Down:
when i realise i MISCOUNTED..
and i STILL have 6 weeks left in gippsland!!
what the!!

Up:
LOoking forward to stepping on board that plane on BUSINESS CLASS! (wooHOO!)
and family and friends back home!!!

Down:
the tiredness of driving.. and petrol.. and my poor dirty car =(

Up:
A new friend! (shes the other locum physio.. from scotland! and we get on great. both such city pple.. and we know exactly how each other feels.. cos. we both miss being in the city heaps)
and so i pick her up frm the city.. which makes the drive.. not too bad
and (i love her accent) har har

Down:
totally overworked the past 2 weeks..
crazy amounts of driving.. and staying up late late late.

Up:
was able to make it back to the city for swing dance! which was totally yay.. and a VERY good time of catching up with friends, seeing them in the most honest and vunerable moments.. being able to share, laugh, cry and pray (yes all in one night) as bros and sisters in christ. It was really gd.

Up up UP!!
Friends coming to visit me in gippsland over the queen's bd weekend! and taking road trips! and going skiing!!

oh. the things keeping me sane at the moment..
is positive thinking..
otherwise.
i think i'll juz collapse and die now.
i need some germs.. anybody??
so i can take some (no pay- and i don't care) sick leave.

i come back to the city,
i dunno whether to laugh or cry.
of realising what i'm missing out in the city..
meeting friends i haven't seen in a MONTH

its like living 2 seperate, different lives
2 worlds that don't and will never collide
and i find myself adapting again and again
its tiring
and sometimes confusing.
i love it so much when i'm back.. being into the swing of things
going for dance on thurs.. dancing till midnight
the dinners with friends
juz everything
and when i go back, i know i will be alright again.
can't wait for these 6 weeks to be over.
i've had enough.
juz dunno whether to be happy or sad anymore..

4 weeks down in Gippsland
and 6 weeks and counting to....

GOING HOME!!!

ohh yeah u singapore peeps.. make sure your 1st 2 weeks of July is freee!!!
i'm so excitied.. i really can't wait!

Working has been extremely tiring with extremely hilarious results over the last 2 weeks.
Just so many complicated patients and having to stay back late (and not getting paid either)
oh yeah.. medical wards suck.
esp now with winter.. where half the pple come in with chest infections anyway.
Extremely understanding boss tho.. who wants me to take more hours off to compensate for the extra time i've done.. but... HOW??!?!
i'm the typical workoholic now with lots of money and no time to spend.urghs.

Anyway.. i felt extremely dumb last week..
was with an extremely grumpy patient.. who gets impatient and grumpy if her needs are not met immediately.
And she wanted a pad
so i said i'll buzz the nurse and was then hunting ard for the nurse call button
and she went its the red one
and i went " ah ha!" and saw a red nurse assist button on the wall
and PRESSED IT
and set off a deafeningly LOUD emergency assist button
Within secs, i had 6 nurses in the room, running through 4 beds trying to look for the source of panic
OMG.
why are the buttons all so similar anyway?!?!

If that wasn;t bad enough,
we ( the OT-steph.. who is the nicest down to earth and one of the prettiest girls i've met--> curly brown hair with sky blue eyes.. she looks like a doll. haha) went on a home visit with a patient after..
in the pouring rain...
getting all soaked
and me nearly killing my back cos of car transfer in the rain.. having to get the patient in as quickly as possible
and in the rush,
i left the catether (urine) bag's hook ON TOP OF THE CAR.

so during the drive, there was this CLAAAANG!!
and stephie went " whats THAT?!?!?!"
and i went " OH MAN! its the HOOK!"
(poor patient who has NO idea whats going on)
and so steph was driving extra carefully up hills and stuff..
and we finally pulled over,
where i hopped out of the car, drenching myself again and retreiving the blasted object (which luckily had not fallen off.. HAHA)

We were laughing so hard after..
the whole day was such a mess..
(home visit went well tho)
and then sat around in the meeting room.. with extremely frizzzy, wet hair..
gorging ourselves on chips and mud cake..
and imagining if we'd actually lost the hook and going up to the nurse going
" Oh. we need a new one. the hook was left in the hills"