Working 9-5

Hello !
So today I'm blogging about my work history.

4 jobs that I've had have stuck out in my mind.

The 1st was my 1st job. I got on a YTS scheme at a company called Saxon Sanbec who made fire engines, ambulance and specialised vehicles. My apprenticeship was on the repair section, which I loved. You wouldn't believe how many emergency vehicles meet at traffic lights !
I loved this job, I had saved up my money and bought some decent tools, and made my own rolling box.
Saxon made the fire engines for the TV show 'Londons Burning' dont you know.
I worked there for just short of 4 years, until they decided to get rid of half of us, I was gutted. But managed to get my City and Guilds of it.

My 2nd was working at Oulton Park race circuit. Motorsport is a big passion of mine, and this was my dream job. I worked has a full time marshal, sometimes 7 days a week. I marshalled for the race school, private and open testing and corporate events. And on days off I helped out in the garage looking after the race school cars.
Doing this job I got to meet a lot of drivers and even the great Murray Walker.
Through doing this I also got to do the British Grand Prix twice. I worked here for 5 years.

The 3rd job was working for a shopfitting company. We installed the metal shelving that you see in tesco, Asda etc.
This job involved working in a team, traveling all over the uk, often at very short notice and for weeks on end, fitting the shelving.
The plus point were. Good money, I got to see a LOT of the Uk and the days off while away.
The bad points were. Away from home a lot, stupid working times, often nights and the boss was a knob.
The most dangerous thing I have ever done was, me and a mate had been sent to Inverness and Inverurie to do some work on there tesco. It was just before Xmas and we had been given a rare day/night off, until we got a phone call saying, could we go to glasgow and drop some parts of that we had spare. Stupidly we said yes, not realising what the weather was like. Within half an hour of being on a pitch black road we got thick freezing fog, and I mean thick. I couldn't see anything, but pushed on with the heater on full, trying to clear the windscreen. Another half hour later, we missed a Stag stood in the middle of the road by millimetres. If we had hit it we would of been in a valley upside down somewhere. But after many, many hours we got to Glasgow and recovered.
I worked in this job for 6 years and I left just before I met shelley.

My 4th job was my last job, working has a support worker in a residential home for adults with learning difficulties and Autism. I will blog about this next time, because there is to much to put in here.

Thanks for reading

Offski


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8/06/2011

So I'm sat here all hooked up to my chemo, getting really bord. So I'm doing some blogging, this is my second today !

I went to see the specialist and have some bloods done yesterday. She says everything is going very well, my lumps are small bits of gravel (compared to the golf balls they were), and my White blood cell count is getting back to normal.
Today I'm having my 3rd of 6 chemo, and it's the same old shit, just seems to be going quicker !

So what does all this mean ? I hear you ask.
Well it could mean that this bout of leukaemia is beaten, and things are looking rosy.
But the reality is that this is just going to keep coming back, could be weeks, months or even years but it will be back. I guess has soon has I feel a lump somewhere, I start all over again.

The only way I have a chance of getting rid of this is by having the Stem cell/ Bone marrow transplant that I mentioned in an earlier blog, something which I'm not looking forward to, it's the month in hospital that will do my head in, But I suppose it's worth it.
Also the way the dates have fallen, i get to have my 5th and last chemo in the same month, August ! Looking forward to that month haha. Let's wait and see.

The planning of my bike ride from Lands end to John ogroats is coming together slowly. Just waiting for Marie Currie to put the details up so I can book my place. I'm looking forward to it, even though it's roughly a year away ! But a lot of training needs to be done from this September onwards, and I need a bike !

Anyway that's me for today, I've nearly finished my nuclear waste. Off home soon, and hoping these new anti-sickness tablets work this time round !

I am home now, feeling good at the moment.

Thank for reading

Offski.


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