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inevitable rants
So been catching up on Nat and Jeds trip and the manta rays look AMAZING. I remember feeling a little freaked out when we were all houseboating and the giant shadows would glide under the boat and under everyone who was swimming o_O but, I think I'll have to add the kona dive to my bucket list despite my fear of big swoopy things, cold water, the ( Read more... ) -
Annnnnd we're back
So sometimes you start a rotation and at the end of the first week - no five minutes you're either taking a deep breath to steel yourself or you''re slightly giddy with excitement at all the novelty, but for the first time I started back on familiar Gen surg turf and felt an overwhelming sense of relief. My last medical term was easy on the brain, ( Read more... ) -
Note to self
When playing FTL do *NOT* name the little mens after the crew of Serenity as you will feel emotionally distraught every time they are inevitably blown up :(((
Addit:
I have belatedly hit the nail craze (i blame surgery)
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Waterfoul
I went swimming today - first time in a pool since... high school - since then I've only cautiously waded into creeks/rivers/oceans/lakes, so this time it was a relatively pleasant experience where I didn't have to worry about sharp rocks, spiders, jelly fish or sharks... Only overzealous triathletes and incontinent old women, I guess... Anyway was ( Read more... ) -
Peru: what an unhealthy obsession with Nancy Drew will make your child do
So Sheeboodle came over last night to borrow stuff and was so excited that I also became excited and nostalgic, with an overwhelming desire to picspam the lot of you :) Coming back to the middle of a Trauma term sucked the life straight out of me, so now things are a little blurry, a little mashed together and I'm sure Nat will jump in and be all ( Read more... ) -
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Ive become a cat person. This has become blatantly obvious to all the people who've had to make polite noises whilst looking at the cat photos on my phone. Stella is 2, fresh from rspca and stupidly friendly with EVERYONE. Which is a great change from my childhood cat who would ignore us for days and, like a sullen teenager, only rock up for meals ( Read more... ) -
Just came home to
find the bedroom prewarmed, with the doona drawn back so the sheets get warm how I like it, with dinner hot and delicious sitting on my bedside table, and got handed a hot ginger tea and given cuddles...
*explodes into a billions bits of fluff*
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As fast as you can
Annnnnd last saturday I escaped from the evil clutches of Emergency and did the Kathmandu Urban Challenge - a local take on the Amazing Race. I figured I needed some sort of exercise before Peru and the idea of little checkpoints was very appealing to the hints of OCD in my personality. Had 3 awesome phone a friends texting us the answers the whole ( Read more... ) -
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So my attempt to regularly update LJ didn't quite pan out. Instead, have a catch up post ( Read more... )
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