Sunday, June 12, 2011

Freezing

This is a photo of my front garden frozen before I went to work.

I wish I didn't watch that movie 2012, or that other one with Denis Quaid in it were New York City freezes over.

Up until about 6 months ago, people were drought-proofing their gardens.  The frozen ground you can see in the background is tan-bark because growing a lawn was so difficult and keeping moisture in the ground so vital.  About two Summer's ago was when it was 48oC here.  Now it's down to -2oC overnight. We had droughts then floods in the same area within a year of each other.  You couldn't buy a raintank anywhere a few months ago, now it's sandbags which are in great demand.  This is not normal. 

Anyway, apart from worrying about human-beings extinguishing themselves, I have spent most of today looking at the books (Harrison's is definitely my new fav) and my Guidelines, all to do with that paed job last night.  Ugh.  But I know if it wasn't a child, I wouldn't be quite as motivated/stressed.  Don't mean to be ageist.  So, yep, I'm going through another "I want to be an emergency paediatrician when I grow up" phase.  And a tropic health specialist, and a primary care physician as well of course.

Another one of my patients died yesterday.  It was so sad.  There is only 2-degrees of separation between us, and when I took him to the hospital the last time, he knew it was his last trip.  He was too young.  It's tragic.  It's hard to keep your professional distance in a small town.

So, yeh, don't I just sound so cheery today!  LOL

Anyway, I'm absolutely loving work and study atm.  I prefer to study than watch tv, so I think there's definitely something wrong with me sometimes!  At least my fav shows are recorded for later, which are currently;
  • Amazing Race Australia
  • Downton Abbey
  • Project Runway
  • Project Runway Australia (starting soon)
I also like Lisa Williams, but she hasn't been on lately.  And I love ER, but I think I've seen them all now.  And I love RPA, but I have to be in the mood for it because it's a pretty heavy reality medical show. Oh, and I also like Find My Family and watch it if I need to flush the tear ducts.

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