11.19.05
Long Week
Obviously, because I am a manager I have an easy life; late starts, long lunches and sit at meetings most of the day skiving while others do all the work. Shame it isn’t actually like that, and anyway I have been on study leave for most of the week. Today was the last day of my learning burst, and of course as I am now a manager I am not used to working those Saturdays that I worked as a real nurse.
It has been great to get stuck into the whole student / learning thing this week, mind you at times it has been quite confusing, and anxiety provoking. After all when a group of people get together in this context it is quite likely that they will wind each other up about assignments etc. Tonight though I feel pretty good about the whole thing, if a little exhausted.
The enormity of the prospect of all the work I have to do for the course lies before me, along with the prospect of juggling a full time job and running a household, it will probably be quite mad, but no doubt fun. For my first assignment I am going to do something about organisational culture, something I am quite intrigued about. Having worked in several organisations within the larger NHS I can honestly say each place has a different feel to it and what makes it like that? I also need to start putting together a reflective journal and a research log, both of which should be a bundle of fun!
I have raided the library for reading material so have no real excuse for getting down to it, and a meet up with most of my student group on 9th December to spur me on. Tomorrow though will be a family day as I have my parents coming over for Sunday lunch; roast beef etc. Should be fun as I haven’t yet done the shopping or cleaned any part of the house, so an early start for me tomorrow. I like a challenge and tomorrow will be no exception!
