And so another 5 months passes by!

Life for me has been as busy as usual!

Brownies is full on as always - we have 32 girls and have finally had to move to a new meeting place as the old one was really just too small to fit us all in! We have moved to a church hall which has a large tarmac'd area outside but the best part is the large hall and a big and clean kitchen which we can use!! This term has been hard work, as we have had to think about how to run the meetings now that we are at the new hall. The Mummy Owl rota has continued with some them really great and others very hard work, but we get through them all each term. I've managed to get them to use our Facebook page to ask to swap nights as I have told them that they need to sort out the changes - I really just don't have the time to do it.

I have been away for the weekend for our County Training weekend. I haven't been away for one of these for a long time now and really ummed and ahhed about going but now I'm glad this I did go. There were a very small number of Guiders who went this weekend - 32 - and so it felt more cosier than normal. While I was there, I was "persuaded" to join the staff side for Charnwood which is an international Scout and Guide camp which is held very 5 years. I did do it in 2011 and was part of the First Aid team - not where I want to be this time around. However, the head of the First Aid team from last time also does not want to be part of the First Aid team either, but is keen to lead the Special Needs team and has asked me to be her deputy - now that I could do. So now, I am waiting to hear if we have been successful in our job applications!

When I was awarded my Midlands Chief Guide award, I met a Brownie Leader from Birmingham who had taken a group of Brownies to Lapland for the day and I was really keen to do that with ours. Kelloggsville was keen to help me with this, but when we came back to speak to the other leaders in our group, they weren't so keen so we left that idea for the time being. I talked about this with one of the Deputy County Commissioners this weekend who advises on International trips and said I would be keen to lead a County-wide trip to Lapland for our County's centenary celebration in 2017. That seemed to have a great reception, so it is now my big plan to work towards. I think I will have enough support and I don't need to have my International license for this as it is only a day trip!

I managed to pass my Nurse Independent and Supplementary Prescribing qualification finally after a lot of hard work! I had to resubmit my portfolio after failing it by just 2% but last week I found out that I had finally passed it! So that now means that I can prescribe drugs just the same as a doctor can!

My Consultant has returned to work and I am so glad that she has. It has however been difficult for her as her work colleagues have not been supportive and have made things hard for her - trying to make her have a caseload which includes patients with cancer and this has been clear from her occupational health consultant that this should not be the case. We have had many tears at work when she can no longer cope with how they are treating her. She is now at the point where she is thinking about leaving and going to another Trust but would also like me to go along too - I'm flattered but not sure if I can do the commute each day as it would be almost double the distance but on the other hand, I don't know if I could be on my own at our current Trust with the lack of support I had last time! We are about to ask for a higher band for my job and this may be the decision breaker - if I can have that higher grade, I may well stay but if not, then maybe it will be time to move to the new job instead!

Life is always about decisions and I suppose I have many to make at the moment.  I will try and write about them as I make them, but I can't make that promise  - my track record is never good!!