I normally work four days a week - from Monday to Friday. Last week one of our cats needed another brain operation, so I swapped days off. This is my first three day weekend for a bit and all I really wanted to do was take things easy.
Although I was spared redundancy just before Christmas (after 8 months of worry), my husband (who works for the same organisation) is just going through the same process. Initially we thought his forthcoming move to another sector would prevent this - there are no redundancies there, but now we're not so sure. His first 1-2-1 meeting was this morning, but because I needed to take another cat to the vet, he took our old Land Rover. Unfortunately it broke down on the way and he was stuck there for 4 hours. The AA diagnosed the problem, but they don't carry parts for such an old vehicle, plus they had to call in someone else to tow the Landy home.
My visit to the vet lasted nearly 2 hours. Nothing physical could be found, so I asked for blood tests and said I would wait. (My husband was obviously going to need the car for work and I couldn't collect Jasper in the afternoon). Thankfully the tests only showed he has some sort of infection, so with a bit of luck the antibiotic injection should put him right in a couple of days.
Just as I got home the phone rang. It was my Mum's care home. She'd been in terrible pain all morning from her badly swollen legs (she has end stage kidney failure as well as AD). They'd called the doctor, but asked if I could go in to calm her down. Obviously I couldn't do that until my husband got home as he didn't take a key this morning. When he eventually got back we went up to see her, but by that time she'd exhausted herself and was fast asleep. She has now refused all food for 3 weeks and isn't drinking much either. As my husband had been refused the rest of the day off as annual leave, we had to leave her for the time being. I will try and visit again later.
On top of all that, the home are trying to get my Mum moved into the nursing wing. I know it will be better for her, but it's sad that she has to leave her room when she's only been there for 6 weeks.
My husband dropped me at home, but I got another call from him about 20 minutes later. He was stuck in exactly the same place as this morning, only this time a bad accident had closed the road.
Oh... and I don't know if it's just my PC, but this site has suddenly started misbehaving. I normally work with the screen resolution at 1024 x 768, but no matter how high I go, the site just won't fit and I have to scroll from side to side...
Although I was spared redundancy just before Christmas (after 8 months of worry), my husband (who works for the same organisation) is just going through the same process. Initially we thought his forthcoming move to another sector would prevent this - there are no redundancies there, but now we're not so sure. His first 1-2-1 meeting was this morning, but because I needed to take another cat to the vet, he took our old Land Rover. Unfortunately it broke down on the way and he was stuck there for 4 hours. The AA diagnosed the problem, but they don't carry parts for such an old vehicle, plus they had to call in someone else to tow the Landy home.
My visit to the vet lasted nearly 2 hours. Nothing physical could be found, so I asked for blood tests and said I would wait. (My husband was obviously going to need the car for work and I couldn't collect Jasper in the afternoon). Thankfully the tests only showed he has some sort of infection, so with a bit of luck the antibiotic injection should put him right in a couple of days.
Just as I got home the phone rang. It was my Mum's care home. She'd been in terrible pain all morning from her badly swollen legs (she has end stage kidney failure as well as AD). They'd called the doctor, but asked if I could go in to calm her down. Obviously I couldn't do that until my husband got home as he didn't take a key this morning. When he eventually got back we went up to see her, but by that time she'd exhausted herself and was fast asleep. She has now refused all food for 3 weeks and isn't drinking much either. As my husband had been refused the rest of the day off as annual leave, we had to leave her for the time being. I will try and visit again later.
On top of all that, the home are trying to get my Mum moved into the nursing wing. I know it will be better for her, but it's sad that she has to leave her room when she's only been there for 6 weeks.
My husband dropped me at home, but I got another call from him about 20 minutes later. He was stuck in exactly the same place as this morning, only this time a bad accident had closed the road.
Oh... and I don't know if it's just my PC, but this site has suddenly started misbehaving. I normally work with the screen resolution at 1024 x 768, but no matter how high I go, the site just won't fit and I have to scroll from side to side...
