I'm not a stalker, honest!

Hello There,

I know I know, I just can't help myself. I feel very lonely. It's not helping that Sally is all lovey dovey about her new fella whom we all met an hour or so ago. He's 31, totally the opposite looks wise as to Sally's previous choices. But good on her, he makes her happy and seriously, more so than either of the guys she'd dated here previously. So yeah, she's all cute and what not about him. Talking about him over lunch and I'm sitting there going "stupid lunch conversations".

The new house assistants are okay. My fellow Aussie is nice but it'll take a while to get used to having another Aussie about. She uses words I haven't heard in seven months, its incredible but disturbing at the same time. Shanna, your fellow American is all about Texas! Man, I kinda feel sometimes like I am back in Kentucky, in Arby's or somewhere like that. She reminds me of Nadine, my old housemate. Xenia is a little quiet and I've picked up that her understanding of English is good, but not great. Collectively they like to drink and go out, seems like all they've done. Not a bad bunch. Work wise Shanna and Louise both get things done quickly which is always a good thing. I don't know. Maybe I just don't like the fact that there are new HAs around. And Xenia moved into my room. Not sure how I feel about that one.

Snow this morning kept falling until after breakfast which was kinda nice. Almost till 10am. Heavy snowflakes at times, dusting's at others. Still not enough to cover the ground, however, when I took Shanna and Louise out to do flag training, we ended up making snowballs and throwing them at each other. We kinda collected all we could off Doreen's car. Man my hands were freezing! I took a photo at flag and one after.

My rota has been changed now that Janet isn't coming back. I do four days of training (starting today) then have one normal working day, one day off, one day of training, one day off and then work five starting with being on nights. The bonus out of all that is that now I have the 26th off, yep I have Australia Day off which is great. Not sure what I am gonna do but hey, I could start looking now!! I think I might be tired pretty soon though, I mean more than I am at the moment. Rest assured, I am going to the Doctors on Thursday, but I'll need to get a letter from Doreen who isn't back from Greece until the 11th.

Everyone is going to the Walk About tonight. I'm staying in. Can't deal with big crowds and loud music right now. I think I shall sleep. Sally has offered to sit with me while I watch my video's from home if I choose to and if I want her to. I'm not sure how I feel about that either. Everyone is different. Or talking to me different. Or maybe it's just me making it up. But Erin M has talked to me differently, as has Sally and Maria Plaza. Like they're talking at me, not to me if that makes sense.

I should probably get back to work, go check up on my trainees.

Rachael :-)

(who really doesn't feel like a ray of sunshine right now)