Well it looks finally like we may get to be payed the same amount as the rest of the nation! We do a yearly Enterprise Bargain Agreement (EBA) and that was one of the points in it, that our salary be raised to the same level as most of the other states. Where I live it used to be that the cost of living was supposedly cheaper, now is another story, the price of food here is the highest in the nation! We have the cruddiest work conditions, they can't attract people here because of the conditions. I hear, as every year I have heard that one of the private maternity units is going to be closed down this year. I have heard this rumour every year since I started doing my midwifery 3 years ago! I am actually enjoying working at the moment most of the time so I am definitely hoping that it doesn't happen, but I very much doubt it will. Felt really overwhelmed at work today, just thought that there was a lot of work on, and I had patients all over the place, rooms 1, 2, 5 and 10, unfortunately 1 and 10 are at opposite ends of the ward, my poor feet! One baby freaked me out by having what is termed as a "dusky episode" while it was feeding. Picked it up from its mum and blew on it and it took a deep breath and was fine, but was a little scary, cause normal babies don't usually do it unless they have some sort of mucous or something of that sort that they can't bring up, this baby was jut swallowing a lot, and must have forgotten to breathe between the swallows.
Talked to a friend at work about massage courses today, she has looked into a few of the courses that have been or are being offered over the last couple of years, apparently most of them are as expensive, if not more expensive than the one I was looking at. Was is not necessarily past tense in that sentence btw, I am just trying to get my head around so much financially at the moment it is too much for me to think through actually being able to do the course and pay all my bills. Fortunately I am able to pick up extra shifts anytime and one of my shifts from this week has been changed to the public holiday next week due to overstaffing on the day I was sposed to be working. Wooohooo I thinks, cause I get payed public holiday rates!
I submitted my resignation to the Royal, hoping I get a confirmation of that sometime shortly. I am also hoping that they will pay me out for my holidays owing and stuff, should get a tidy sum for it and I really really need that money to be able to pay off my cc's and stuff now. Just hope it gets through the mail to the right person, I will wait a week or two and then call them I think if I have heard nothing.
I finally sent my letter pulling out of my swimming membership too, was bloody expensive and I should have sent it about 3 months ago, but oh well. They should cease it by next month and then hopefully I shouldn't have to pay anymore which will take a load off.
Not terribly stressed anymore, just too overwhelmed to even think about the finances until I get some sort of money.
Feeling very homesick for some sort of family at the moment, parents in Thailand, brother interstate, cousin in NZ... just no one feels close enough, am hating it. My mom keeps talking about Thailand, I could go over and help look after babies there with medications and stuff, daily care, in one of the orphanages, it sounds like such a great experience, but I can't afford it and I have jut started my contract at the private. So I guess I jut deal with it and get over it.
Well.. feeling rather sleepy, think I might snuggle up in bed and sleep for a while.
love ya!
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