soggy horses

Today was my first day off since Saturday, I went down to see my two lovely soggy horses, they seem to be getting on much better now thank goodness. I gave them a short feed today too, as its been wet and cold for a few days. I fed them in the field , in separate corners and as soon as they were finished I picked up the bowls before they had the chance to eat out of each others.
Actually they didn't make any moves towards each others bowls they just wandered off to eat the grass again.
I then went down to pick my car up from the garage, now this was a bit of an ouch moment as it cost twice what I thought it would, the break calliper had stuck on or something and the breaks were then metal on metal! I am sure this means something to somebody, it just doesn't to me. That said my Mechanic is the best one in the county, so I know I haven't been conned and I also know that the job was done well.
The Jimmy Saville news story is on going today with more and more people coming forward or being found, this is just so utterly shocking that some one with such celebrity status who did so much fund raising for kids should turn out to be such a sexual predator to teenage girls.

Fail!

10 Years

Almost ten years ago I joined the Ambulance service, since then I have had my fair share of laughs, and tears.. most of these events have been done with my regular crewmate. Today we spent our last shift as crewmates, if I get the bank position I hoped for I may get another shift with him, but if not that will be the last time we work together, I have to admit I cried when I left the station. When you go through some of the things that we have been through there is a bond of friendship which can't be broken. He has saved my skin on more than one occasion, either by dragging me out of harms way or intervening when something is about to "kick off".
Tomorrow I start my new job working in a maternity unit, I am anxious that I have perhapse not made the right decision but I think that at the moment I am still emotional from leaving Tepic and the others who I have been working with, lets face it ten years is a long time and it hasn't been all bad jobs!
Tepic, I raise my glass to you, I hope you get a crewmate who is fun and will have your back no matter what, thank you for being the best crewmate I could have possibly had. x

Oi Mister I think yer orse is dead!

This didn't happen today but as I was again at the museum, I thought I would add it.
Whilst working one of the shires in the tip cart, a middle aged man, certainly not from the country judging by his clothing, came up to me and said. "Excuse me miss I think one of your horses is dead"!
I suggested that it was quite common for horses to lay down in the field and rest but he wasn't convinced and began to get a bit, well to say that he was being rude would be slightly too strong but he was getting close, so I said I would go and make the horse get up so that he could see that it was fine. Some more mumbling and suggestions that I didn't know what I was talking about came to me as I walked down to the gate.
There were the two horses both laying in the field, one flat out the other sat up.

Poor old fella having me poke him when all he wanted to do was have a chill out in what could be some of the last warm sun of the year just because some chap wouldn't be told!

As I got close and called his name the old fella lifted his head and looked at me, that was enough I tried to go with out disturbing him further but he got up anyway.

Big Bird

The other thing that has happened during my time away from my blog, is that I have another horse, She is a Shire called Big Bird, very gentle and at present being bullied by mouse!! Yes, my little Mouse who has always been the under dog has become a bully and I have to say I don't like it one little bit!
I think its to do with jealousy, Mouse is jealous of any time I spend with Bird, I am hoping that she snaps out of it and realises that I don't love her any less, before one of them gets hurt!
When they don't know I am there they don't seem to have a problem with each other which makes me think that in time they will become friends.

New Beginnings... or, Have I done the right thing!

This will be my last week as a full time Ambulance person. I have decided to dip my toe into maternity and see if I like the temperature!
I shall, all being well still do some work for the ambulance service, it will be bank work although as yet I have not had any of the promised paperwork!
My last shift is Sunday, my first shift is Monday, no point hanging around!
To date I have delivered about 9 babies, okay then, one of those all we did was fish it out the toilet and wrap it in a towel, he was a whopping 9 pounder too!
Looking back over the last 10  years there have been some funny moments... being dragged backwards down a garden path by Tepic who was shouting "Time to go" being one of them, he had seen a crazy lady with a rather large kitchen knife running at us we tried to lock ourselves in the truck but the locks didnt work!!
Another time one of my crewmates was being seen back in the ambulance by a police man who managed to make her reverse into the dog handlers police car!!!
We have seen people cut their wrists with an open dog food tin, knives, razors and glass. I've had people OD on the most random tablets and some very sad times too, with Paediatric resuses, seriously ill babies and children, to the most shocking RTA's and sad family situations.
The one thing that has been the same all the way through is the support of my crewmates... the station I work out of is one in a million, it went from being sleepy hollow to one of the busiest in the service practically over night, but the staff who work there are the best. The station is small with just the one ambulance and a rota of twelve staff, although at the moment we only have ten. Most of the time we all get on and share the laughs and sadness between ourselves.
I will be sorry to go, and leave my crewmates. I just hope I haven't made the wrong decision!