- Nov 28, 2004
- 13,347
- 1,154
- 126
As some of you know I have had some tough work in October and it was supposed to have ended before November 3. Well life is not so easy.
I was prepared to finish my temporary assignment when my chief called me and said that I have to step up and the assignment as chief medical officer for two other units (in addition to the one I am leading) - that is in effect giving me an almost tripled work load. The reason? Not a nice one - one of my colleagues has messed up big time and was more or less dismissed.
One of the units is our emergency psychiatric ward. This has resulted in working days of 12 or more hours a day. I am very grateful that my fiancée has stepped in and helped greatly with all the work around the house and the kids ...
As if that was not sufficiently complicated ...
The renovation of my home was done as planned, but unfortunately not to my satisfaction. The heating works OK, but there are some small leaks here and some there, the efficiency was not as good as promised. The contractors were very good about the problems - they fixed all I wanted ASAP, but the efficiency of the system remained below specification. In the end they had to replace the whole unit - and then all was well. :beer:
And then the most wonderful house - a house I have wanted to buy for the last 2 years come up for sale! It fits our needs perfectly, is of great quality, my fiancée was enchanted by it - so we bought it. That took quite a few hours of work ... but it is ours now and we will move March 1.
Most of this is great - my current home has gained a lot in value due to the work I have done and will pay for more than 60% of the new house so the mortgage will be OK, the kids and fiancée and her kids are very happy, so am I.
But I am so tired - pushing 12 hours-days, dealing with contractors and real estate agents, banks and such people is quite exhausting. Sleeping does not help I have to get time off.
When celebrating my birthday in October my friends have given me a great present: a month long trip to Australia. What we are going to do I do not know yet, But I would like to travel around and am thus asking for ideas ... renting a mobile home, staying somewhere at the Great Barrier Reef, visiting friends ...
All knowledge is appreciated - and ideas, addresses and so on ...
This is the explanation of my absence during November and my continued absence until middle of January - my crunchers will crunch on, all the time, but I will probably not have the time to be around. So: it is not due to lack of enthusiasm or willingness; but this is real life . It will become better ...
I was prepared to finish my temporary assignment when my chief called me and said that I have to step up and the assignment as chief medical officer for two other units (in addition to the one I am leading) - that is in effect giving me an almost tripled work load. The reason? Not a nice one - one of my colleagues has messed up big time and was more or less dismissed.
One of the units is our emergency psychiatric ward. This has resulted in working days of 12 or more hours a day. I am very grateful that my fiancée has stepped in and helped greatly with all the work around the house and the kids ...
As if that was not sufficiently complicated ...
The renovation of my home was done as planned, but unfortunately not to my satisfaction. The heating works OK, but there are some small leaks here and some there, the efficiency was not as good as promised. The contractors were very good about the problems - they fixed all I wanted ASAP, but the efficiency of the system remained below specification. In the end they had to replace the whole unit - and then all was well. :beer:
And then the most wonderful house - a house I have wanted to buy for the last 2 years come up for sale! It fits our needs perfectly, is of great quality, my fiancée was enchanted by it - so we bought it. That took quite a few hours
of work ... but it is ours now and we will move March 1. Most of this is great - my current home has gained a lot in value due to the work I have done and will pay for more than 60% of the new house so the mortgage will be OK, the kids and fiancée and her kids are very happy, so am I.
But I am so tired - pushing 12 hours-days, dealing with contractors and real estate agents, banks and such people is quite exhausting. Sleeping does not help I have to get time off.
When celebrating my birthday in October my friends have given me a great present: a month long trip to Australia. What we are going to do I do not know yet, But I would like to travel around and am thus asking for ideas ... renting a mobile home, staying somewhere at the Great Barrier Reef, visiting friends ...
All knowledge is appreciated - and ideas, addresses and so on ...
This is the explanation of my absence during November and my continued absence until middle of January - my crunchers will crunch on, all the time, but I will probably not have the time to be around. So: it is not due to lack of enthusiasm or willingness; but this is real life . It will become better ...
Facebook
Twitter