Rabbit Thought of the Day

Hello fellow bloggers, just a quick blog to say that I am still alive and will be blogging when I get the chance I just find it difficult at the moment to get a few minutes to myself at the right time to get on the computer and blog as I used to, hopefully I soon should be able to blog like I used (well nearly anyway).

Caz and I managed to put the Christmas decorations yesterday afternoon, so we are looking like the festive season here all ready, we haven’t managed to complete the shopping yet but we are well on way and should have finished by next weekend.

Work is still going very well, apart from the fact that I am extremely busy, (I just don’t know some company’s expect you to work when you get to the office, lol). I have to go to Gatwick on Tuesday, only a fleeting visit this time.

I am still keeping up with the exercise and the diet, however, I am not able to find the time as much now for cycling, I have been reduced from five times a week just to 2 or 3 times, which as been a little disappointing really, by the time I get in from work and have eaten it’s a bit too late to go out, but I am looking a few new options to solve that particular problem. Saying that its now time to go on my usual Sunday morning ride, it starting to get light even if its cold out there.

Hello fellow bloggers hope you are all warm enough today, it’s probably not the warmest day of the year and it was definitely a cold start this morning. On the drive this morning the temperature just about managed to reach 0C, most of the time it was well below zero and I think we are for more of the same tonight.

I think I made my colleagues day this morning when I returned to work, some of them weren’t expecting me back. I also returned to my first ear bending of this job, when I failed to update a document that I was actioned in on. Well it wasn’t that I didn’t update it, it was I didn’t update with all the correct information. Oh well never mind it happens sometimes.

I have now been home for a couple of hours; my trip to the hospital did not go according to plan. After checking in and meeting my named nurse I went through the usual routine, blood pressure, pulse, temperature and the all the questions that they have asked many times before. I spent the next 4 hours lying on a hospital waiting for my turn to go under the knife. Only to be told that they would have to cancel my operation due to my surgeon being called away on an emergency.

I fully understand the situation and am not really unhappy about it, but they have now booked me a new date the 23^rd, it was that other wise they couldn’t give a date so it looks like being a great Christmas for me. Emergency happen and they can’t do anything about, but me and the lady in the bed next to me who was also sent home are just a little disappointed.

Today the day of my hernia operation and even though it’s a minor operation I still find myself a little apprehensive, I now that thousands of operations are carried out each that and there is nothing to worry about but this time its me that going under the knife. In point of fact this is not my first operation I have been there before and it is only minor. But as I sit here contemplating the next few hours, my mind wanders to many children who I have been on TV with many different ailments and have endured hundreds of major operations between them and I understand how lucky I am and I know that every thing will be ok.

Oh well I will catch you all later have a great day; I will be back later with the latest news.

Early Sunday morning, once again I find myself in front of the computer screen tapping away producing blog’s that no one is probably interested in and in any case are full of crap. I have found it so difficult in the last six weeks to find the time to sit down and produce any thing decent on the issues of the day. Mainly they have been about work or some other inane issue nothing of interest that sparks controversy. Even on my days off at the week I have found it difficult to produce anything of value. I understand that it is not always possible to blog anything everyday, but I had been going so well, and then came the job change.

While that was good thing and I now really enjoy my work it’s interesting and worth while, it has put a bit of a damper on my blogging and I must say on my exercise, I was used to blog every day sometimes five or six times a day, now I’m lucky if I get one or two blog’s posted. My exercise routine as really gone out of the window, from 5 times a week now I only really get the chance on the weekends and of the course the diet as also gone to pot, while my weight has not increased it certainly hasn’t reduced any further. I fully believe that I haven’t yet got myself into a routine of work, exercise and social life that is something I will have to work, but not until after Christmas.

Well you know what it’s like as silly season, most plans go out of the window and you find yourself just living one day at a time, hardly any time to make plans and if you do they tend to fall to pieces. Also I due my hernia operation on Tuesday, and as operations go is only minor but it still going to put me out of sync for the next couple of weeks. Don’t get me wrong I am not complaining here, I am enjoying my life at the moment it’s just so busy and full, but in the next couple of weeks when I have the chance to relax and convalesce It will give me the chance to get my working life in to some of order and when it Christmas and New Year is over it will be a new beginning (don’t we say that every year). I suppose my new beginning is already under way it just needs some kind of order.

