I have been looking forward to today for quite a while now, my dad is due back from Sierra Leone today, I am going to the airport to pick him up after I finish work. Me and my dad moved there a few years ago as he wanted to help out a bunch of kids, but I came back a short while ago to work at Holby City, my dad had a few things to deal with first so he is a few months later than me.

Since being back here I have not once regretted coming back, there have been a couple of issues but not as bad as anything I have experienced in the past. I have settled in well and have made a few friends, a couple of paramedics even saw that I had been having a difficult time finding somewhere to live so they asked me if I wanted to stay with them, I was reluctant at first but Jeff and Dixie have been so friendly that I ended up accepting their offer.

The only thing that I am worried about for today is that my dad will be angry, he thinks that I am working here as a nurse when I am actually a paramedic. I have wanted to be a paramedic for as long as I can remember, but my dad didn't like it, he used to be one himself so he knows that it can be a dangerous job. I know that he is only looking out for me and I still love him as much as I always have done. I am sure that he will be angry, but I never actually lied to him, I just never told him the whole story, he just assumed that I had trained to become a nurse and I didn't say other wise.

Dixie and I are working together today so we are driving there together, I just sit in the car while she drives while we talk as normal, although most of the time she just rants about how lazy Jeff is. We then get to the subject of me going out this afternoon, I haven't told Jeff and Dixie about dad coming home today, I have already asked if they would mind if I brought someone to the house just for a couple of days until they could find a place to stay, I wanted to surprise them as they have been eager to meet him. I tell Dixie that I am picking someone up at the airport and she accepts it, in all honesty she looks really pleased to be getting someone else to stay for a couple of days.

I sit there in a daydream then next thing I know Dixie is waving in my face,

"Is anybody home?" she chuckles.

This is when I notice that we have arrived at the ambulance bay and I laugh, I am easily distracted unless I am working, when I'm working I'm always careful as I know how dangerous a moment of carelessness can be in a job like this. So I get out of the car and we head on in together.

Once in the bay we get changed into our uniforms, most people hate it but I love my uniform, I am proud to wear it. One thing that I don't understand is, most people know that Dixie is a lesbian and don't mind it, but they tend to avoid her when getting changed. I personally don't see what the big issue is as clothes are worn under the uniform so it's not like they actually have to strip off, if that was the case I would probably keep away from everyone else as I can be quite paranoid about what other people are thinking about me.

We then waited until we got our first shout, got into the ambulance and sped off.