Well, Christmas feels like a million years ago already, the kids have been back at school five minutes and bought home the most horrendous sickness bug known to mankind. People often ask what’s it like to have three kids and I usually joke that three is a lot- there are just so many of them running around. But let me tell you three kids vomiting at the same time when you’re on nights is absolute fricking carnage. One highlight was literally passing the sick bowl between the girls as they did some tandem spewing, or maybe it was when I was cooking tea last night and Clara just waltzed into the kitchen and chundered at my feet with no warning what so ever. Anyway, it’s been a challenging weekend and my poor washing machine has been going round the clock and Henry and I are literally praying we escape this one.

Sitting here this evening listening to the tenth load of washing spinning around, with one eye on the baby monitor hoping that there won’t be an eleventh load and it got me thinking though about this time last year. This time last year I was pretty close to hurling myself as it was the night before I started the training session for a new job and like most people in that situation I was feeling pretty nervous and had no idea what to expect. Then, thinking about my drive home this morning with Heart blasting out in the car with a smile on my face and I realised I needn’t have been too worried as although it was a big change, it was one of the best changes I could have made. It was scary making such a change but joining the Green family on the phones has been amazing. Yes I’ve been shouted at and called all the names under the sun but it’s also been the most eye opening experience of my life and oh boy does it make you appreciate the little things in life like being healthy for a start. Plus I get to work with the most amazing team who get you through even the toughest calls.

Obviously at the beginning of a new year we all like to look forward to any plans we have on the horizon and may start making some more. We’ve got a few exciting things lined up over the next twelve months and are doing that thing where you realise that they are actually not too far away now that we’ve moved past that strike of midnight that everyone gets a bit excited about, and starting to realise we need to get more organised with said plans. The first plan is a walking challenge my brother and I are hoping to complete in April, hence me going on a few more walks than normal over the last few weeks as I really need to build up my stamina. It’s also been a good excuse to get back out into the countryside which is always a good thing, mind you the steps up the hill on my last walk almost killed me and anyone walking in the woods that morning may have thought an asthmatic pirate was stumbling around near them but six miles later and I felt much better and now have another route to add to my collection and hopefully in another couple of weeks there’ll be less breathless cursing when I attempt it again.

To be honest I’ve not got much more to add tonight, I’m slightly frazzled after the last couple of days and have an alarm set bright and early for another shift, plus I’m thinking the kids may be lulling us into a false sense of security right now as the monitor has remained quiet for too long, so I may actually be able to watch Silent Witness, although I’m not holding out much hope. So I’ll sign off tonight and try and not let big gaps between posts appear again like they did last year!