I have spent more than my fair share of time in traffic today (what is it about the roads around the south east of this country? Yes I know – cars!) and to be honest I am getting fed up with the way some people drive and particularly the lack of consideration people give to each other. I am not perfect, and would never claim to be. After all, before Christmas I picked up my first speeding fine (40 in a 30 type offense, captured by one of those mobile police vans) but tell me why people no longer indicate which way they are going and tell me why a red light now seems to mean go?

There is nothing worse than people who decide to turn (particularly right) but do nothing to let you know that fact. Today that has happened a couple of times at roundabouts and once along a road where someone just suddenly pushes out. Then there are the lights. tonight I stopped as a light went red and someone nearly went into the back of me because he obviously thought I was going to keep going. My other bug bear when you are in heavy traffic and need to move into another road is that no one wants to let you out and into the queue. That extra 2 yards is obviously of vital importance to getting to your destination as quickly as possible.

There are probably other things that irritate me, but for now; rant over!

I a, finding blog topics hard to come by at the moment. Not sure why this is, or if it is related to my general fatigue with writing, or just plain laziness on my part! My new job involves making sure the PCT is buying the most appropriate services for children (also includes maternity services) and this is involving me spending a lot of time reading, meeting with people to discuss stuff and generally absorbing information. That in itself is tiring, and I guess contributes to the lack of blog posts. The other problem I guess, is that I don’t yet have the confidence in what I am saying on such topics to feel that I should put pen to paper (or text to blog) about them. There is plenty of cynicism about the kinds of people who work in the PCT and the experience of going through the CPLNHS process has been scarring to say the least. So much so that I am not in the mood to antagonise those who might find stuff that I say a little shall we say controversial.

I have one last piece of work to do for my Masters course, which is my reflective practice portfolio. I need to go back to the personal development plan I drew up at the beginning (nearly 2 years ago now) and think about what has happened, what I have learned and what has changed. I also need to write something academic about the process of reflection and being refexive. Then next week the course ends and I am free to get on with life, work and think about my holiday which is coming up in a month. Maybe I am just weary.

So for those of you who pop by relatively frequently, I am sorry that this blog has been a little dull lately. Once I find a way to snap myself out of it, I’ll resume normal posting. Until then, well I am erratic to say the least!