Long Week

It's been a long week...

I spent Monday and Tuesday working in Teesside and will be for the forseeable future :-(
I'm kind of fed up with the situation because I want to see some more action and planning happening. We were told some information a couple of weeks ago at a meeting but nothing was really confirmed and just ideas. It all feels very de ja vu.

Something I highlighted at the meeting was that we needed to kept constantly informed as to what was going on. We haven't heard anything else since and people are just getting more and more fed up. All of us seem fed up with not knowing what is going on and not knowing exactly what our jobs are going to entail or where at (in my case)?

There is also the prospect of other staff being brought in and 2 of the main candidates are dreaded by everyone currently in the team. People could well leave if one of those joins the unit, supposedly to help but would cause more hassle and friction. What should be happening is more communication with the staff in the 2 units and getting their views and letting us know what is happening, rather than the current silence. If this continues there will be more people leaving, me included. They have me going to Teesside but with know clear idea given how long this will go on for. I am holding out to find out the results of the job review. If I am not happy with it, then it will be the time to leave.

I have said many times before that I should leave but there are several things coming to a head at the moment. Merger, Pay Review and I found out some more information regarding the situation when I was off. Appears to of been a bit of a witch hunt and the individual has been talking since stuff was supposed to be sorted. Not saying anything bad but telling more people about what happened, but not the entire truth, skewing it.

I was supposed to be volunteering today as a Countryside Ranger but I was so tired I decided to have a lie in and do my own gardening rather than clearing groundwork somewhere else. Yet I never got around to doing my own either. I spent several hours fixing my new PVR TV card after a program removed some of its settings files.

It's no wonder I'm tired after 2 days in Teesside, going to the cinema on Wednesday, was talking until late on Thursday when a friend stayed over. Was a good night, made a change having someone other than myself to talk to. Found out that we have more in common than I knew. We both tend to order stuff, me with my music and DVDs and her with just about everything.

Last night I dozed off on the couch at about 9 for a while then went to bed at 11.

Tomorrow I need to do some exercise. I really want to walk Blencathra and Sharp Edge but I can't be bothered to draw the route out tonight. I want to have an easy night, watching the boxing a bit later. I'm not sure I can afford the petrol either, its costing me a fortune at the moment. With going to Teesside, wont get that back until the end of the November, going to Cinema and stuff like that. So £15+ or whatever it would be to drive to the lakes is a fair bit. If I don't get there I need to either go for a good walk locally or get out for a run. I'm gonna set my alarm for 6 but the boxing doesn't finish until 12 tonight so will be shattered.