Hey everyone!!!
I know I haven't posted in ages ... I'm terrible!!!!
Things have been pretty crazy since my last post in July!!! I'll try to write it all - in order - for you ...
Sometime around my last post my two Lithuanian friends found out they had to go home in August to go to uni. They started the same day I did and were also expecting to stay until October, so it was a real shock for everybody!
The day before Nora and Tomas left we got two new staff and were expecting another girl a few days later. The first week without them was possibly the hardest week of my life. I took over doing breakfast from 7.45 to sometime after 9 for the B&B residents (which Nora had been doing). You all know what I'm like if I have to be conscious before 10am, right? Somehow I actually managed to wake up and be there on time, although I skipped a couple of breakfasts and in order to get enough sleep I skipped dinner a few times as well because we finished packing up the restaurant after 9pm. In total I worked about 69 hours across 6 days.
Which is basically why I got sick.
Not quite two weeks after Nora and Tomas left the two French staff were due to go back for uni as well. They'd come in July for just two months. That two months went so crazy fast and was so much fun!!! So it was really sad to be saying good-bye to them too.
Just before they left I took most of a day off sick. I had a fever and felt nauseous and dizzy and just plain awful. I had been fighting colds for the past few weeks but this one was a really nasty one. I took lots of tablets and got a little bit better each day, but I had barely any energy and a really painful cough that, when it got really bad, made me retch quite violently. It was really not fun.
Work was insanely stressful as we were short staffed (one of the part-time waiters had appendicitis), still training the new people and the restaurant was quite busy. And of course, being sick was just making it so much harder.
So that's basically why I left.
I've been staying with Mum's step-dad in Stirling for a little over a week. The doctor put me on antibiotics for a chest infection and I have mostly gotten better but I still have a small cough.
I registered with an admin recruitment place and they found me a temp job at the University, which I started yesterday. I'm doing the reception for the careers advice centre which is a pretty interesting place to work. Everyone's really nice and I really love being back in an office (which is kinda sad), doing dull tasks like cutting cards and putting them in envelopes (which is possibly sadder).
I miss everyone in Pitlochry and everyone who left before me to go to their respective homes. It was definitely the right thing to leave, though. My health has improved and I am generally much happier. I don't know how long I will be doing the job I'm in as it is to cover sick leave. And I have no idea what I will do next!!! But that's okay :)
Love you all!!!
xoxo
PS. I have slightly a lot more time now, especially on the weekends, so if anyone wants to skype/IM please let me know and we can organise a time! I miss you all and would love to hear what you've all been up to!!!
