All at Sea - with a bucket and spade!

And I only used one stone…

Exercise machine (air walker) and Clinical skills videos on CUonline. Driven by the fact that I ate too much last night (as I always do when I eat out) and drank red wine.

I watched aseptic technique - twice. Handwashing - three times. Bed bath and Bed making once. Blood pressure - once. Temperature/Pulse and Respiration - twice.

Not sure if I learned much but I got some good exercise and eased my conscience

Off to Clinical skills labs in a bit to practice. It’s somehow soooo much harder when you actually try to do it yourself! I’m pretty rubbish. It’s my weakest area - just as I suspected it would be before I started the course.

Ho hum

Today was a busy day. Emma did a bit of plastering in the hall. All on her own. Without Ian, her plastering Buddy. Looked pretty good. Was impressed! Then Laura off my Uni course (Laura Brown - there’s FOUR Laura’s in our group of about 27) came round and we spent some time trying to apply clinical skills to scheduled care, unscheduled care, chronic disease management and the essence of care. Not exactly fun but okay!

Me and Em went shopping. We went halves on all three series of Black Books (which I LOVE). Met Mu and had a coffee and a natter. Back home and then off out to a firework display with the McMahon’s and the Burnett’s. The fireworks were impressive. In town, I had a large pick and mix. And a small snickers. Unfortunately at the firework display, I ate a doughnut. Not just any doughnut, the kind that’s soaked in oil and then rolled around in sugar. Then I ate two samosas and Channa (chick pea curry) I think I may develop atherosclerosis based on today’s intake of fat alone.

I did spent 40 minutes on the air walker when I got home and worked myself out of breath. No food for three days I think!

Feeling fat. Big tummy from 1) chinese take away on Tuesday 2) Lots of Chocolate on Wednesday 3) Toffee Waffles and lots of fresh bread with cheese at lunchtime (oxfam lunch at spirituality and faith centre).

So an hour on the air walker, healthy tea cooked in the new George Foreman. The old one had kind of had it so we got a new Grill and Melt one. It’s great. Then working through the ‘evidence base’ chapter in a huge pile of books. With a bit of magical help from Gandalf, it didn’t take long to get the bulk of it done.

Haircut this morning. Better hurry up and get showered or Emma will start fretting about being late. Then, banished to the caravan while Emma and Ian carry on plastering in the hall