Supposedly it is winter here in Taree, but today is probably the coldest day we have had for weeks. So i have been enjoying the sunshine and think i even got a bit of a tan yesterday ;-).
It has been 4 months since i last updated too. oops.. this will only be short as i am off for a "golf day" with a few other ambo's, cops, nurses, and firees, so we are hoping for a fun filled day.
My new job as an Ambulance Officer with the NSW Ambulance Service is great. Can't express how happy i am to be finally doing the job i really want to do. I will be a probationer for 10 months with a training officer then "on my own". ohhh scaryyyyyyy. We have to do a lot of homework by distance education and then when we go back to school in March / April of 2008, we are tested on the first day on all our "homework".
Well i did say short, but hope to have photos next time. I am still not fully "organized" from the move and have to find the adapter for the camera and computer. ;-)
Monday, August 13, 2007
Monday, April 16, 2007
Long overdue Update
I think i emailed most about my move, but here is just a bit more. :-D
I found out in Late March that I had gotten the "TAO" Trainee Ambulance Officer position with the NSW Ambulance Service. So once i finally received the contract from them i handed in my resignation to Rural Ambulance Victoria (RAV). Yesterday was my final day working at RAV. I am sad in some ways to be leaving behind a good job and good friends, but at the same time very excited to be finally starting on the journey to become a fully qualified paramedic. YIPPEE.
I am spending this week finalizing things with the house and cleaning and packing for the move. I am having to put all my furniture into storage for 8 weeks+ while i am in Sydney training as i still don't know what training branch i am being posted to. YIPES.
My mum is coming up today (should be here in a hour or so actually) to help me with a few things and to also drive me back from my Oral Surgeon appointment. Double Yipes.... :-( Tomorrow i have to have one of my front teeth removed as it is "resorbing" and falling apart and has big holes in it. Not a nice thing to have happen. So it looks like i will be starting my new job with either a gappy smile or a plate... hee hee. No laughter permitted thank you very much. :-) So now i can sing once more that "all i want for Christmas is my ONE front tooth?" :-D.
Banjo will be heading off with mum when she heads home, so i know he is going to be upset with me. And then he will have to have another long journey up into some unknown town in NSW. He is pretty good with the 6+ hour journed to mum's but i could be living over 13 hours away this time.. I don't think he is going to like that journey. :-) His leg has healed very nicely and he only has a very slight limp now. Although when he decides that he wants to jump up on the window ledges and then down again is becomes more pronounced, but his spring is coming back and it is great to see.
If you are interested in checked out my new employer here is the web site link to ASNSW (Ambulance Service of New South Wales).
http://www.ambulance.nsw.gov.au/
I found out in Late March that I had gotten the "TAO" Trainee Ambulance Officer position with the NSW Ambulance Service. So once i finally received the contract from them i handed in my resignation to Rural Ambulance Victoria (RAV). Yesterday was my final day working at RAV. I am sad in some ways to be leaving behind a good job and good friends, but at the same time very excited to be finally starting on the journey to become a fully qualified paramedic. YIPPEE.
I am spending this week finalizing things with the house and cleaning and packing for the move. I am having to put all my furniture into storage for 8 weeks+ while i am in Sydney training as i still don't know what training branch i am being posted to. YIPES.
My mum is coming up today (should be here in a hour or so actually) to help me with a few things and to also drive me back from my Oral Surgeon appointment. Double Yipes.... :-( Tomorrow i have to have one of my front teeth removed as it is "resorbing" and falling apart and has big holes in it. Not a nice thing to have happen. So it looks like i will be starting my new job with either a gappy smile or a plate... hee hee. No laughter permitted thank you very much. :-) So now i can sing once more that "all i want for Christmas is my ONE front tooth?" :-D.
Banjo will be heading off with mum when she heads home, so i know he is going to be upset with me. And then he will have to have another long journey up into some unknown town in NSW. He is pretty good with the 6+ hour journed to mum's but i could be living over 13 hours away this time.. I don't think he is going to like that journey. :-) His leg has healed very nicely and he only has a very slight limp now. Although when he decides that he wants to jump up on the window ledges and then down again is becomes more pronounced, but his spring is coming back and it is great to see.
If you are interested in checked out my new employer here is the web site link to ASNSW (Ambulance Service of New South Wales).
http://www.ambulance.nsw.gov.au/
Well the packing is calling again. - I abandoned it in favour of updating my blog. :-) Priorities right? :-)
Saturday, February 03, 2007
Hot and Dry
Still really hot here most days and still very dry. Unlike the monsoons that the North have been getting (Major flooding), we have received little to no rain. So we are now on level 4 water restrictions. This means no watering of gardens/grass or any plants outside, no washing of your car unless it is at a commercial car wash, no filling of pools (yes even one of the town pools has had to close), and many more to tiresome to even list. For those who wish to keep the plants in their garden alive, well a bucket in the shower, the laundry water and the dishwashing water are all good ways to try to keep the poor plants alive.
