{"id":2252,"date":"2024-06-19T08:06:20","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T07:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2252"},"modified":"2024-06-19T08:06:21","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T07:06:21","slug":"four-reasons-to-celebrate-not-the-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/four-reasons-to-celebrate-not-the-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"Four reasons to celebrate (not the weather)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I\u2019ve given up looking at the weather forecast, because all too often, it gives me an answer I\u2019m entirely unprepared for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In mid-June, you\u2019d think we\u2019d all be in shorts and flipflops, with sunglasses an absolute necessity, but no, plenty of us are still wrapping up, dodging showers and trying to resist the temptation to put the heating on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Fingers crossed that all changes soon, and we get some sort of summer \u2013 in the meantime, I\u2019ve got sunnier news, with four things to celebrate here at Brightside Dental.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First up, Taja was voted as team member of the quarter \u2013 congrats, Taja!\u00a0 Taja joined us nearly two years ago now as a trainee dental nurse, and she\u2019s become an integral part of our team, as is demonstrated in her latest award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/666a826673d3b089014629cb.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"617\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/666a826673d3b089014629cb-617x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2255\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/666a826673d3b089014629cb-617x1024.jpeg 617w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/666a826673d3b089014629cb-181x300.jpeg 181w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/666a826673d3b089014629cb.jpeg 734w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, our dental nurse Lana has now clocked up seven years\u2019 service here at Brightside, and the time really has flown.\u00a0 Not only is she fantastically good her at job, she\u2019s a real pleasure to work with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/666a827ab1b532110f770602-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/666a827ab1b532110f770602-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/666a827ab1b532110f770602-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/666a827ab1b532110f770602-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/666a827ab1b532110f770602-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/666a827ab1b532110f770602-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/666a827ab1b532110f770602-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our hygienist and therapist Mihaela is also celebrating a milestone \u2013 9 years at Brightside!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mihaela\u2019s been in the world of dentistry for a very long time now with over 17 years of experience, and I\u2019m delighted to say that nine of those years have been with us.\u00a0 She\u2019s passionate about helping our patients and is a real asset to everything we do here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/666a827ab1b53214b9770603.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/666a827ab1b53214b9770603-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/666a827ab1b53214b9770603-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/666a827ab1b53214b9770603-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/666a827ab1b53214b9770603-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/666a827ab1b53214b9770603.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Last but not least, this month marks 20 years since I started at the practice.\u00a0 Back then I was an associate dentist under the previous owner, and over the years I took more and more of an active role, eventually taking over the ownership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/666a827a73d3b01f464629d1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/666a827a73d3b01f464629d1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/666a827a73d3b01f464629d1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/666a827a73d3b01f464629d1-300x225.jpeg 300w, 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In mid-June, you\u2019d think we\u2019d all be in shorts and flipflops, with sunglasses an absolute necessity, but no, plenty of us are still wrapping up, dodging showers and trying to resist the temptation to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/four-reasons-to-celebrate-not-the-weather\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Four reasons to celebrate (not the weather)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2258,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2252"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2259,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2252\/revisions\/2259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}