Back to work ........ for a rest!

Well I've papered the small bedroom, lined the inside of the cobwebby cupboard and filled all the gaping holes around the doors and coving.  Pauline is going to do the gloss paintwork and I'll do the ceiling and walls when I can.  B&Q are supposed to be delivering my garden shed today that's why I'm up so early on a night shift pattern.  Cost me twenty quid to get it delivered but I saved more than that by buying it last Saturday and getting an extra 20% discount. My mate Billy is coming over on the next set of rest days to build a base for the shed to stand on (he knows what he's doing, unlike some of us [me])   Next project is to finally put a door and associated framework in the alcove in the bedroom to 'close off ' the central heating boiler and make a small cupboard out of it.  The best thing about it, the gap is just the right size to put in a door frame with just a small piece needed above it to 'fill the gap'.

Rest days? what are they?...........

Well that's the end of another set of shifts. We've decided to redecorate the small bedroom, this shouldn't take too long as it's 'just a matter of sticking the blown vinyl on to the walls and then painting it', I was going to put some wooden shelves up in one of the cupboards but bought some plastic shelving from B&Q.  Just had some new uniform issued, navy polo shirts & trousers (no more ties!) Gawd knows where they got the sizes from, they trousers are too small, the polo shirts are 'snug' fit and as for the jacket.....it's the horrible stretchy water resistant 'breathable' type, different size bodies but all the same arm size. So my 'big' forearms go about 3/4 of the way into the sleeve and then things get tight. I'm okay as long as I don't have to bend my arms when wearing it and to make it worse it's all logo'd.  LOL just tried the trousers on or should I say I put my legs in them, great if you've got no shape to your body and built like a stick insect! Leg length = Regular? it's about 39 inches inside leg.  I think the boss will be having his uniform shoved where the sun doesn't shine.

OUCH! bet that hurt?

Well that's another set of night shifts over, been quiet on the customer front but a couple of incidents 'livened' things up.  Friday morning a poor fellow gets his leg crushed between the tow-bar of his car and a vehicle pulling away behind him.  God knows what the driver was doing, it was just as if he didn't see the car in front of him...BANG!....one crushed leg!  Late Saturday evening some poor fellow collapses just outside the office, luckily a taxi driver saw him and waved down one of the Op-support guys who then called the control.  We had an ambulance on the way within 30 secs, the Team Leader went straight out as she was the first aider on duty, couldn't find a pulse 'but he is alive! I can hear him gasping for air'  I didn't tell her the obvious.  Paramedic was there within 4 mins.  A couple of minutes later the ambulance arrived.  We shut down 'normal' car park operations as the whole exit road was blocked with emergency vehicles (we had moaning customers because they couldn't have the bus at the terminal to get to their cars, can you believe some people?)  They worked on him for a good 30-35 minutes before getting him in the ambulance and it was a further 20 minutes before they left the airport.  Good news the guy is in the Freeman Hospital and is in a stable condition, let's hope he lasts a bit longer! EXCELLENT JOB WELL DONE EMMA & ROB! you were great! Shame about your Hi-Vis Emms but it was a good cause.