Update

Eeep! I don't know where the time has gone - it doesn't seem that long since I posted last, but it's nearly been a month. This year is going so quickly! Nothing much has been happening. I'm nearly over my abcess. There's still some residual swelling that I'm on my second course of antibiotics for. I have to go back to the doctor if it hasn't gone by the time I finish the course. If there's only a little swelling I probably won't bother going back. It's just a nuisance because the hospital is over the other side of the city. Otherwise, I have no problems with it. Pain's gone, ulcer is practically healed ( I was surprised by how fast it healed considering the size).

Got my birthday present from my sister the other day. She sent me one of my favourite NZ magazines and some Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate. Australian Dairy Milk is yuck. She also sent some photos of the kids, and I will have to scan them and put them up. Alex has a rash on his legs that my sister wanted my opinion about, so she took photos of them and emailed them to me. Don't you just love technology? LOL!

Work's good. I've been working on the one ward for the past 2 weeks, and I'm back there again this week. It's my usual neurosurgery ward. Last night I did work on the oncology ward. I had a choice between that and the cardio-thoracic ward. I'm glad I went oncology because the other ward ended up with a code blue. So far I've been lucky and have never ever been around a cardiac arrest. The most exciting I've had has been an intubation on the ward, although I have taken a couple of patients through to ICU. I'm on days off at the moment and typical - the weather has turned nasty. It's raining, so I don't feel like going anywhere. Not that I need to today. I've paid my rent, and I dont' have anything else to do. I have milk for my coffees. *g* Ah, the important things! I do dirink more coffee wihen the weather is yuck and I'm home. Especially if I do some writing - coffee helps me think better. Well, it probably doesn't, but it makes me feel more alert!

I have my Cary Grant movie all ready for next month. I've discovered that I can link my bank account with Paypal. I couldn't do that in NZ but I can in Australia. Now I can get ebaying again. Some of his movies aren't that easy to get, I have ended up getting some Asian releases, which I always feel uneasy about. I know that not all Asian copies are illegal, but even when the sellers state that they're not, you can't be too sure. But then, I'm buying in good faith, with honest intentions. I'm going to have to rearrange my shelves again. I might have to put my tv series on a seperate shelf. Hmm, if I do that, then the Cary Grant box sets can be with the Cary Grant movies. I like things in order.

Finally managed to find James Reyne's latest CD. You would have thought that being an Aussie artist, he would be easier to find. I really enjoyed seeing him in concert. So much energy for someone in his 50s. They didn't sell the cd at the venue which I thought was a bit silly considering it was an album launch. Fans will go out and buy it anyway, but it would be the perfect way to catch those who may not have considered buying it. Plus I would have liked a signed copy. *g* I like it a lot more than his last album (not counting his acoustic one which is technically the previous one, as it only had a couple of new songs.)

I'm seriously thinking I should start learning Greek. I have had so many Greek patients with little English. It would make communicating so much easier. That's one thing I really enjoy about being here - the exposure to some different cultures. In Dunedin, there were more Maori and Polynesians.

As seen at Susan's

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