The first thing we all do when we arrive at the practice in the morning is check the daybook, to see what the day has in store. All the operations are listed first, sometimes going over onto a second page. After these come messages and appointments, followed by a list of visits. In a practice like ours, every day is different.
On a sunny summer’s day, we all secretly long to get our initials next to a ‘plum’ job such as forty or fifty sheep to blood sample, outside in the fresh air, with an opportunity to soak up the sun. Apart from performing fifty squats – bending down and standing up each time a sample is taken – a job like this is not physically demanding. There is zero risk of getting debilitating cold fingers or freezing feet, and every chance of getting a suntan.