Settling in

  Those are my dear host parents, Cathy and John, who are headed out today with a camper van to travel all around the North Island (and visit family).  I've only known them for 10 days, but I will miss them!  They have really welcomed me into their home.
  We would have dinner together and watch the news as well as a great (British) tv show called "Best of QI" (for "Quite Interesting")- a trivia show hosted by actor Stephen Fry with 4 comedians, and they discuss unusual trivia from history and make jokes.  It's been on for like 9 years!
  Had my first shift day seeing patients and such- it was good!
  Chief complaints: cellulitis, chest pain, distal radius fracture, ankle sprain, 1st metacarpal fracture, dental infection, knee injury (meniscal injury).
  Medical tidbit- clindamycin can only be prescribed with approval by an infectious disease doctor.  Surprising as this is an old antibiotic, but in a way I really do respect the Kiwis in how they are trying to decrease antibiotic resistance by limiting which antibiotics they prescribe.
  They also don't give narcotic pain medication at my clinic as an outpatient script (there may be very rare exceptions)- just paracetamol and ibuprofen.

  Next up on the agenda besides work- joining a tramping club!  (tramping in NZ=hiking).
  Hope to go out on a hiking trip this weekend with the group, staying at a free hut overnight-

cheers, Emily