Note: This is an ARCHIVED entry and does not necessarily reflect how I behave and how I think "today".


hey, not really in the mood to write nothin but thought i should keep you guys updated

yeh i'm officially a worker, only 36hrs/w atm which is actually sweet stuff. ~2 days off per week and short (6 hour) shifts. according to calc it should amount to 7.2 hrs/5 day week but the matron has been beautiful and given me an awesome introductionary period to my first full time job.

i'm titled 'auxiary nursing' for a nursing home. we work in pairs and the morning routine is approx. as follows:


up at 6am or earlier coz i take forever.
7.15 walk to 7.30 bus.

8am sign in, check list of shit.

go into a room, say good morning to a resident. depending on person, hoist them using machine onto potty. change pad/nappy. wash face, upper and lower body, or hoist them into chair, wheel them to bathroom and wash them in the bath. after, dress them and wheel into the lounge.

move on to next resident.


resident btw = 'old person'. a few are altogether with it and can (barely) walk themselves, but need help with washing etc. most are quite incapacitated and quite a number are completely incapable of even comprehensive speach or movement, or communicate with shouts or grunts.


afternoons are more quiet. hoist/wheel people to dining areas, serve lunch/spoon-feed them. spoon-feeding some of them can take like 20 minutes. sometimes it's quite funny because a few are pretty insane and gabble garbage, spit out their food, grind their teeth insessantly etc. some are quite pleasant to even chat to (well i can think of 2 off top of my head).


anyway that's my new job. i've been at it since 29th oct (officially). we had a 2-day "training course" which i managed to amuse myself in my own special way.

went to london last weekend to visit brother. bought NEW SHOES (he lives 5 mins from oxford/regeant streets). fucking pimp i might find a pic sometime. tnx to grandmother btw.


went out to bars for first time in AGES on fri night. smacked a townie in the face for pushing over a girl. i was all alone and there was about ...well 10+ of them. i was dumb enough to tell my grandmother about it today (2 days later i'm aching on my mouth and chest) and got an hour lecture about this and that, which i would do well to take to heart and will try to. (1 drunk loner at 3am vs 10+ townies = i have a guardian angel otherwise i would be in hospital right now).


oh yeh, i now have lv52 mage, lv56 knight, lv30 hunter on 2MOONS MMO if anyone wants to chill.


but i just discovered another free MMO called FLYFF (flyforfun). it's quite old/decent (apparently). i just tried it out and am laughing my ass off.

you can only choose loli/cutsey characters and the theme music is so catchy i found myself whistling it after 20 mins =D url is http://flyff.gpotato.com . i'm level 1 atm and would be fun if people wanna join me. it's decent graphics and seems like a laugh. oh, the main feature of it is everyone can 'fly' on surfboards or broomsticks from a low level.