I drove up to Sydney earlier in the week (7 1/2 hours North of where i live now), and south / southeastern NSW is in even worse state than we are. As you drive down the highway dust storms just crop up and blow across the road. Even though we are a fairly "hot" country this is unusual for our area. They are predicting that at current rates and without significant rainfall that we will only have enough water to last until March (that is the whole of the North East Region). So if you are reading this and thinking about it we would really appreciate some prayers for rain. Specifically rain that would fall in our catchment areas.
So enough about the drought. The fires are somewhat under control now and have burnt just over 1 1/2 million hectares now, but the Dept of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) are saying that they are "controlled", so we are happy with that.
When i went to Sydney this week it was for an apptitude test and psychological test to get into the NSW Ambulance Service as a Trainee Student Ambulance Officer. So depending if they think i am sane or not :-}, i will find out in a week or so how i did. As much as i would love to get in i am not too stressed about it any more as i figure i can only keep trying to get into becoming a paramedic.
Banjo's leg seems to be healing although he keeps doing silly things and making me take him back to the vet. His vet says that we need a frequent flyer card now as i have had to take him back every week for the past 4 weeks. Good thing that i have gotten some OT lately :-). Anyway this week he had to go back again because the bandage slipped about 3cms and was nearly below the break. When i took him in and she examined him we found out that the rod in his leg had actually come out through his skin and was sticking out and "glued" to the bandage, so it was very painful for him when we tried to take the bandage off. So poor boy had to have more sedation so that the bandage could be taken off and a new one put on.
I drove up to Sydney earlier in the week (7 1/2 hours North of where i live now), and south / southeastern NSW is in even worse state than we are. As you drive down the highway dust storms just crop up and blow across the road. Even though we are a fairly "hot" country this is unusual for our area. They are predicting that at current rates and without significant rainfall that we will only have enough water to last until March (that is the whole of the North East Region). So if you are reading this and thinking about it we would really appreciate some prayers for rain. Specifically rain that would fall in our catchment areas.
So enough about the drought. The fires are somewhat under control now and have burnt just over 1 1/2 million hectares now, but the Dept of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) are saying that they are "controlled", so we are happy with that.
When i went to Sydney this week it was for an apptitude test and psychological test to get into the NSW Ambulance Service as a Trainee Student Ambulance Officer. So depending if they think i am sane or not :-}, i will find out in a week or so how i did. As much as i would love to get in i am not too stressed about it any more as i figure i can only keep trying to get into becoming a paramedic.
Banjo's leg seems to be healing although he keeps doing silly things and making me take him back to the vet. His vet says that we need a frequent flyer card now as i have had to take him back every week for the past 4 weeks. Good thing that i have gotten some OT lately :-). Anyway this week he had to go back again because the bandage slipped about 3cms and was nearly below the break. When i took him in and she examined him we found out that the rod in his leg had actually come out through his skin and was sticking out and "glued" to the bandage, so it was very painful for him when we tried to take the bandage off. So poor boy had to have more sedation so that the bandage could be taken off and a new one put on.
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Banjo's Leg Update
Just took Banjo back to the Vet for his splint removal and check. Well unfortunately his leg has not healed at all and is actually worse than when the vet set it originally. She thinks he must have knocked it on something in the last 2 weeks and so it is really crooked.
So tomorrow he will be having surgery on it and they are going to put in a metal rod to keep it straight and help it to heal straight and he will have to have another cast on for 6 more weeks. Poor Baby.
Also depending upon what they find when they operate he might have to have 2 rods put in instead of one. If this is the case then they will be permanent rods, but if he only has to have one then they will remove that rod after his leg has healed.
Banjo is not happy right now as he is and the Vet said that he would not be able to walk on that leg at all if we just left it, so we are definitely going ahead with the surgery.
So tomorrow he will be having surgery on it and they are going to put in a metal rod to keep it straight and help it to heal straight and he will have to have another cast on for 6 more weeks. Poor Baby.
Also depending upon what they find when they operate he might have to have 2 rods put in instead of one. If this is the case then they will be permanent rods, but if he only has to have one then they will remove that rod after his leg has healed.
Banjo is not happy right now as he is and the Vet said that he would not be able to walk on that leg at all if we just left it, so we are definitely going ahead with the surgery.
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