Random Things I have Learnt in My First Year

This is bit of long one I’m afraid. Has been brewing for a couple months and been added to lots………….. feel free to add your own!

• If you offer to make tea everyone wants one, when you want one nobody offers
• That some people in this world are just rude no matter what job they do and sometimes things will happen that make you giggle at them inappropriately
• A large tin of chocolates can be demolished within 1 hour, easily
• Its ok to feel ok
• When drunk, people can be complete idiots but also quite funny
• Shift work can be lonely for single person starting a new life in a different city……………… but it gets better and blogging helps!
• Certain words are out of bounds
• Driving with sirens for too long can give you a headache............... but the novelty of driving on the wrong side of the road doesn't wear off!
• The fridge in the mess room will always smell like something has died in it no matter how many times you empty and clean it.
• Baking only gets you out of paying tea fund for so long
• That some people shouldn't be on the road
• I have an amazing ability to sleep anywhere at anytime of day with lots of noise, however when your really knackered you can be sure something will wake you up
• If you rant on a blog in a bad mood you will upset people
• On the day you think it might be quiet enough at work to study all hell will break loose and you will not see station all day
• Too many night shifts are a bitch!
• That sometimes fairness just doesn’t come into it
• That some people you work with attract the ‘bad’ jobs
• That the service is by no means perfect and sometimes working for a government controlled trust is really frustrating
• That Dairylea makes a kids puke smell horrific! One of the worst smells in the world!
• That a lot of people have no idea what constitutes an emergency
• The police are very lovely people who when needed will help you and some of them brighten your day in other ways!
• That you get to the point where you really don’t care if the people you work with hear you singing like a loon in the motor and dancing like an idiot at the oddest moments!
• That if you come across a good looking emergency service worker/new doctor/nurse you will be looking the absolute worst you have looked all day/night
• That this is best job in the world because you can go from this, to this, to this in one shift and see all areas of human life!

I have learnt a huge amount in this first year and continue to learn and re-evaluate all that I do. I am looking to go for Paramedic quickly and will of course keep you updated.

As for new year resolutions, I used to make huge lists of them but now I just set targets:

• Target 1 (and the most important to me): Paramedic by the end of 2009
• Target 2: Climb more mountains!
• Target 3: See more of my family and friends, or at least stay in touch better
• Target 4: Get fitter (I am not setting weight targets but simply want to be fitter!)
• Target 5: Save money and not be so bloody stupid with the money I do have!
• Target 6: Be happy. Don't let opportunities pass me by and make the most of everything

I hope you all have a very happy and safe New Year and that 2009 is all you want it to be.

Louise xx