Posted in Rick's Posts on Feb 28th, 2007
I didn’t go to the gym today, but before anyone calls me a slacker perhaps they would like also heft boxes and make furniture for 9 hours. Our house has been cleaned to a good standard so I started assembling all the IKEA furniture we bought yesterday. Some of the boxes were pretty heavy so [...]
Posted in BodyPump on Feb 26th, 2007
Finally I’ve had a chance to do the new release! It was launched at LesMills Auckland on the 18th, so we’re not doing too badly to have it this soon. You’ll have to let me know if you’ve all done it too, but given the slack nature of Fitness First I am going to assume [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Feb 26th, 2007
You’ll all be happy to know that Regan has arrived safe and sound. She actually flew in yesterday, but as you can well imagine things have been hectic round here, hence not being able to deliver the news till today. Her parents are obviously very relieved to have their daughter back, and their house has [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Feb 23rd, 2007
Unfortunately Loyd couldn’t make it today but we went in anyway. I picked up the keys to our new place this morning and Regan’s parents and I went for a recce visit. It’s a very well built house with all the mod cons. Downstairs there is a front reception/living room, leading through to a large [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Feb 20th, 2007
There’s nothing quite like it. The Swift arrived today and I am very happy. The dealership was so keen to get if off their hands that they delivered it to the hospital for free. Fortunately this means they took back the courtesy car, which was definitely showing it’s age. The new car is very perky [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Feb 16th, 2007
Success! The verdict is in and we’ve been accepted as tenants for a house. Following Amin and Rich’s advice I made an offer on the “house with the balcony” – seen here. Obviously the owners thought we were a good enough investment (no comments along the lines of “the poor deluded fools” please). At the [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Feb 13th, 2007
Phew, I’ve survived the first set of on-call shifts. 3 days and 3 nights have passed fairly quickly and now I have 6 wonderful days off to enjoy. The days at work were par for an ICU with a full complement of patients and enough work to keep us busy. Fortunately the nights were quiet [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Feb 10th, 2007
The shift system has rolled round and my first set of nights are starting tonight. We have to do 15 hours (6pm till 9am). In ordinary circumstances this would be a tad too long for my stamina but ,unlike my previous ICU jobs, we get an on-call room to sleep in. I hope all will [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Feb 8th, 2007
It’s now over a week since I arrived and am hopefully settling in. Fortunately work is pretty much what I was expecting and it’s been easy enough to find my feet there. The house hunting project is now under way. We’re a little restricted in that we need a rental property that is pet friendly. [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Feb 5th, 2007
Today was another first day at the hospital, but rather than being a proper on-call I was just invited in to get a feel for the place. We did a morning ward round (that went on till the afternoon) and then a few jobs as necessary. Everyone was welcoming but I still got information-overload syndrome. [...]
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