Hi All!
Ok, be honest, who of you prayed for rain for me after that last email? Today it's been raining on and off all day! So it's not actually rain, more like sprinkles, but you can't imagine my surprise at having rain--- in September!!!! Don't get me wrong, I am not complaining at all, I am just very, very surprised! :-) I would really like to have a good shower, one that will help knock all the dust out of the sky, but this is one of those 'just enough to mess up the dust on the windshield' kind of things. :-)
Tonight is my last night on night duty. Last night was truly awful. We started with having 39 patients, meaning I took 20 and my colleague took 19. But that was before we got the 4 admissions, the last one which came at 5 am!! It was so busy that I was still giving medications when day shift arrived! And of course I still hadn't done the paperwork for the last admission or restarted any of the IVs that weren't working! It was one of the nights that make me wonder why I chose to be a nurse! (Of course the answer is to help people in their suffering, when they are at their most vulnerable and in need of a compassionate touch- but after having to work that hard for a whole 12 hrs it makes me wonder....) I came home and ate an entire candy bar!!! Hey, I am just being honest with you!! It was a Cadbury Fruit & Nut which really just has raisins and almonds, but it's turned out to be my favorite here. I had a nice big glass of Vanilla Coke to go with it too! I then took 2 Benadryl and went to bed! Thankfully I slept really well, but I am still not ready to go back in tonight! However, it is my last night so maybe that will help me to get through it! I'll let you guys know next week how it went!
Speaking of letting you guys know, there is a possibility that I will be without internet for a bit. When I set up my account I paid for 6 months, and haven't really thought of it since. However, 6 months is up today. Rob & Alisa are traveling to Windhoek tomorrow (the only place you can pay for it), so they are going to pay on Monday or Tuesday. There is a possibility that if they don't have the payment they will turn off my service until it is paid. Then again, this is Africa, so who knows! :-) All that to say, I may or may not have internet over the next few days. I also think that my communication will slow a little bit with the arrival of Kristin, the doctor I told you guys about. She arrives on Tuesday and will be coming to Rundu on Wednesday. In email communication she seems really nice and I am excited about her coming! Being alone in this big house is hard sometimes so I am really looking forward to her coming. :-) Having her here though means I will have someone to talk with and will probably be on the internet less. :-) But I will still try to keep you all posted about what is going on with me!
love and hugs to you all!
kimmie
Posted by thekimmieconnection
at 7:17 PM BST
