Hello all. Sorry for being AWOL haven't been well throughout this first two weeks back at work. I have still got the problem I posted in YEO and have got antibiotics but they do not seem to be shifting the infection. I became dehydrated and disoriented and had to take a couple of days off work, was taken to hospital when I became ill on the train coming back from town. I am back at the hospital next week.
Despite that I have finished the Christmas shopping, written the cards (and sent them) and wrapped all the presents. I only have Sadie's pink guitar to wrap now. I ordered personalised hessian sacks for the children and now they are here we realise that I am allergic to hessian. They were sitting on the arm of the spare sofa out of their wrapping and I was itching like mad and coughing like a 100 a day smoker. We have put them in the loft and I took an antihistamine and hey presto itching and coughing stopped. Think I might have to give them to parents rather than have them here, been ill far too much lately to tempt fate.
My first two weeks back at work have been odd. There is no reintegration plan so I am mostly doing what I want to do. I visited a new site in London near Barts hospital, had a couple of other meetings, written some reports, had my exit interview with my connector co ordinator. I sent something to my replacement (something helpful by the way) and he sent back that he was starting to understand my frustration in the role. He sounded really quite low. I mentioned it to my co ordinator because quite often blokes don't like to admit they are struggling do they? The company are not being fair to him either. His line manager, newly appointed, has said that he is not interested in the role, he will sign his fuel card returns and expenses but other than that he is not interested! At least, although my line manager did not appear to be interested, he did contact me from time to time. He has a company car and lives in Ashford, Kent. They will not allow him to have a travel card or put train tickets on expenses because of that. I have a company car but I got a full travel ticket and I had less of a journey than him. So he is having to drive and find car parking spaces in London. Stressful and tiring.
Oh and it is 12.09 and I am still in my nightie........
Despite that I have finished the Christmas shopping, written the cards (and sent them) and wrapped all the presents. I only have Sadie's pink guitar to wrap now. I ordered personalised hessian sacks for the children and now they are here we realise that I am allergic to hessian. They were sitting on the arm of the spare sofa out of their wrapping and I was itching like mad and coughing like a 100 a day smoker. We have put them in the loft and I took an antihistamine and hey presto itching and coughing stopped. Think I might have to give them to parents rather than have them here, been ill far too much lately to tempt fate.
My first two weeks back at work have been odd. There is no reintegration plan so I am mostly doing what I want to do. I visited a new site in London near Barts hospital, had a couple of other meetings, written some reports, had my exit interview with my connector co ordinator. I sent something to my replacement (something helpful by the way) and he sent back that he was starting to understand my frustration in the role. He sounded really quite low. I mentioned it to my co ordinator because quite often blokes don't like to admit they are struggling do they? The company are not being fair to him either. His line manager, newly appointed, has said that he is not interested in the role, he will sign his fuel card returns and expenses but other than that he is not interested! At least, although my line manager did not appear to be interested, he did contact me from time to time. He has a company car and lives in Ashford, Kent. They will not allow him to have a travel card or put train tickets on expenses because of that. I have a company car but I got a full travel ticket and I had less of a journey than him. So he is having to drive and find car parking spaces in London. Stressful and tiring.
Oh and it is 12.09 and I am still in my nightie........
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