It’s 3.15 p.m. and I’ve just stopped for my lunch, I’ve hardly had a minute to call my own all day. All together now – Ahhhhhh.

We’re running a TSI course today & tomorrow for the new staff – although two of them are off sick. GM got a call from the Team Leader this morning to say he was still feeling a little under par after being absence for 2 days, so he wouldn’t be attending. He’d attend tomorrow through. Oh no he bloody won’t – it’s a 2 day course – if you haven’t attended the first day you are out of luck. Never mind, he said – we’d be running it again, wouldn’t we? Of course we would, she reassured him.....in about 14 month’s time, just after his contract was due to end.

I know people can’t help being ill, but he knew how important this training was. The gentleman who delivers the course lives in Greece so it’s a major job arranging it all (and I should know, it ended up with me to sort) – training that’s vitally important to how staff engage some of our clients.

He’s now missed out on a golden opportunity of updating his C.V. with a course that would put him in good stead for working with people with learning disabilities. He’s not put himself in a good light with the GM either and as he’s on a fixed term contract you’d think he put a little more effort in with the brownie points to ensure it gets extended. He's hardly painting the picture of Mr Reliability – he only started with us in December and already he’s used up a large portion of his sick leave.

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I had just dropped off to sleep last night when Himself woke me up to say youngest had just rung, he’d twisted his ankle after falling down a rabbit hole. Himself had had a drink so couldn’t drive, could I go?

Put me in a right good mood, it did – I’ve not felt 100% the last couple of days either, so I didn’t relish going out in the cold to pick him up. I couldn’t be bothered getting dressed so I just put a coat over my PJ’s - I’m sure the AA man would have understood if I’d have broken down.

Son goes lamping about once a week to get rabbits for his brother. I personally hate the idea of shooting but at least the rabbits are shot for food and not just sport. Eldest child is very partial to rabbit stew – pass me a bucket – and rabbit pie. I’m the fussy eater in our house – my children will eat whatever is put in front of them and both love vegetables. It’s probably a good thing too as I hate cooking and wouldn’t stand for everyone wanting something different for tea. They get what they’re given or they cook something themselves – I’m such a caring, nurturing type of mother.

Of course by the time I’d got back home I was wide awake again and found going back to sleep nigh on impossible. I spent the best part of the night watching the hands on the clock moving round and went to work this morning feeling like death warned up.

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And while surfing the ‘net last night - I was on the look out for news on when the next Terry Pratchett book would be out - I found a new game.

http://www.terrypratchettbooks.com/discworld/freefall.html