EVEN WHEN I LOSE I’M WINNING

We have to pick a song on the theme even or odd today. I wasn’t sure if this was supposed to be about numbers, and I was already with a numbers song. But from what I can see, it’s the words odd and even rather than the numbers.

I’ve gone with another sweet song for all you ladies out there. I’m not messing with you when I say even I get choked up with this one. This is “All Of Me” from John Legend.

Song credits:  John Legend and Toby Gad

What would I do without your smart mouth?
Drawing me in, and you kicking me out
You’ve got my head spinning, no kidding, I can’t pin you down
What’s going on in that beautiful mind
I’m on your magical mystery ride
And I’m so dizzy, don’t know what hit me, but I’ll be alright

My head’s under water
But I’m breathing fine
You’re crazy and I’m out of my mind

‘Cause all of me
Loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections
Give your all to me
I’ll give my all to you
You’re my end and my beginning
Even when I lose I’m winning
‘Cause I give you all of me
And you give me all of you, oh oh

How many times do I have to tell you
Even when you’re crying you’re beautiful too
The world is beating you down, I’m around through every mood
You’re my downfall, you’re my muse
My worst distraction, my rhythm and blues
I can’t stop singing, it’s ringing, in my head for you

My head’s under water
But I’m breathing fine
You’re crazy and I’m out of my mind

‘Cause all of me
Loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections
Give your all to me
I’ll give my all to you
You’re my end and my beginning
Even when I lose I’m winning
‘Cause I give you all of me
And you give me all of you, oh oh

Give me all of you
Cards on the table, we’re both showing hearts
Risking it all, though it’s hard

‘Cause all of me
Loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections
Give your all to me
I’ll give my all to you
You’re my end and my beginning
Even when I lose I’m winning
‘Cause I give you all of me
And you give me all of you

I give you all of me
And you give me all of you, oh oh

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Saturday Snaps

The photo I have chosen from collection is one of the many I took when we toured the slave trade exhibition at the Maritime Museum up in Liverpool.

It is over two hundred years since the Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade was passed, and yet look at this photo in the same exhibition:

More Covid Craziness

Most difficult customer of the year goes to….the lady who would not take no for an answer and decided to belittle every member of our team.

We had the most odd situation at work this week. A lady demanded we supply her with a covid vaccine. We explained that we are not administering covid vaccines. She looked around sixty years of age, so we assured her that her GP will contact her to invite her to attend a vaccination appointment.

Yet, she was not satisfied, she said she has seen pharmacies on the news administering the vaccine. We acknowledged that some pharmacies are doing exactly that, but we are not. She became furious, accusing us of trying to trick her.

Then she asked if we – our members of staff – have been vaccinated. I stayed quiet but one of the young girls nodded and told her that NHS front line workers have been offered the vaccine and that most of us have received it. That only added fuel to the fire. The lady started ranting and yelling that we had to arrange a covid vaccine for her.

We tried to calm her down, explaining we had no way of arranging an appointment for her, assuring her that she would be invited in time and reminding her that the best way to stay safe is to stay at home and be careful to wear a face mask and observe social distancing rules when out for essential reasons such as grocery shopping.

She stayed at the pharmacy for an hour distracting us from our work, demanding we arrange a covid vaccine for her and accusing us of deceiving her.

Thursday Verse

God is not partial,  but in every nation the man who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.

Acts 10:34,35

Isn’t it great to know in a world full of deep divisions, racism and discrimination that God is not partial, He does not judge by outward appearance. He can see people for what they are on the inside. He does not favour people because of their race, nationality, social standing, or any external factors.

What pleased God? Fearing him – or respecting Him and His laws. Naturally the follow on from that is that we will do what is right.

Living On Sugar Rushes

Last week I was running on adrenaline all week because work was so nuts and I realized something – I love ice-cream. It is like the best energy food.

There is a gelato bar not far from the pharmacy I work at. Everyday last week I went there for my take-away sugar rush to give myself the boost I needed to face the afternoon. Who would have thought it would be ice-cream that would help me keep my act together?