Loyalty not shown by a lot of people or companies now in the work place, all the armed forces show loyalty to each other and to the Queen, I my self served for over 24 years and I think I showed my loyalty. But apart from that it appears little is now either by employees or employers. However, that said I have discovered a least one employee today who must be one of the most loyal in country. I have been with this new company for a little over six weeks now, but that pales in to insignificant to one member of staff who retires today and has been with the 42 years and 10 months (a bloody long time). I suppose you could say he’s been a loyal employee. I doubt many in the country could better that record.

Well here we are once again, Friday the end of the working week, and it been another hectic week, in fact the last three have been non stop. From the moment I arrived in the office to the time it was to leave it has been all go. Not one minute spare to visit my favourite web site and post a blog. But I have now completed all the outstanding jobs and am ready for next week, I in on Monday morning then I will be off for the rest of the week. I have my hernia operation on Tuesday morning and the rest of the week to recuperate. It may be even longer the doctor has said two weeks but I don’t really want to be stuck in doors for a couple of weeks I would go stir crazy, but at least it would give me time to spend on here.

Hello fellow bloggers and welcome to Wednesday, well we are half way through the week already and every thing was going great until I listened to my voicemail and the details of our visit to Whitstable have changed. According to the message I received we have no transport available and it seems that they want me to use my car. So as in the great British tradition, I am not a happy bunny, but I won’t go ballistic just yet I wait until I know all the details.

Apart from the transport incident, I am quite looking forward to the visit to the factory; I might even try the famous Whitstable oysters assuming I get the chance. In any case we should be back reasonably early. I am going to be very busy for the next couple of days I have a few task to complete before I have my operation and take some sick time, so this week and Monday are going to be very important.

Another busy start to the day, normally when I get to work, I get the chance to post a blog and see what every one else is up too, but for the last couple of days it’s been straight into work. I have just been preparing for an important meeting with NATS (National Air Traffic Control) all the paper work is now ready and I have my notes to hand. So I have a few minutes before the meeting starts, it should go on all day but fortunately my element is only for about an hour.

The rest of the day will be spent checking through a load of calculations and then preparing for my factory to Whitstable tomorrow, a nice trip to the seaside for a change instead of the wilds of Scotland. Right I better get going, I’ll be back on later have a nice day!

Last weeks trip to Scotland on Wednesday went really well, despite the travelling which was a right pain in the arse. The drive up to Peterhead from Edinburgh was not too bad, even though it’s over 160 miles. The weather was kind with sunshine and reasonable temperatures. However, the following morning the change in the weather was incredible high winds, driving rain and freezing conditions did not make it a pleasant day for work. But saying that the work went well and we were finished ahead of time, which left us quite a bit time to kill before our flight from Aberdeen airport. So we stopped off for a look around the shops in Aberdeen.

Our flight from Aberdeen to Luton was about an hour late, so we didn’t get back to Luton until about 10:30, and then we were messed about with the hire car, I had to drop my mate at Stansted and then it was home to bed at about 01:30 in the morning.

An early morning start saw me leaving for Heathrow at 5:30, thanks fully the traffic was good and I arrived at the airport in plenty of time. I’m glad I left when I did, because it seems an accident cause about 15 miles of queues, which were still there when I drove home in the afternoon. Work went well and we finished at about midday, I did mange to climb the radar tower and at 50m it’s the tallest structure around, apart from air traffic control for many a mile. It was very windy at the top and with not a lot under my feet it was a little disconcerting. I did manage to take a few pictures but, I haven’t checked them out yet, first chance I get I will down a load a few on here, due the high wind and cold temperatures it wasn’t easy taking pictures (making excuses already).

That about sums up my week (boring I know) hectic but interesting and enjoyable, I now just have this week before my operation and two weeks off, at least I’ll get time to blog.