Realisation dawns!!

Today was day 7.................and I feel quite good!


I was checking my diary this morning. My next day off is Wednesday. then I am back to work for four days, two days off..........................then eleven straight!!!


Not sure what has happened there, but the taxman is going to think Christmas has come early!!!

Day One of Ten

Today I was at work, and it was the first day of ten straight!


Now I will admit, this is my choice. Today I should have been on a rest day, then I should work Monday through Wednesday, rest days Thursday and Friday, then working Saturday though Tuesday.


But we are a bit thin on the ground at work at the mo...............broken ankle, leaver and paternity leave are not helping, so today I was on overtime, as I will be on Thursday and Friday!


All I can say is that the tax man is going to love me at the end of February!!!!

Sound of 2012

So, here we are, on the 6th January 2012 and Michael Kiwanuka has been named the 'Sound of 2012'. Now I have never heard of this chap, but apparently the criteria include being a 'new' artist, and from what few bits the BBC have just played on the news, it sounds pleasant enough, soul type music. But how can we say he is the sound of 2012 when the year is only 6 days old!!!

Headlights

Monday night, there I was, driving to work to start my first night shift (of four) - yuk. Car was fine, working properly when I left home, headlights all ok, dipped and on main beam, so all was hunky dory. That was until I came into the next village on from mine, so dipped my headlights, which had been on main beam for the nice dark country back road, and ah, problem......lights not as bright.



Well not a huge amount I could do, part way through a journey, but when I got to work, double checked, and sure enough, bulb had blown. Now why is it that these things always happen on nights? Last time I had a headlight bulb blow, I was on nights, and what is it that you do when coming home in the morning...............that's right, sleep, most of the day, making it difficult to get to Halfords to source a replacement. Luckily hubby went on his spread over (that's like a long gap bus drivers have in the middle of their duty, so there are more of them about during the rush our), and procured a replacement, which he then fitted when he got home.



Anyway, having a duff light made me notice how many other vehicles there are out there with bulbs blown and badly adjusted. Now there is this strange thing (that I don't really understand), when headlights blow, there is still light, it's just duller. Like I don't really get how one bulb can do dipped and main beam...............does it get more power? But I digress, and as long as they work, fine!



It really is shocking the number of people who drive around with blown headlights. Commercial vehicles are normally ok (lorries and buses/coaches), though I have seen one or two with badly adjusted lights. White van man appears to be the worst for badly adjusted.....how many times have I been almost blinded by the dazzle of white van man two inches of my back bumper in the outside line because he is in a hurry to die. But car drivers are by far the worst for blown bulbs, and not just the light being very dim blown, quite a few where it has gone completely, so they only have light on one side. Apart from it being illegal and dangerous, how do the see??? If I was able to see a noticeable difference with the duller type of blown, I cannot work out how they can properly see the road.

What's with the fruit?

So, there I was in Asda this morning, stocking up on a few essentials............you know...........food, and I was in the tinned fruit aisle. Hubby likes it for breakfast occasionally, so I thought I would stock up. Now you would have thought in this era of healthy eating etc, the majority of this fruit would be in fruit juice...............but no, the majority of it is in light syrup!!!!!!!!



What's this all about then??