Today I am continuing a theme that I love: process, and the absence of its value when someone could have been left to use their brain instead. Don’t get me wrong, to paraphrase a quite brilliant fellow MBA colleague, process porn excites me just as much as the next Project Manager. I love the way … Continue reading 43 hours in the care of the NHS
Month: April 2015
7am, Monday morning, on the paediatric ward
After a surprisingly OK shower, I head towards the parents’ kitchen which proudly bears the sign “free tea and coffee” on the door. I need to defrost; I do not need powdered coffee with no milk. Note to self – find café. I go to see how my girl is getting on, still fast asleep … Continue reading 7am, Monday morning, on the paediatric ward
Take a seat!
*sigh* it's that time again - you know, the one that comes round annoyingly twice a month and involves signing your name and swearing on the badly photocopied piece of paper that you're looking for work, when not wasting your time in the job centre. Today was "Spring into action Jobs Fair" day though. Be still my … Continue reading Take a seat!
Cycling and petting for the disabled
Don't worry - it's not that kind of blog, at least not yet, I will explain....... Today I cycled into town. Before you get excited about this and start sending me information on Lycra and padded shorts and nutritional supplements to help me rehydrate/revitalise/recarb or reload protein or whatever you're supposed to do; I am … Continue reading Cycling and petting for the disabled
Back to school learning to be a parent
For those of you new to this page, I am going to explain why I have ended up in parenting classes weekly from now until mid-July this year. I have a charming seven year old son called Connor who has ADHD, you know, that syndrome that's basically extra-naughty-and-we-should-discipline-him-more-disease. On top of this he has Oppositional Defiance Disorder (ODD), … Continue reading Back to school learning to be a parent
pernickety
This blog is pretty much a shrine to pernickety, but today even more so. All I have done all day (9-3 for those of us enslaved to the school run) is set up this blog. So I am delighted that Wordpress in its wisdom allows me to share this fact on Facebook with a seamless click of a … Continue reading pernickety
New email. Simple. February 24th 2015
Need a gmail account for my new company – simples – go to Google. Get half way through the interminably complicated procedure of demonstrating that I own my own domain and realise that I am actually going to have to host my web page somewhere to show that I own it. I build my web … Continue reading New email. Simple. February 24th 2015
Ratio of qualifications to images produced on an HP printer
Combined skills of two PhDs and two MBAs and 18 images on 9 sheets of photo paper later, we still haven't got A SINGLE F*****G PASSPORT PHOTO PRINTED FROM THE HP PRINTER!!!! Calm.......... This always happens. I think the easiest solution now is to paint my face orange with multiple vertical lines down it whenever … Continue reading Ratio of qualifications to images produced on an HP printer
Signing on incompetence never ceases to amaze me (April 8th 2015)
Today I had my appointment rescheduled by someone over the phone, so they started by asking me some security questions to check they were talking to the right person. 2 out of 3 of these questions were "when did you start claiming, roughly, and what day do I normally sign on?" So that narrows down … Continue reading Signing on incompetence never ceases to amaze me (April 8th 2015)
Disability living allowance appeal – as much fun as signing on (March 19th 2015)
Just finished my 8 page letter of appeal to the disability living allowance department and this is what my printer thinks the front page looks like. WTF? How can a printer get half way down a page and just decide to forget to print the rest?
JanetFernihough.com 