All about me and driving a bus for MK Metro/ARRIVA Milton Keynes

Mmmmmmmmm…..(The Hot Chocolate, Not CowFacedRatBag)

Today was a day for pictures….

Woke up to be greeted by this outside this morning…

Then the journey to work began, Just 40 odd minutes instead of the usual 5…

Then, When I finally got to work, It was quite obvious we weren’t going anywhere…

So some drivers decided to occupy their time, This is Mr Metro the Snowman, Complete with Metro Baseball cap and High-Vis…

Others decided to have a snowball fight…

Then, Once management were fed up with us, We were all piled onto a Bus to the Bus Station,

Quite a strange sight, A Bus full of Bus Drivers…

The only bus in Milton Keynes to make it out of the Yard, The Driver’s Shuttle…

At about 12 noon, We decided to try running some buses, This is the City Centre…

and Some people think throwing snowballs at Buses is “harmless” and “just a bit of fun”…

Well This is the result!…

Great for the driver who has the life frightened out of him while trying to concentrate on driving!….

I’ve posted a few months ago about these tablets that I’m taking, Cyclosprin for my Psoriasis.

Well now I have a stinking cold and raging sore throat which is a big no no while taking these, So I’m now off to the hospital for an “emergency appointment”

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you all have a good one. Here’s to another year of blogging!

James

I’ve seen the latest in Bus Heating technology this week in one of our buses….

Someones been complaining that there isn’t enough pictures of me on here (God knows why!) so here’s one of me & Mrs C freezing our bits off on an open top bus in London last week…

Been to the Hospital today for my Three-monthly review. Been given another new set of tablets to try, Cyclosporin, Which is another type of Immune System supressing medication. All the usual side effects, But this time instead of affecting the Liver (Like MTX did to me) this one goes for the Kidneys. Also have to keep an eye on my skin as it does give me a “Higher risk of Tumours or other malignancies, particularly of the skin”… Nice!!

Oh, and back to swapping shifts with people all over the place again, Gotta have blood tests and blood pressure checks every week and hospital reviews every fortnight. I’m thinking permanent lates might be the answer! :/

Following on from the last post about saddo’ness… I think I’ve reached a new limit!

Winter Bobble hats for your Mobile! How cool is that!!!! LOL

Still I’m not the only one that does it…

I got a couple or presents (Not sure you’d call them that but still) for some people as a joke.

It’s amazing how happy they look with them LOL

You’d never catch me with summat so sad….. Ahem

Quite possibly the most boring video you’ll find on Youtube, Bits of my Sunday glued together into one video.. and No, I didn’t win anything….

Now into my third week at MK Metro, and it’s my first week out on my own without a trainer…. All going fine I think.

I’m still missing the friendlyness of Aylesbury depot, I find Metro, and especially the Bus Station a bit intimidating, But since starting here I’ve noticed my Psoriasis has started to slowly clear up, Which proves my theory that working all those hours on the 200 for Arriva wasn’t doing my health any good.

The problem being of course that my skin was at it’s worst when I started at Metro. I did plan to try and at least get my hands clear with steroid cream, But it hasn’t happened. This hasn’t helped with getting to talk to people as I can see them staring at my skin which then puts me on the defensive. :/

Oh well, I’ve only been on me own for 2 days, So we’ll have to see how it goes, At the moment I’m 80% certain I made the right decision to transfer.

Another 5 second video now, This bus must hold the record for the most annoying indicator sound! LOL

Can’t think of anything exciting happening since I last blogged so I’m gonna tell you all about the boring things instead LOL

I’ve finally ditched the Telephone Network for my Broadband and now have it coming through the air from the council. When I ordered it they said it would be a small Aerial about A4 size that would be put on the front of the house… What they didn’t mention was the great big pole lol.

Last Sunday I went to Showbus and it was the first time I’ve taken a bus, It didn’t actually rain which was a miracle!

There’s more to add to the Banking saga, But save that for another time, I can almost see Lynne/Dreamy rolling her eyes LOLOL.