It’s Christmas morning downunder, but it’s only Christmas Eve afternoon for me here in Olds, Alberta!
I hope everyone is enjoying the break and having a great holiday. I am looking forward to seeing those that are soon to visit and also seeing those I am soon to visit myself.
Blessings!
Dave
My world is very icy these days.
Back in Alberta now, which is where I grew up. It’s cold and snowy here and perfect for Christmas. There have been some accidents on the highways, which is an aspect of life here that I kinda forgot about. There are times that the road gets so dangerous, it’s best just not to drive.
It’s funny to think back to Brisbane, where temperatures are mid thirties. We’re scheduled for mid thirties too… so to speak! Right now we’re just in the twenties tho. I hope all the Aussies are enjoying their breaks too, all in the heat!
I am done my elective here in Vancouver, and have been for over a week already. The time has flown by leaving me feeling like I am getting nothing done. I am doing things really, and it’s good to get around a bit here and see everyone.
I think I’m trying to squeeze a month’s worth of social expectations into a week and a half, since there was practically no time for socialness during the elective.
I’m leaving Vancity on Wednesday, and am Alberta bound to see the rest of my family in the town where I grew up, which I’m looking forward to.
I hopefully will be able to grab some time to describe what my elective was like, since I haven’t had the time to write all month. For now I’m just running from one thing to the next!
I saw a lot on Friday. It was a fairly busy day and included ward rounds, which I found really fun. I know it wasn’t actually that exciting, but it just was for me.
I’m not certain what I should or shouldn’t write on here, so I won’t write anything for now. I keep a list of procedures I have observed though.
Finally… After two weeks of trying to sort things out, I have got my Blackberry back and going, and it’s set up the way I had originally planned… Bell Mobility seems to have a call-30-times-and-then-you-get-what-you-need program.
This post is in fact even written with the berry… So nice to have a full keyboard on the phone.
So my regular number, 778 773 0728 still rings here, but the number of the phone is actually 403 559 6767 because hopefully my dad will be able to get use out of it while I’m gone again.
The only thing left to find out is what kind of nightmare the billing will actually be…
So, the day hasn’t really done much to be all that great, but have the sun come out, the traffic be clear, the air be cool and clean and the sky blue. Tomorrow is of course Remembrance Day, so there’s no work, so today is not only Monday, but it’s also kinda like Friday! The sun is shining, which is a rarity here and I’m back at VGH doin my “backgrounds” :). Not to mention a huge Tim’s by my side. I hope things keep going well.
Isn’t that the way it always goes, when you’re late, you can’t get on the bus (it’s full), it’s dark, it’s rainy, the skytrain stops in the middle of the tracks. The traffic is slow. You wake up tired. But this morning… I woke up by natural impulse, was easy to get out of the house and the commute went smoothly. I think I’m finally adjusting to the time change.
Things are getting better here, I’m now familiar with my bus routes so I can get where I want. I think I have my elective stuff sorted out, I have really enjoyed seeing my friends and family, and I am just about psychologically ready to let go of the Bell Mobility fiasco. The looming unknown of elective and VGH life is giving way to nice people and neat experiences slowly. I am still kinda caught in administrative hell, but I think I’m getting out soon… I’m like a hopeful day-parole applicant (cause I know it’s not actually over… there will be more in my life).
The rain is just what I remember. I’m just going to try ignore it, but it does really change the way I feel… I know most people think that’s weird.
Today is a day for both. Obama 08… I honestly don’t know enough to know what this means for the future, but I just hope it’s good. These are definitely times of “Change” but when isn’t? Each day makes the future and past, for nations and individual people. Not a revolutionary insight, but just a commonplace observation. Hopefully all that has transpired today leads to a good future.
So easy to forget how frustrating Canada can be. I have had three major frustrations so far. Almost one for each day! I’m having trouble getting my elective going, I’m having trouble getting my phone back going, and I’m getting rained on. Ah. It is still good to be here, and I have to get through these things, but grr. I can barely put down words that make sense cause I’m so blinded with anger at Bell Mobility, who have gone back on what they told me to do, which makes a $1000 expenditure useless.
I’ll grab a few photos of the rain soon.
There’s the nice Vancouver:
And the crappy rainy Vancouver:
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