It is amazing how much damage locum pharmacists can do in a day. They come in and try to deal with the prescriptions themselves – not caring about all the systems we have in place to look after our customers. It’s a nightmare trying to resolve all the upsets.

Tuesday News

So the great news this week is that here in the UK a record breaking 493,013 people were vaccinated with the new Covid-vaccines on one day this weekend. I think I might have been one of them.

You can read the report in the Express Newspaper here:

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1388509/covid-19-injections-boost-vaccinations

News reports are claiming that around 75% of people over the age of eighty have now been vaccinated. When I went along for my jab. there were a lot of young people. I heard them explaining they were NHS staff, care assistants, pharmacy staff (like myself). We actually had an email on Friday afternoon asking us to make an appointment and to go along and get ourselves immunised.

Since the start of the pandemic, we have had no choice but to work closely with people, only reliant on PPE and good hygiene to protect us. So after seeing how many of our colleagues have tested positive with the virus and how many of them have been very ill, we were jumping at the chance.

So far, the government say that over 6.3 million have been immised, meaning they are on track to reach their goal of vaccinating 15 million people by mid-February.

I’ve Had My Jab

So, a couple of days ago, I finished work and jumped on the bus to head to a local NHS facility. There I had my first dose of the Covid-19 vaccination.

Why did I get to have a vaccination so early on? I am an NHS Frontline worker – so I was assigned to Group 2 along with rest of the team. Unfortunately, they have all tested positive for the virus over a week ago, so we still have locums with us next week.

TALKING TO THE MOON

I liked the theme we were given this week. I’ve picked a Bruno Mars track that has lyrics that are sweet. I can’t believe it is ten years since this was released. Hope you have a blessed Sunday.

Song Credits: Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Albert Winkler and Jeff Bhasker

I know you’re somewhere out there
Somewhere far away
I want you back
I want you back

My neighbors think I’m crazy
But they don’t understand
You’re all I had
You’re all I had

At night when the stars light up my room
I sit by myself talking to the moon
Tryna get to you
In hopes you’re on the other side talking to me too
Or am I a fool who sits alone talking to the moon?

I’m feeling like I’m famous
The talk of the town
They say I’ve gone mad
Yeah, I’ve gone mad

But they don’t know what I know
‘Cause when the sun goes down
Someone’s talking back
Yeah, they’re talking back

At night when the stars light up my room
I sit by myself talking to the moon
Tryna get to you
In hopes you’re on the other side talking to me too
Or am I a fool who sits alone talking to the moon?

Do you ever hear me calling?

‘Cause every night I’m talking to the moon
Still tryna get to you
In hopes you’re on the other side talking to me too
Or am I a fool who sits alone talking to the moon?

I know you’re somewhere out there
Somewhere far away

Saturday Snaps

I was looking through the photos I have taken and saved and I found this one. For months I used to walk past Battersea Power Station and see enormous cranes working on it’s renovation and a site teaming with construction workers and machinery.

You may know that these gigantic power stations which are no longer in use hold out a lot of potential but also some challengers to potential developers. The Tate Modern Art Gallery on the Southbank used to be a power station.

This is a photo from Wikipedia showing what the Battersea Power Station used to look like:

And this gives you an idea of the architectural plans for the site – which should house offices and apartments. They are clearly hoping the place will have a buzz because as well as shops and restaurants, they even extended part of the London Underground Northern Line to run to Nine Elms and Battersea Power Station.

Covid Craziness

I mentioned a couple of days ago that I was the only member of staff at work who tested negative for covid-19. That left us in a crazy situation and totally reliant on locums.

But yesterday got crazier. In the end the decision was made to close and wait for a deep cleaning company to come and mist the entire building with cleaning chemicals.

There were some crazy phone-calls and situations we had to deal with yesterday. I can’t explain all of it because you would wonder what the heck is going on. But hopefully that deep clean will have removed whatever was lingering in our building and resulting in so many staff and patients being ill.

My pulse was racing all day yesterday as adrenaline surged. I don’t think I have ever had such a crazy day at work.