So it's been decided! I'm going to BC this fall! To work in either public health or maternity at a smaller community hospital - most likely public health though. One of the brassies in Queen's Bands' mom (thanks C-$!) works there and has helped me establish some professional connections. Needless to say, I am excited ( Read more... )

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...and no, I haven't fallen off the face of the earth. I've been feeling rather disconnected lately, so I thought I'd start this livejournal thing up again. No promises that I'm going to update regularly (no time for that) but I'll try at least on a monthly basis...or whenever something interesting happens. So, first things first, what I've been up ( Read more... )

I am now safely back in Kingston. I'm staying with Heather and Jer, and Jer is making me update this livejournal thingy even though my trip is over and I don't know what to write.

After a bunch of air canada mix-ups (involving three flight on three separate days) I have finally made it home! Moral of the story is: ALWAYS BUY FLIGHT INSURANCE ( Read more... )

Yesterday, my last day in Whitehorse, was spent mostly packing and cleaning, but Megan and I did make it to the Canada Games Centre to swim and skate. We stopped by the Sally-Ann on the way home to look for some of those nice parkas with the northern designs around the hem, but there weren't any in our size. I know Leigh found one at the moving ( Read more... )

Today I had a patient who mumbled something about "needing a CBC" - which was true, b/c his doctor had ordered a Complete Blood Count. So I sat down and explained to him all about what a CBC is and what it can indicate. Turns out he had already had his blood taken, but the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (apparently he was "Meeting the CBC") was ( Read more... )

Yesterday I went cycling around one of the nearby mountains on a different route than normal (yes, in -20some degree weather) and found this beautiful, undisturbed, (and frozen) lake. I left my bike by a tree and hiked around it. It was awesome. I wish I had taken my camera. Hopefully I will be able to go back to the lake and take pictures to share ( Read more... )

...but they aren't meant for use in -30 degree weather. I was trying to get the the hotsprings on Sunday, but I don't have access to a vehicle, other than the mountain bikes left in our basement from the previous tenants. So cycling it was. I was warm going up the hill, but I got tired fast (it's tough biking in snowpants and the wind, okay?). ( Read more... )

Yesterday we all rented a car and drove down the Alaska highway to the village of Teslin. We were supposed to go to Watson Lake to see the infamous "Sign post forest" (the world's largest collection of pilfered street signs), the Liard Hotsprings, the Watson Lake Cottage Hospital, and other things, but it was a 5 hour drive and we had too much to ( Read more... )