Open Day

Today was the open day of my aged care facillity cause it was their 40th birthday. All these big wigs turned up and made boring speaks to the resisdents who I don't think understood them or realised what was going on. I think they were more interested in the tea and cakes they were about to get. Boy I wish I could have been like that...instead I had to try and stay awake. Waking up at 5am to get to work, doesn't make staying awake during boring speeches any easier.

So there were speeches and the usual 3hr drug rounds, which is never interesting. My favourite lady has conguctivities which isn't nice for the poor thing, you would think she would get a break considering she has a trachy and finds it hard to sleep. But I guess its just a cruel cruel world sometimes. Other than drugs I have decided I am studying and researching assignments. So some of my day was spent looking up information about patients and assessment programs. The other part was study.

I did meet someone really interesting today. This gentleman was a very declerated army officer during various wars. He spent a lot of time in Cario during the war and was telling me stories of his leave trips with the boys to 'Nightclubs' and 'Jazz bars' with the British air force nurses. Which is where he meet to wonderful women. He was telling me how on both occassions he was with the lads and they went up to bunch of girls and he ask this stunner for a dance. This particular stunner introduced herself and she was believe it or not KATHERINE HEPBURN. He actually danced with and went on to play golf with her for few days, and they meet up most times he was on leave. He has letters from her and everything, which is really cool. To top things off he had the exact same experience with Vivien Leigh (from Gone with the Wind).

After work I helped out with short film auditions for both my boyfriends and few other friends doing the same course. I got to help coach and assist in casting children which is heaps of fun. I have actually been asked to coach the kids they cast to help them prepare for the film. And nursing is also coming in handy cause I have been asked to be the Personal Safety Officer...woow I wonder if I'll get a badge?