Theory test again

Well, some stuff happened again over the last couple of weeks. 
First of all my nursing registration for Holland got sorted. And I've now started on getting the one for the UK sorted. It's just not going very fast, you know how governments work :P I had gotten a form that needs to get signed by the Dutch body that gives the registrations, but there I saw an option to get a letter send. Which I thought would be the same. But well, it's not. So now I've got to figure out how to get that signed.. But last week was so crazy busy that I've not exactly had the time to yet.


Secondly: I PASSED MY THEORY TODAY!! With which I was very pleased as I didn't think I would do it today.. I am just having a bit of a period that I'm totally fed up with it all. But apparently so has nearly everyone. So I guess it'll go again. But I passed it anyways! :D 


And that's pretty much all that's been happening. Well that is other then waking up early to go to work :P

Theory exam

Well, today I've tried the theory exam for my drivers licence for the first time. The first part of this blog has actually been written on the mobile app while waiting in the building :p

I was pretty nervous before hand and not expecting at all to pass. Mainly because the book I had was from 2007 and the cd from 2009 and they changed a lot of rules in 2010. So I already was afraid there might be questions that I wouldn't know or gave the wrong answer because the rule got changed. On top of that while doing the trial tests on the cd I did indeed notice that some questions I answered wrong even though I gave the right answer according to the book. So before I even started on the test I kinda expected not to pass..
On top of all that I developed a terrible cold last night and this morning. That didn't leave me feeling much better about it of course..

My feeling before hand was pretty right because I failed with just 3 questions too much wrong.. Funny thing is, there was a couple of questions where I first gave the right answer and then started to doubt myself and change to a wrong answer.. So if I would.have actually trusted myself for once..

Still I'll be booking a new test as soon as possible. Since I also know now what to expect :)

Busy but not much news

Well it's been a while since my last blog. Mainly because not much has been happening other then me working.
I did however start on my drivers licence last week. Yesterday I had my third lesson and I'm still much enjoying it. It's also difficult though. So many things I need to pay attention too and do at the same time. Yesterday we even went on the ring road for a little bit, which was quite scary considering it was only my third lesson!!


I've been busy with getting the required registrations as well. For the Netherlands I've sorted it almost completely, I just have to send in the papers.
For the UK I send in a form that should get me an application set.. So now I'm just waiting for that :)
We have also been thinking of moving a little later because the NMC (Nurses and Midwifes Council, the body that sorts the registrations in the UK) is going to take up to 12 weeks to get my registration sorted..
The preferred time of moving has now changed to the beginning to half December. That way I'll also be able to finish working the entire month of November.

Graduated!!

Well, last Thursday was my graduation! Finally! :D I've got my papers! 
Last Sunday Sue decided to fly over as well, so she was here from Tuesday afternoon till Thursday evening. Which was absolutely amazing! :D
I was pretty nervous because that also meant she was going to meet my parents! All of them, because not just my mom, but also my dad and Dick were going to show up for it! But all was fine. All I don't think my dad said much at all to her, but that's probably his usual struggle with the English language.


While every body inside had to listen to a welcome story we had to line up in alphabetical order outside. Then we got to go in and we had to sit on the first two rows. Then there was a couple of teachers doing some stories. One was on video and very funny. Then we had to take the oath. Which was like three powerpoint sheets long! We all had to read out the sheets at the same time. After that we had to turn around and each individually got asked: "What do you say to this?" and then we had to answer with "Yes, I promise" or "Yes, I promise or so God mighty help me". For that we looked at the entire audience, who were representing society in there.

Then there was a teacher who said a little something about every one of us personally. I thought that that really added to it! What he said about me was this: I started the study as a quiet and shy girl. Then, from quite close by, he saw me grow to a nurse which was taken into account by the entire department from an academical hospital. With that he hinted at the fact that I finished all my internships in the third year so well. During that time he was my internship coach, so he literally saw me grow during that time.


After that we all got called to the front one by one to sign the papers and get the badge. During that there was a sheet on the beamer with a picture and bit about the person. With me they went on about my project. The subject for that was about the internal transfer on the ward. I didn't think this was going very well, because the forms were too long, and therefore not used. They pitched in on that about the fact that I'm a quiet girl, a girl about little words, and that everything should be to the point. Then they ended it with the line: "Let's hope for her that they'll appreciate working to the point in Great Britain". So they had put that in too! Which I thought was really awesome!

After the graduation ceremony was done there was some time to sit around, congratulate and get congratulated and have a drink and a snack. And I finally had some time to spend with the people I invited to be there with me :) One colleague showed up as well, she brought a huge bouquet of flowers and a card. From my dad I got a bouquet of flowers as well, from my grandparent some money and from my mom an awesome necklace and bracelet. But the best gifts I got were that everybody was there to be witness of and celebrate with me this very important event :) 

Very random..

Well, this week was a very random week in which quite a bit happened! First of all, was the party at my parents last Friday. I got a very nice bouquet of roses from my mother for my graduating. As you can see I took a picture, so she could see how pretty they were. But so can you all :) 
I've also heard that day that my dad is actually showing up for my graduation, but he won't be staying for dinner because there's another graduation he's got to visit... Which is pretty annoying and sad..


Then when I arrived at the metro station Monday morning, I found my bike missing it's pedals. Yes... It's PEDALS!! Oh, and the gear that is attached to the pedals. Which kinda looks like the pictures... On the first one you can see that the right side pedal is missing and the gear it's supposed to be attached to is missing as well... And on the second one you can see that the left side pedal is missing.. 
And here I thought I had such an old bike already anyways... Apparently not. Or it might have something to do that in some peoples eyes the brand is rather good... But well, I was not happy as you can imagine..
So.. Then I wasn't only 15 minutes late for work because I had to use a tram to get there, I also had no bike to work with/on.
Luckily I could borrow a bike at work to use for the time that I needed one, but I didn't feel very comfortable using that for a long time though.


So then I didn't have much more left to do then to look into buying a new bike.. So I browsed some second hand websites and some bike shops for second hand bikes as well. But for the budget I had it seemed impossible to get a second hand bike.. At first I didn't really want to spend much more then €100,00 since I still am not so very sure that I'll get paid this month yet.. But I couldn't find a second hand bike anywhere for that price.. I could however find a simple new bike for €145,00 which seemed a fair price. Mind you, I did want a very simple bike this time, since on the last one the gears and brakes had started breaking and the lights also didn't work anymore. So I ended up buying that bike, and so far I'm quite happy with it. I'll still go back to the station to get my seat of the old one, just because it's pretty much brand new, barely half a year old. So it would be a waste to let it get to waste at the station... Still, time for a picture of the new bike!

So, that was a bit of an annoying and frustrating start of the week. But that was not all that happened. I pulled out our first fresh vegetable from a balcony tub for plants. It was a carrot. And while it may be bite size the second one I got was a bit bigger already, so there's hoping for the third one. Which is still in there at the moment. And let's not forget it's a balcony tub, so they won't have that much room to grow. With all that in mind I think this first experiment to grow carrots on the balcony was quite a success :)



My work is going pretty good at the moment. I've finally received my contract this week and sent it back signed. It also included a changed contract already for July and onwards where my level, pay and hours will go up :)
Although I still don't know if I'll get paid this month, which is a quite frustrating thing.. I mean if I just knew I didn't get anything, I would be able to plan for that as well..