New Year

Well here we are, 2014. The end of 2013 marks the end of a long difficult year, full of ups and downs.
From the first anniversary of my dads passing, though to being selected to go on the St John Trainers course. All whist fighting the ongoing battle with the black dog.

I can not see 2014 being any different. As I have come to a conclusion that no matter what year it is, life is always a mix bag of ups and downs. New years resolutions come and go, however the mixed bag is always there, so I decided on a easy resolution. To carry on fighting the back dog as I have done over the last 12 months.

Talking of a mixed bag, that can be used to explain my Job over the last 12 months. During the year a member of the department I work in injured himself in a way that put him off work for 6 months. I started to cover one part of his duties, locking/ unlocking our Baschurch campus.

Then as part of my job is being a handyperson. (PC I know). So I was asked to look at a few thing, and by the end of the six months I was doing a relief caretaker type job when at the campus. No skin of my nose, yet another string to my bow.

So now i am a relief caretaker for Baschurch Campus, I end up doing job over there. Like working with Nicky on temporary sleeping accommodation arriving on site before term starts Monday.

The Truck and the TSA

This is what I was doing today with Nicky. Getting the tracks down for the truck, guiding the driver down them, help getting them into position, then we had to work hard to get the truck back onto the car park.

It had been raining on and off all over Christmas, and the ground was wet to say the least. At one point I did wonder if it should of been issued it own flood warning, as it passed me going on firing a jet of muddy water out from under one of the track boards, directly at me. And no I don't have a photo of myself after that event.

After getting even more muddier packing up the trackway, the truck driver was due a break (by law) so we retired to the caretakers workshop/ tea room, nickname 'the shed' for a well deserved hot drink and a warm up.

So it was then that I realised, same sort of stuff different year.

Till next time Dear Reader, Stay Safe.