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I feel relaxed. I had time on holiday to rest and recuperate. I sat around and did very little, no writing, no thinking about writing, no picking up drunks. It was bliss and I'm rather sad that it has come to an end.

I feel re-invigorated.

I feel re-susc-i-tated.

I'm also going to release, that is to declare bankrupcy over my un-answered emails, any podcasts I have left to listen to and all the RSS feeds that I need to catch up with. I don't like doing it, but I honestly have no time to catch up on all the things I've missed out on during the winter doldrums. This is a failure on my part. If you are expecting an email reply from me and it's important then please send the email again and I'll deal with it as it comes in. For all those people who emailed me to thank me for the book or the blog, I do read them all and they do all bring a smile to my face.

What this will allow me to do is rebuild some form of workflow and get involved in some interesting new things, some of which you will see on this very blog, some will be at one of my other internet 'hang-outs'.

So, this break has given me the chance to catch my breath, absorb some honest to goodness sunshine, and restart with new vim and vigor.

Rebooting in 5...4...3...2...1...

(And of course, as soon as I finish typing this blog-post while at Florida airport they announce that my flight will be an hour late and so I'll miss the connecting flight back to the UK. Bollocks).

View Article  My Long Day

A very quick blogpost and you may see why once you finish reading it...

05:25 - Wake up, stumble out of bed, shave and get my clothes on.
06:45 - Arrive at work, find there is no milk, so no cup of tea.
07:00 - Discover that there are no adult oxygen masks on the ambulance or in stock.
07:03 - First job.
Job
Job
Job
Job
11:28 - First (and only) cup of tea of the day.
Job
Job
Job
etc...
18:35 - Miles from home we get our last job.
19:09 - We finally manage to get the heavy immobile (but very nice) patient into the ambulance.
19:20 - We reach the patient's hospital, miles from station.
19:40 - I find a nurse to hand over to, our patient is likely to be on our trolley for a few hours - I point out his high risk of developing pressure sores.
19:50 - Another crew come up with a cunning plan to get us away, Control agree to it.
19:55 - We start to head home.
20:17 - We arrive back on station, knackered. Due back in work in 10 hours, 15 minutes. Not counting commuting.
20:45 - Make it home - I'm too tired to cook, yet heroically managed to blog.

Oh well, at least I have a 'not a blogmeet' to look forward to with the lovely Gordon McLean. Then the day after that...ahem. A week in Florida as paid for by my lovely mum and brother.

Yeah - I'm looking forward to a week in some sort of sunshine.

Welcome to Random Acts Of Reality, a Blog based in London, England, written by an E.M.T working for the London Ambulance Service. Also, number one search result for "Womble porn". All names have be changed to protect the guilty. This Blog was previously known as "Why I Hate Humanity" but the antipsychotic medication seems to have kicked in.

All opinions on this website are mine alone, and may not reflect those of the L.A.S or other ambulance crews

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