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The adventures and life of a Specialist Nurse in Upper GI and Bariatric surgery. If you then double and triple this by having a primary school age child AND being married to another Nurse then you have double the trouble….aehm I mean fun. Hobbies are playing chess, board games and being taxi for our son!!!

Unless otherwise indicated, all the names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents in this blog are either the product of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

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  • Holiday’s Over – Batteries Recharged, Wallet Depleted, Reality Restored

    Disclaimer This post may contain traces of sarcasm, mild exaggeration, and leftover holiday smugness. Any resemblance between the author and a functioning adult is purely coincidental. No Aldi trolleys, tennis balls, or board-game meeples were harmed in the making of this post. Side effects may include eye-rolling, spontaneous laughter, and the urge to check if Read more

  • When Playground Politics Spill into the Classroom (with Guiding Principles from School Policy)

    Disclaimer This post reflects our personal experiences as parents and is written in a private capacity. It is not connected to my professional role as a nurse and should not be interpreted as professional commentary. All individuals, schools and organisations are anonymised. The views expressed are entirely personal and intended for reflection only, in line Read more

  • Compass Battles and Somerset Smashes: U9 Blackbrook Tournament Recap

    Disclaimer This blog is written in a personal capacity and reflects only our family’s experiences of junior tennis tournaments. It does not represent any official tennis body, coach, or club. Any emotional drama, questionable line calls, or parental sideline sighs are entirely our own. A Grade 4 Weekend in Taunton This weekend saw Blackbrook Tennis Read more

  • County training

    The weekend off was quite nice. After the busy week we’ve had (more in my next entry) it was good to spend some time with the family. Well, my wife had to work on Saturday which meant daddy day care mode was initiated. Tennis, swimming, library, and some (board)games at home. The tennis session was Read more

  • Saturday – Did you call daddies taxi service?

    Saturdays are always the same – Tennis at 9am, swimming at 11.30am, then usually library to swap books and (if it’s the last Saturday of the month) board games at the library. Today was no difference. The main difference was that I did the tennis AND the swimming run as my wife stayed in bed Read more

  • Back to the routine

    Back to work today and we were post on-call. Unfortunately having had two days off meant I didn’t really know a lot of our patients and in addition to this a bunch of new sick patients. Having to drop our son off to school first – Red Nose day today – I got to work Read more