So; tomorrow I start work in the emergency department at St. Fred’s. I have to say I’m nervous; for several reasons:
1) My hayfever (well, allergic rhinitis) is worse than ever; I’ve resorted to mixing anti-histamine and decongestants today; with rather limited success. Apparently, it’s a mix that you can get – but it’s not really worked. I did feel a bit better for a bit though, so I shall probably do it again tomorrow.
2) My car’s still in the ‘shop being fixed, so I’m going to have to go on the bike. I’m slightly unsure as to what happens on the first day (uh, I was expecting induction, but I appear to be going to the department… to be orientated… ?). I have two letters which tell me to go at different times to meet different people. So I’m slightly unsure as to what I should wear. It’s not like I have a uniform; but do I take work shoes such as I can get changed into a uniform when I get there?
3) It’s a new job and I’m scaaaared!
So, yeah. I’m sure it’ll be fine so.
I suspect the allergic rhinitis is being exacerbated by the dust in the house. I think I’m actually allergic to dust, and I suspect it’s the dust from the building work that is causing me grief. I hope that I can get the bathroom finished soon; although I’ve taken today off – in preparation for tomorrow. I did actually feel rather better when I was up and doing stuff; but I feel that I should probably rest.
Of course, I’m also probably feeling none-too-clever because last night was my leaving party (which was ace, by the way, I really will miss Q-Ward, or at least the staff of Q-Ward); we headed into Woking for Chinese food and then across to a pub/club for drinks and dancing. Well, coke – in my case – because I was riding. While I had an excellent time, I did head back at midnight, getting home about 1am – after a somewhat chilly ride (it rained). The bike did well though – although we’re still topping out at 80km/h, which is a bit distressing.
In house news; I’ve all but finished the water-plumbing in the bathroom (not the central heating); I need the following to finish off the plumbing:
– Pressure reducing valve.
– 3 ordinary and dull white radiators (with valves) (ack, I need to do more BTU calculations!).
– 1 Cast iron radiator with valves/adaptors to take modern thermostatic valves.
– 2 Bath taps.
– Sink and cistern supports – I was hoping to restore and reuse the ones that are currently holding up my sink (the cistern supports are a bit plain, but I might go with them) but the sink ones go behind the bath which makes them somewhat hard to remove (I will examine this more carefully).
There’s the hole in the outside wall to drill, and then the connecting of the plumbing, and that’s it, really. In plumbing terms, there’s the radiator pipes to run into the spare bedroom; I gave in, these are going to have to be boxed in – and run above the floor. And the pipes to the master bedroom which run under the floor (well, they run in the same direction as the floor joists!)
Once that’s done; then it all just needs to be connected downstairs. At the moment I have what looks like a slightly odd windchime or set of pan-pipes hanging down in my bedroom with “H C CH Feed CH Return” daubed in marker.
The bath is upside-down ready to be sanded and painted; sadly I discovered a chip, I suspect that the previous owner wasn’t aware of it, but a bit of enamel came away when I removed one of the globe taps. It’s got some staining behind it so I’m fairly certain I didn’t chip it as I was taking the tap off. Apparently that’s about 70 quid to fix; on the plus side there appear to be taps matching the ones on my sink; globe type tapes; in the same style. I hope I win that auction!
I’m very rambly today; that’s because I slept like crap (another benefit of having hayfever / allergic rhinitis). Anyhow. I should get off and read my info for tomorrow. And maybe eat dinner.
