IFR (she/her)

This is what progress looks like. #WillowTheSprocker is not trying to maul, chase, or otherwise harass Benedict Gingercat. (In this one precise moment.) She is learning “leave it” and “calm”. It’s for her own safety, honestly. Ben is a #MaineCoon cross and is bigger than the #puppy. For now. It should also be noted that Ben is being a complete dick about it all and doing such things as drinking out of the dog’s water bowl - I’ve had him for 9 years now and he has NEVER drank out of a bowl before now - and sitting on whatever piece of furniture is above where the dog is lying, dangling his tail down and wafting it in front of the dog to make her want to chase it. Dog gets reprimanded and cat strolls away. Smirking. #catsofmastodon #dogsofmastodon #sprocker #spanielsofmastodon

I’m not sure who I am or what I’ve become, but I’ve baked Pilchard Cake for the puppy this morning. 🤢

In non puppy related news, I seem to have become an absolute liability.

I fell down the last four stairs last Wednesday, and bruised both my arm and arse lower back. (Don’t worry, only the arm #bruise is shared.) Then today, I managed to bruise my little finger by clapping my hands together, once.

I think I may be officially #old. Can I retire now?

#WillowThePuppy is now 11 weeks old and life is good. I’ve had her for 8 days and so far we have nailed crate training, toileting outside only, sit, wait, come, leave it, follow, and recall to the whistle. Oh, and ‘break’, which is essentially code for ‘well done you can stop the previous command’.

She waits on command for her food too, which I’m super happy about given how food oriented she is!

We’ve been out in the car every day getting her used to that, and have parked up in various car parks for 15 minutes at a time with us both sitting in the open boot getting her used to cars, trains, people and… shopping trolleys. 😁

She’s officially a Good Girl.
#puppytraining #puppy #sprocker

#Day1 of the #puppy is going well. A little over 5hrs in and she’s asleep in her crate. We have had two outside wees and one outside poo and we’re off to a great start. #WillowTheSprocker #dogsofmastodon

Preparing to watch the #superbowl alongside this new addition to the household.

This is Willow. She is a 10 week old #Sprocker. She’s been here precisely three hours and is currently asleep in her crate. It’s going far better than anticipated so far!

Now for a #Seahawks win, following a #MCFC win earlier and we can officially call it A Good Day.

#puppy #DogsOfMastodon

I’ve just taken 50mg Promethazine because seriously, if I don’t get some decent sleep tonight there will be some bad shit going down tomorrow. #done

#SeahawksWin and I’d already booked the night of #SuperbowlLX off work.

Yes boys!

In last night’s adventures of a #mentalhealth #nurse, I spent four hours standing in the cold and rain trying to engage with a person who was on a railway bridge whilst they were heavily intoxicated by illicit substances.

There was a multi-agency response. Six in total. We had to close the road and stop the trains. On the West Coast Mainline. The BTP chap told me the closure of the line cost just north of £100,000.

I don’t think I’ve warmed up yet.

#MonkeyDust

So in tonight’s not-very-exciting adventures of a #MentalHealth #nurse, I went out to conduct an emergency assessment of a lady tonight who gestured for me to take a seat on her couch. The couch was covered in a blanket. I thanked her and sat down.

It took about 15 seconds for me to think the seat was a bit damp, but I didn’t want to offend her and stayed where I was.

It was probably three minutes later that the odour reached me and I realised I was sitting on a blanket soaked with cat pee. The cat then appeared from behind the couch and gave me side-eye as it strutted past me. I moved along the couch slightly, but the damage was done.

After the assessment was completed, I returned to the office and spent the remaining eight hours of my shift stinking of cat piss.

So that was my fun Sunday night. How was yours?

#RMN #cats #ADayInTheLife

Calling an emergency Mental Health Act assessment on a Saturday night often presents a challenge. Trying to get two on-call Consultant Psychiatrists and an AMHP to agree to turn out to assess someone isn’t the easiest thing, believe me. Even more challenging when the patient is not known to services and has no mental health history.

So when the AMHP called me back within 30 minutes to say they were about to go and assess my patient I was grateful and relieved.

And then I was chuffed when she told me Dr S had asked who had requested the assessment and when she told him it was me he replied “Ah okay. This patient will be unwell. She is a very good nurse.”

So that was nice.

They detained my patient under the MHA, agreeing with my initial assessment of her and need for emergency intervention.

She’s now in hospital. Safe.
A positive outcome for sure, although I’m certain she doesn’t see it that way right now. :(

#RMN #mentalhealth

Took The Boy to #gymnastics this morning where he was awarded his level 3 badge. Celebrated with a Subway afterwards. He was pretty proud of himself… and super cute too.

#grandson #JDG

I wondered earlier this evening if the sniggering glee I experience when thinking about United’s search for yet another manager is the same as they felt when we went through similar turmoil in the 80-90s.

I suspect so.

Not laughing anymore are you, shitheads. 😂

#MCFC #CTID

The Boy is having a sleepover tonight. On the way here I asked him which bedroom he would like to sleep in. His old room, or the one with the big bed.

“Well grandma, it’s quite complicated…” he began.

He’s four. When did he start using four syllable words?
Slow down, Boy. Slow down.

#grandson #JDG

Two hours ago, we had no #snow. Now we have this, and the forecast saying it’s going to continue for the next five hours.

I picked a very good week for annual leave.

Finished a baby blanket today. Baby is due next month so this time I’m ahead of the game.

Yarn is Hobbii Rainbow 8/8 100% cotton.
Pattern is a variation of this: https://youtu.be/QajeSqoQufw with an envelope border.

#crochet #handmade #babyBlanket