Productive week

I’ve had quite a productive week. I’ve done enough work on my dissertation that I’m not too stressed about it. Although I have reached somewhat of an impasse, and I can’t get hold of any of my tutors to do anything about it! I’ve printed off a load of articles that I think are relevant, I’ve run my search on the main databases – Medline, BNI, Cinahl, EBM and Embase – and searched Midirs as well. I still need to search Cochrane Library, but I’m putting that off because the interface is so horrible I can’t face it at the moment! I’ve catalogued all the results in a spreasheet, so I can keep track of what I’ve printed, and what I’m going to include and exclude. Most (but not all) of my results are in Endnote, in a separate library so I can keep track of them. So I’m feeling reasonably organised about it all (even if I haven’t managed to actually read anything yet). I still need to order some articles that our library doesn’t hold, but I plan to do that tomorrow when the library will be quieter.

Other than that, I’ve been to an open day at a hospital near where my parents live. So far, this is the only Trust that has advertised any jobs. The other places that I was hoping to apply to aren’t letting on when or if they’ll have any jobs this year. I’ve sent in my application form, but if I do get this job, it’ll mean moving further away from Leeds than we were originally planning. But with Newt working in Manchester, if I were to be working in Oldham, it would seem silly to still live in Yorkshire. Plus we’d save almost £200 a month just on train tickets! It would also mean that we’d want to move sooner rather than later because I don’t particularly fancy an hour long commute over the M62 after a 14 hour shift. But, I’ve got to actually get the job before we need to worry about any of that.

I’ve also been shopping to get an outfit for a Christening in July where I’m going to be Godmother. I’m really pleased with what I’ve got – I now just need a necklace to go with it.

Today, I did more shopping and bought the Antony and Alison ‘Boho Kitten’ t-shirt that I liked last time I went shopping. And I got a tinted moisturiser for arms and legs, and a pair of shoes. Oh, and a pair of jeans that were reduce from £40 to £12.

Other than that, I’ve been knitting! I read the Simply Knitting magazine that I bought, and decided to give it a go. So I went to Hobbycraft and bought a Sirdar ‘Learn to Knit’ booklet. I’m quite impressed with it. It has instructions for the basic stitches, and 16 patterns that increase in complexity. Unfortunately they’re all baby clothes – which is scary for Newt – but at least babies don’t care if you drop a stitch or if your tension’s all wonky! I got some plain baby double knit wool, a pair of needles, and i’ve almost finished my first hat! Newt has now decided he wants a Dr Who scarf. I said ‘No problem’, then found out that it’s about 13 feet long – so he might get it in a few years time, if he’s lucky!

On that subject, it’s actually quite frightening the amount of information out there on Dr Who scarves. I point you towards doctorwhoscarf.com to illustrate my point. So last night I tried to get Newt to help me choose the colours of the wool for the scarf. Then followed LONG discussions on what colour “camel”, “rust”, “bronze” and “mustard” represent. At first Newt told me to just use my judgement, but after we’d discussed whether we were talking “English Mustard” colour, or “Dijon mustard” colour – he can pick them himself, or else I’m not being held responsible!!!

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