2 weeks to go..

So I will officially be home 2 weeks from now! :)
I'm at the point where I really enjoy being here, but I'm getting excited to be coming home as well!!
My weekend was really great.. it rained on Saturday but we made the best of it anyway. We went for a kayak and snorkel at 7:30 am.. which turned into quite the adventure because we got caught in a rainstorm.. but once your wet, who cares! :) And by the time we got home we were soaked, cold and exhausted all by10 am, we spent a good part of the day just hanging out and warming up, then went to West End for the evening. Sunday was the typical beach day! I had a blast at Rchurch service in the morning, then laid out by the pool and snorkeled all afternoon! Top it off with a beautiful sunset and the company of great friends! :)

Clinic today was good.. busy as always! We had a new volunteer in today who will be with us for the week. I oriented him and spent the day working with him in triage. He was a quick learner and eager to be helpful! We love those ones!! And it was nice to mentor him and be able to share my knowledge and be supportive. Recently there has been a bit of a competitive air in the clinic where some students want to look better and will do so at the cost of humiliating or pointing out the flaws in others. I'm glad I got a chance to work with our newbie so I could save him from some potentially hurtful situations (he is a cautious new grad Certified Nursing Assistant.. so like an RCW at home). We had a good day in triage - worked a little slower than usual but we saw a ton of patients and some interesting cases. I'm getting to the point where I can practically diagnose typical things just in triage.. like the few cases of malaria I saw today, a case of chicken pox etc. Overall just another fun day at clinic.. and sadly most of the girls are headed home this weekend, so this is their 'last Monday'.. but not for me.. not yet anyway! And Laura & I ventured to French Harbour to get my package from my family! They held it up in customs for over a week because I didnt have a detailed invoice to give the specifics on what was inside and its estimated cost.. who knew that a few Canadian chocolate bars were worth holding in customs.. but whatever! They finally released them to me! :) So I'm eating well tonight! :)