Well,
They made their decision...they decided not to authorise the extension of the fully paid contract. As the business proposal was linked (simply by mentioning it) to the HLF funding the Convener dismissed it out of hand. Apparently, my boss was there for 4 hours waiting for the item to come up...the guy simply said he wasn't happy with it and did not want to authorise is...was there any questions?...there was none...bosh....done in an instant.
Now I have to wrap matters up here...try not to become upset when folk tell me how upset they are and get on with it. So..now i have to think about moving all over again...the packing, moving and unpacking...the job applications...the room hunting....the changing of broadband (I don't think I will be able to do this and have to take the hit for ending the contract early this time)..all of that...change of addressess...damn...I can't be bothered to think about it.
But I have to.
Called dad to ask him to send me my back up memory stick as it had all my applications from a few years back..not for here obviously...as that was lost when the previous stick was wiped through the Council PC..it arrived the next day and I have had to use it already. Went in to work yesterday...got to do it as big Projects need to be completed and I do not have much time...and looked on websites for all the Council's....finally checked the job centre and, as previously happened, there was a job on there that wasn't on the countryside jobs website...hussah....switched to the Council website (kicked myself for not checking before) and then noticed it said midnight on the 10th of May was the cut off date...looked at the time...1 pm....left the office and came back here...started at 3.30 pm and finished at 10.30 pm...got it done and submitted in time....had to really start from scratch as it was a web format and asking some specific questions. This is for maternity cover back in Perthshire..we shall see.
Anyway, we shall see what happens. Not the best though.
Tara
SB
Monday, 11 May 2009
Saturday, 2 May 2009
Day Of Reckoning
That's right, the day of reckoning for the extension to my contract is next Tuesday!!!! It would seem the CSO are coming up with the goods with regards to pat funding the extension of the post...which is good..a surprising call from Mr T regarding this..perhaps more to settle my nerves than anything else...but at least we know the money is on the way...hopefully.
BUT
Tuesday is the Committee day when they will decide too pass the extension AND whether it can go past July..which they have raised a question about in the pre Committee meeting meeting...damn..no wonder Aberdeen Council is in a state!! so, no point in worrying about it because I can do nowt to sway it either way.
In addition, the HLF funding application is still in the pipeline and we are set to go to Committee for the "new" post in June. If HLF comes back good then we go to Committee...if not...then I have no idea what I am going to do!!!
So, I just carry on with the job...I thought my last entry was an age ago but i see it was only a fortnight..so much has happened in that time..it is crazy.
This last week has been the most hectic of all...presentation to psychiatric doctors and nurses at Cornhill as our client has been discharged into highly supported accommodation (well done big fella!!!)..this was so nerve wracking i tell thee..i turned up a few mins late and ended up at the back of a long, narrow room filled with these professionals..had to walk to the front to chat...damn....really nervous..but i just came out and said it was because I wanted to right by him as he had done for us...that settled me...but it seemed that these professionals wanted to 2focus on medicine as the key to a cure/progression and NOT the normality of the situations he found himself in with the ranger service or the relationships he developed outwith an institution OR the fact that i did not simply take him out to do menial work but worked on the threads initiated by the staff..hey ho...although one did ask if I worked in the Shire and ants me to contact her...which I did...would be good to have 2 clients having worked through....then they couldn't poo poo me!!!
Prison!!!..my word...i was really nervous going in there to deliver the Bridges Project proper...again..wanted to get it right...this could have a major impact on their lives...plus becoming acclimatised to Prison regime and the workings. Everyone seemed happy with it but itching to get outside (as in...the exercise yard) and get stuck into the manual work..shelters and all of that..but that is next week. we have a conundrum..these guys like to have a coffee at the start as they are locked up a lot and it is a process of "normalisation"..which i understand and want to give them the space..but next week I will have a van full of kit..which can't be left alone in the yard for obvious reasons...the other option is to wait outside and set up while they have their coffee...but I am not allowed to be there on my own...again, understandable..so what to do...ah well...we shall see. This is a pilot so we shall use to iron things out. as for the participants..i know they are in there for some pretty bad crimes but they treat me with respect (I am under no illusion they have not been told by staff what the deal is!!) and I get on fine with them..obviously i do need to be robust in my approach just like with any of my other clients..but no different...some of them even asked for homework! Looking forward to next week.
Yesterday was back to physical work...great...log moving.....corrugated iron dragging and loading...and planter pick up/drop off'ing. sweaty but good.
Now...I have my Bank Holiday an i am not going to o any work..a walk..?...gym?...a bit of both i think. Maybe do some risk assessments on Monday as it is going to rain but..apart from that...nowt.
I have decided not to look further into getting a dog..my life is too fluid to be fair to an animal....it would end up being stuck in the van for a lot of the time..contrary to popular conceptions regarding a countryside ranger..but i guess I am not really am I?..more of an urban ranger..in the crib!!!
