Lots of pros and cons to this day. Pro: free in the morning, because we didn’t have clinic and Dr. Kung was checking out schools for her son. I sat in an office off the peds medical ward and continued working on the log book through the morning. Initially pretty discouraging, because I had a whole page of names that I couldn’t even find in the book (usually I can find the name, but there’s no medical record number recorded). Also, some of the “names” that I’m supposed to find are initials and an admission date. Even if the records were as complete as the U.S. and/or electronic, what can I do with that?! It got better once I finished that page though.
A little boy wandered down the hall around 11 and we looked at each other as he passed the open door, so I greeted him in Setswana. He apparently took this as an invitation to come in, and within 2 minutes he was jumping around on the couch in the corner and having a grand ol’ time. SO. CUTE. I wasn’t 100% sure he was supposed to be in there, but it was a nice break from work to play with him. He was very precocious too – he told me that he was four, but he understood my English perfectly, which is a rarity here. From what I’ve read (and experienced a bit), children here are taught in Setswana up until the equivalent of 5th grade, and take English as a foreign language. Then, after 5th grade, it switches, and kids are taught in English, with Setswana as a foreign language. But this little guy was too young to even be in school, so I was doubly impressed. Also, I showed him the little icons on my phone for a cat and dog, just to see if he knew the English words, and he ended up figuring out how to play a game on it all by himself. Basically, he was too cute for words, and I was sorry when I had to leave for lunch.
Pro/con for lunch: Walked to main mall with Kat, because she had been to a popular lunch spot there, Pie City, and was raving about it. We were supposed to meet Julia, but she got called into a last minute meeting, and we had to be at a training session with Dr. Kung around 2, so we left without her. We got our food (basically like a popover, DELICIOUS), and sat outside to wait for Julia to find us. She got lost, then a guy came up and asked us for food, and Kat and I ended up leaving late and being late to our training, all of which made the whole experience frustrating.
Dr. Kung also was not very pleased with us for being late. Also, she asked in the car whether I had gone to morning report (I had asked her the day before whether I was allowed to go, since she wasn’t planning on being there), which I hadn’t, and I felt even worse.
Pro: the training we had WAS SO COOL! They were teaching us how to use Microsoft Access, a database program that is apparently a part of the Office Suite. Mostly, Dr. Kung wanted us to get it for Kat’s project, but I can see so much potential for data entry for my project too. I went home full of ideas, which is always a good feeling ☺ I felt like such a computer nerd.
At home, we had planned to go to an internet café nearby, but since Kat and I got back late, it was starting to get dark. We eventually decided to scrap that plan till the weekend, and started making dinner. Talked to Mommy and Daddy on the phone, while we roasted some butternut squash/pumpkin/potato mixture that we bought yesterday. It ended up taking over an hour to cook – long enough for us to watch the Glee! season finale!! (it’s about time Rachel and Finn got it together, but honestly, WHY DO THEY KEEP LOSING AT COMPETITIONS?!?!) – but it was DELICIOUS. Aimee, get ready, because squash is going to be a staple when we get back to school!
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