3 - Antibiotics - pretty self explanatory.
I also got the goggles i would have to wear at night (to stop accidental eye rubbing!).
That's when i got to meet my surgeon. Friendly, polite and professional (just like all the Optical Express staff i dealt with) and to top it all of he had a South African accent which immediately put me at ease.
He did his own examination and explained what would happen in the surgery and then we were ready to go.
LASER EYE SURGERY
I entered the room with the surgeon and he introduced me to his nurses and asked me to lie down on the bed. He gave me a little hat to keep my hair out of the way and some cotton wool to put over my ears (they used a lot of drops). He the put the drops in my eyes that would numb and freeze them and after a few moments used a mini-vice type object to hold my eye open.
Then came the 'eye-flapper' (Sarah's terminology). Its a device which cuts a flap out of the outer layer of the eye then peels it back so that the cornea is exposed. That was really weird and i was feeling quite frightened at this point, though the staff were constantly reassuring me.
"Ok Rebecca we are starting the laser now, there's going to be a loud noise and a funny smell. Keep focused on the red light." says the nurse. I was completely shocked when i realized that the 'funny smell' was burning. I could actually smell my cornea burning! That's some weirdness right there. 10 seconds later it was finished. The surgeon used the same 'eye flapper' to put the flap back into place and put a loose patch over it while he repeated the surgery on the other eye.
I know this doesn't sound too pleasant and though i was uncomfortable and a little scared at times i should point out that at no point during the surgery did i feel any pain.
I'd gone into the surgery at 8.30 and was out before 9.00.
I CANT OPEN MY EYES
I was taken back into the eye test room where the surgeon made sure everything was ok and proclaimed that the surgery had gone great. I thanked him profusely though i still felt inadequately and the nurse led me down the hall into a dark, quiet room and offered me a a drink whilst i sat and briefly recovered.
The nurse had told me that i would be sensitive to light and that my eyes would really sting but i'd thought i would be ok with my sunglasses on.
Boy was i wrong.I called Sarah and Jemma to let them know that it was over and they headed back to the shop to meet me, as soon as we stepped out into the shopping center with its lovely glass roof i realized it wasn't going to be so easy.
But i'd promised Sarah we look round some shops before we left as a thank you for bringing me so we wandered about a bit. The stinging got so bad that i had trouble keeping my eyes open. But me being blinded wasn't going to stop Sarah from shopping! So she and Jemma led me gently round the Trafford center trying to resist the urge to walk me into poles and fountains
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
We got into the car and headed back home at about 10am (the shortest Trafford Center trip in Sarahs life!). By this time the sun had fully risen into the cloudless sky and what i would normally class as a beautiful day turned out to be a nightmare as even with my eyes closed and sunglasses on the direct sun light intensified the stinging.
During the 40 minute drive home i tried brief patches of opening my eyes and by the time we were pulling of the motorway at preston i found that i could hold my eyes open without as much stinging.
I have to admit that i cried on the way home too. Not because of the stinging but because when we pulled into Preston i took my sunglasses off and looked at the trees and fields and could already see better than i had with my glasses.
I CAN SEE
When we got home i went straight to bed to rest and after the stinging subsided a little more i fell asleep.
When i woke up the stinging had completely stopped though my eyes did feel a little weird and uncomfortable.
And...i could see. Just like that. Better, further and with more clarity than with glasses or contact lenses. I could not believe it. I genuinely felt like some one was trying to fool me! (Yes i cried again, *sigh*)
THE NEXT DAY
The next day i had my '24 hours post surgery appointment'.
Once again the customer service was exemplary. They ran some eye tests, checked the flap was in place and was starting to heal.
Everything was fine, the optometrist confirmed that my eye sight was better than it had ever been and that my eye's were already healing well.
THE FOLLOWING WEEK
For the week after eye surgery i had to use eye drops several times a day and wear goggles overnight. The eye drops were just fine and although the goggles were a little awkward and uncomfortable i didn't feel deprived of any sleep.
At the end of the week i had my 'one week post surgery appointment'. As if i actually need to tell you that the staff were still amazing. I was told that my eye's were fine and that i no longer needed the drops and didn't have to wear those stupid goggles anymore.
NOW AND POSSIBILITIES
Its now been almost 3 weeks since my eye surgery and everything is still great, my eye sight really couldn't be better.
I was told some of the possible 'side affects' i might experience during the recovery period - Slightly poorer night vision, 'haloing' around bright lights and dry eyes.
Though i do still use lubricating eye drops a couple of times a day to keep my eyes moist i haven't suffered from any of the other possible problems.
Soon i will have my 1 month post opp appointment and though i'm expecting everything to be hunky dory i will blog about it!
DID I MISS ANYTHING?
I don't think i did but if you think i did or if you have any questions please feel free to comment.
Sorry it took me sooooo long to get this up here but i do have a life! |
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| Laser eye surgery |
[Oct. 11th, 2009|12:47 am] |
This monday at 0830am my operation will begin!
I'm super excited.
Its a big price for a little operation but it will change my life.
There are so many things you underapriciate when you have 20:20 vision. Everyday things like taking a shower or driving your car become just a little bit harder when your contact lens pops out or your glasses mist up!
Any way i'm gonna do a full blog about the whole thing after my eye's recover. |
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| 'Kay sara sara what ever will be hakuna matata' week. |
[Oct. 9th, 2009|01:44 pm] |
Today is day one and to kick us off mum and Andy are heading of to the islands of the Maldives to do some mal-diving (get it?!?).
Plus me, Sarah, dad and Jenny are heading to the comedy store tonight so we can mock Jenny!
So what's everyone else doing to kick of week? Don't forget to think positive! |
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| Rubbish Week |
[Oct. 9th, 2009|01:32 pm] |
I broke my phone.
I flushed my guppy (accidentally).
I crashed my be-loved car, colin.
I was thrown of the back of a horse.
I fell through the living room floor.
And i twisted my ankle.
It was a super lame week.
But we are now THINKING POSITIVE! Its our new catch phrase.
This week is 'Kay sara sara what ever will be hakuna matata' week. |
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| Oscar |
[Sep. 26th, 2009|05:07 am] |
Oscar is a cat.
He is sat outside the doors at work. Meowing. A lot.
I fell kinda bad for him but cant tell if hes gotten himself lost or what. Hes got a plain hard plastic collar on, like he's escaped from the RSPCA. And why did he come hang outside the hospital?
The patients like him though, people keep coming out to stroke him but i'm worried that he will take that as too much encouragement and stick around. Mind you, there is this midwife whose afraid of cats. She keeps coming down for a smoke and looking through the glass cause shes to afraid to go outside. Super funny.
I'm worried that he will still be here in the morning, in which case i will feel the need to do something about it.
I wonder how pissed mum will be if i brought another cat home... |
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