Radio work continues apace..Wednesday's Ranger show is going fine..trying to have more guests on the show to have a different voice. The Monday show is going fine as well..I seem to be becoming used to staying up late and working on the Tuesday with the usual 6 hours sleep...I think I do prefer live than pre recorded...feel the pressure for the tunes...heartland was different..it was every fortnight...this is every week. check me out on shmu.org.uk..then go to radio...the Monday....Mr B's Beat ox..click on "listen to previous show2..and off you go....or listen live between 10 pm and midnight (GMT)...beware..language may offend!!!!...OR..go to Wednesday...Around With A Ranger..and do the same...so...3 hours per week on a radio station broadcasting to Aberdeen and the world...hussah!!!!
Thing is, music has been a constant throughout so many fluctuating situations and is part of me...I love it and I love playing it...yay!!!
Right..I am off for the noo.
Tara
BUT
Tuesday is the Committee day when they will decide too pass the extension AND whether it can go past July..which they have raised a question about in the pre Committee meeting meeting...damn..no wonder Aberdeen Council is in a state!! so, no point in worrying about it because I can do nowt to sway it either way.
In addition, the HLF funding application is still in the pipeline and we are set to go to Committee for the "new" post in June. If HLF comes back good then we go to Committee...if not...then I have no idea what I am going to do!!!
So, I just carry on with the job...I thought my last entry was an age ago but i see it was only a fortnight..so much has happened in that time..it is crazy.
This last week has been the most hectic of all...presentation to psychiatric doctors and nurses at Cornhill as our client has been discharged into highly supported accommodation (well done big fella!!!)..this was so nerve wracking i tell thee..i turned up a few mins late and ended up at the back of a long, narrow room filled with these professionals..had to walk to the front to chat...damn....really nervous..but i just came out and said it was because I wanted to right by him as he had done for us...that settled me...but it seemed that these professionals wanted to 2focus on medicine as the key to a cure/progression and NOT the normality of the situations he found himself in with the ranger service or the relationships he developed outwith an institution OR the fact that i did not simply take him out to do menial work but worked on the threads initiated by the staff..hey ho...although one did ask if I worked in the Shire and ants me to contact her...which I did...would be good to have 2 clients having worked through....then they couldn't poo poo me!!!
Prison!!!..my word...i was really nervous going in there to deliver the Bridges Project proper...again..wanted to get it right...this could have a major impact on their lives...plus becoming acclimatised to Prison regime and the workings. Everyone seemed happy with it but itching to get outside (as in...the exercise yard) and get stuck into the manual work..shelters and all of that..but that is next week. we have a conundrum..these guys like to have a coffee at the start as they are locked up a lot and it is a process of "normalisation"..which i understand and want to give them the space..but next week I will have a van full of kit..which can't be left alone in the yard for obvious reasons...the other option is to wait outside and set up while they have their coffee...but I am not allowed to be there on my own...again, understandable..so what to do...ah well...we shall see. This is a pilot so we shall use to iron things out. as for the participants..i know they are in there for some pretty bad crimes but they treat me with respect (I am under no illusion they have not been told by staff what the deal is!!) and I get on fine with them..obviously i do need to be robust in my approach just like with any of my other clients..but no different...some of them even asked for homework! Looking forward to next week.
Yesterday was back to physical work...great...log moving.....corrugated iron dragging and loading...and planter pick up/drop off'ing. sweaty but good.
Now...I have my Bank Holiday an i am not going to o any work..a walk..?...gym?...a bit of both i think. Maybe do some risk assessments on Monday as it is going to rain but..apart from that...nowt.
I have decided not to look further into getting a dog..my life is too fluid to be fair to an animal....it would end up being stuck in the van for a lot of the time..contrary to popular conceptions regarding a countryside ranger..but i guess I am not really am I?..more of an urban ranger..in the crib!!!
Radio work continues apace..Wednesday's Ranger show is going fine..trying to have more guests on the show to have a different voice. The Monday show is going fine as well..I seem to be becoming used to staying up late and working on the Tuesday with the usual 6 hours sleep...I think I do prefer live than pre recorded...feel the pressure for the tunes...heartland was different..it was every fortnight...this is every week. check me out on shmu.org.uk..then go to radio...the Monday....Mr B's Beat ox..click on "listen to previous show2..and off you go....or listen live between 10 pm and midnight (GMT)...beware..language may offend!!!!...OR..go to Wednesday...Around With A Ranger..and do the same...so...3 hours per week on a radio station broadcasting to Aberdeen and the world...hussah!!!!
Thing is, music has been a constant throughout so many fluctuating situations and is part of me...I love it and I love playing it...yay!!!
Right..I am off for the noo.
Tara
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