It's off to work I go

The last week has been full of transitional family adjustments as I get back to work. I have enjoyed the last few months so much, especially being able to have so much time with Leo and Robbie before they go back home to New Zealand in July. I will always be grateful for this time. However, I've always worked and when I really started to crave employment, I put on my sympathetic face and asked the boys how they felt about me going back to work.

"Go back to work, Mum", they told me briskly, "you're kind of grumpy when you're always at home".

Well, the first week has seen an even grumpier mother as I struggle to get the boys and myself out the door by 6.30. And it's been really cold and wintry. However after the first few days we are getting better. And I have the able assistance of Dina, who now works four hours a day with us and looks after the house and the boys when they come home from school. What luxury.

The Sidra project is going to be an exciting, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The Sidra Medical and Research Centre has the biggest endowment in health history, and is aiming to be a world-best service for women and children. It is an amazing feeling working in a health service where money is not an issue. The project is well-resourced and the Sidra team has been tasked with finding and implementing best practice in both clinical practice and technology.

Here are a couple of architect drawings of how Sidra will look when it is finished.