Sunday, 6 December 2015

Heidelberg, Germany

Since my last post most of my life has been consumed by midwifery, but last week I had the luxury of a weekend off, so I spent it in Heidelberg, Germany, visiting friends from Leicester.

Heidelberg in the winter is pretty cold so I took along a truckload of painkillers, expecting the weather to trigger a fresh new wave of agony. I was extremely relieved that nothing kicked off, and also quite proud that I managed to climb to the top of Heiligenberg - a mountain which boarders the town. Wheelchair to mountain in 12 months isn't bad :)

As for work: it's going better than I expected it to, I'd been told, numerous times by numerous people, that I'd go home and cry after the end of each shift for the first 6 months, and after that I might see an improvement. I've been working for 4 weeks now, and it's not so bad!

Although the support my Trust has given to ease the transition from 'student' to 'qualified' has been great, I've still found myself becoming a bit stressed - and that's starting to affect other areas of my life. I can't sleep as well as I did, I'm becoming quite prone to minor illnesses, and my days off are just spent sleeping. I feel very far away from the calm and happy person I was in Africa, and I struggle to believe it was only 4 months ago. Luckily Nottingham is a great city for sport: I've joined 2 gyms, a swimming pool, a rock climbing centre, and an (extremely casual) rowing team - and Abbie is always up for a pub session! I'm using travelling as my carrot: I'm off to Norway in January, and hatching plans for inter-railing in the summer. Even at my most stressed I still love my job, and couldn't imagine doing anything else. It's just a case of gaining more confidence, right?

Love Emily x

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