Long time, no post

Long time, no post. Sorry about that, life's been a bit hectic, and my hearing has taken a bit of a back seat. My mental health's taken a dive lately, and I'm now on some new tablets - just waiting for those to kick in, really, at the moment they're making me really drowsy but not really having any other effect.

I've also been doing my job applications for my foundation training. I did quite a lot of umming and aahing, but finally decided that I needed to move on and make a fresh start, so I've applied to move to Severn deanery. There are some good jobs going in Cheltenham and in Gloucester, and the area's good for psych training - it's also nice and close to my brother and my auntie. Filling in the form was a nightmare, though - five questions, all of which were slightly ridiculous, and each to be answered in under 200 words. Bah, humbug. Ah well, it's done now and out of my hands.

I'm really enjoying my psychiatry training, and I think this might be what I want to do with my life. I said that after doing Palliative Care as well, though, and still quite fancy being a GP... I'm sure life will take me down whichever route is right for me. I should probably stop stressing about it all! I'm also working on my research at the moment, which is proving highly frustrating. I ran my first focus group on Friday, so I'm now transcribing that - the recording's pretty poor quality and I'm having difficulty working out what they're all saying, although it helps that I was there the first time round. I'm sure it'll all come together - it's just time consuming. It was really interesting to run, though - people knew a lot more than I expected them to! I'll leave it a little while before I do my analysis, though - I'm planning on getting most of this nailed over Christmas, when I've got my psychiatry stuff out of the way. I've even nicknamed my dissertation - he's Brian - because I'm spending so much time on it that "I'm hanging out with Brian" sounds a lot more cool than "I'm in the library doing research," when people ask me what I'm doing at the weekends!

I probably ought to go back and crack on with transcribing my focus group. Will post more soon, honest!