laughter is the best medicine, but it dont cure insomnia...

HELLO everybody. I have finally decided to contribute something to the world of blogging, after weeks of being guilty of just enjoying other peoples blogs but not contributing!! he he!! Part of the reasoning for that is that I have dial up at home which is as slow as a snail, plus I have had limited time at work to sit down in front of a computer for very long (And do anything OTHER then work !!He he!!) and of course plain laziness.

My life in the last few weeks has been pretty hectic as usual. Work never ends to be anything other then a zoo..crazy hectic angry...for anyone out there who may be considering medicine as a career- I urge you to get a reality check, becoz this industry is full of people with high blood pressure, or developing high blood pressure!! everyone is always overworked and tired and grumpy and not wanting to help you out. when i get up for breakfast in the morning I feel like I really need my nutri grain because I am literally preparing for war. The poeple that fortunately, are oblivious to this chaos are the dear patients in the wards, they dont know that I had to yell( well not yell but speak 'sternly' to!!) at 5 people to make sure they got their medicines becos "we were out of stock" - so you just dont give it then??or let anyone know?? or "the pharmacy was shut" hello thats why we have afterhours people around " she was in the shower" " she had lots of visitors" " he didnt want it" " he refused" ..I am sorry, but none of those excuses means that one can missout on their Intravenous antibiotics or parkinsons drugs etcetcetc because for a sick person in the hospital, they could be dead by the next day!!. Patients dont know that I had to grovel, and got yelled at, in order to get them a CT scan because the radiologists will do everything to get out of having to do more work.. the life of a juinor doc is anything but glamorous or prestigous or as glorified as the innocent bystander often presumes.And frankly, I am getting all abit tired of the politics of medicine..could we not just all work together in a uniform and harmonious ( ? is that a word!) manner to get people better???

sighhhhhhhh..maybe I am just complaining too much- I think I am, and I guess that happens when youre tired. On a good note, after work yesterday my husband and I went to see the laughing samoans who were doing a gig down here. By pure luck I happened to stumble across ticketec when they opened the sales to the show -so managed to grab some tickets before the show sold out. It was GREAT. Exactly the sort of medicine I needed after a crap week of work, I laughed my silly heart out, and clapped and stomped my feet and wiped away tears of joy. What was interesting though was the number of palagis there. There were quite alot of big groups of them, of what I could only presume had to be work mates sponsored by their jobs, there would be 1 pacific island looking person in the group, so I presume that was who got them to go. Anyways, it was really entertaining watching them. Like, there were great stints of the type of "And da morro of da story is,....a chocolate par!!" (i.e moro bars) humour,with roars of laughter from the pacific island audience, where the palagis sort of looked at each other sideways as if to say "I dont get it?"!! I still feel slightly awkward about this, but I actually enjoyed watching them sorta squirm in their seats, feeling a bit out of place-ish. Too often have I been made to feel out of place amongst them ( despite the fact that I am part palagi!) too often have I remained quiet and hummed at their opinions of "the NZ society is not ready for Bro town"...when I actually wanted to say-> not ready my butt, bring bro town on, its the greatest cartoon ever, next to spongebob and simpsons of course!! he he!!

Anyways, the low side of my evening was that I nodded off halfway through the act, only for a minute,it had absolutely nothing to do with the act itself!!I was just soooooo tired after a hectic week. I laughed after cos I couldnt believe I had nodded off either, I had literally just been laughing my butt off , and then Zonk...out for a minute. I think it was in the brief minute that they moved to the back of the stage to change character outfits, cos they turn the lights off briefly so you cant see them doing so. Anyways, I woke up and managed to laugh and stay awake for the rest of the act so that was good.

I am due back home in about 3 weeks and ABSOLUTELY CANT WAIT. I am soo excited I can feel myself just about fall off my seat everytime I think about it. I just need to come home, get a tan, enjoy the weather, hang out with the folks and friends, see my grandma, drive down pot-hole plagued streets, and smell the umu!! I know X100, that my bones are not made for the windy chills of Aotearoa, the sulphur smelling geysers nor the snowcapped mountains and frost covered winsheilds.. I know I will miss white chocolate and blueberry muffins with frappucinos..but seriously, I am not doing myself any favors with those particularly addictive foods!!! So I am currently 'thinkin' about what to pack ( he he!! even though I know I wont actually pack my suitcases til a day before I leave) but its exciting just 'thinking' about it.

so far all you back home, look out for me in a few weeks ok!! and hope everyone has a good week!!!