Sonríe, porque

I thought I'd write an entry in the form of my personal "sonríe, porque" blog. Which means "smile, because". In it, I write reasons that I have smiled, or things that make me smile, then enter word vomit about my life. So I shall do one here, because I feel this blog is a little neglected.

SO, sonríe, porque...

Me consiguió el empleo!!!


Yes, I did. I had a CV day and went into pharmacies asking if they had jobs. The Lloyd's Pharmacy at the bottom of Leith Walk had a vacancy, so I applied for it. Sadly, I didn't hear anything back from them, so I continued dolefully working as a nurse. Until my sister said to me "Sean, did I tell you you have a voicemail on the answering machine from the pharmacy asking you for an interview?" 

THAT IDIOT GIRL!!!!

It was however, fine. As I phoned them up and they asked me to come in the next day for a chat (sounded promising) aaaaand,

THEY OFFERED ME THE JOB ON THE SPOT! MON-FRI!

It is SO refreshing doing it after nursing. Things I like about it so far are:

• There is no need to deal with large quantities of urine and faeces on a regular basis.
• There is no need to deal with elderly patients with dementia trying to escape the premises. 
• The shifts are not 13 hours long and they are not at night or on Sundays.
• The Pharmacy is like 3 minutes from my house. 
• The staff are lovely. 
• I don't have to wear a horrific uniform like the one I have for nursing. 
• The Staff are lovely. (infact, they invited me to some lunch thing on Sunday already, and it's only my first week) 
• I love being able to go into a place, and not be thrown in at the deep end every day (like Agency nursing is on principle)

Todo lo demás es maravilloso!

Everything else is wonderful. There is the very, very sad thing that Libby and Kristy are going back to the US forever to leave us. I have to go say goodbye to her tonight and I am going to be absolutely DEVASTATED. If my reaction to the Turkish leaving when I was in Madrid is anything to go by.  

(I cried so hard I got a massive nosebleed all over my white jeans)

Libby and Kristy. The family will not be the
same without you. 

So last night, it was Douglas' flatwarming, so we all got especially drunk to ensure we made the best use of our time left with the Americans. I will now photospam because it was a wonderful evening in its entirety.

Libby <3 I will miss you
SO much.

There is a perfectly good explanation
as to why this photo looks like this.
We just haven't worked it out yet.

Just because I love this photo of us.

y por lo último. Sonríe, porque...

Everything must get dark. Terrifyingly pitch black before you can see the stars. And when you see them,  hell, are they the most beautiful things you ever did see. 

Ciao,

Sean