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Launceston ED

I've finally completed my first term in Launceston and have since moved on to the brighter lights of the ED. I have been much happier there, in part because of the greater autonomy and the fact that we can work alone, and in part because the work load is more sporadic and the lights are literally, brighter. The students are also  back on the wards and I really do enjoy their company. There are a few students in particular who I like seeing around. Two of them have the tendency to make me laugh a lot which is really nice. I've also been spending a lot of time at a nearby gym which has been good for the spirits. Am slowly getting back into research, after a lull due to my time on a particularly harrowing ward. Hopefully life will fall into place now. Looking forward to settling more into life here and meeting more Christian friends in particular. Not the super preachy types.. I guess just people who're a bit more like me because while I've always liked variety and love ha
I like the thought of a good old fashioned romance with love letters. aha

Grumps

I have to say that today I am feeling very grumpy and unappreciated. I can't really vent anywhere else because I am reluctant to whinge on facebook (for doing so forces an entire, probably unsympathetic population to listen to you talk about how horrible your life is), and I can't really fully complain to people here given how small the population is and how word spreads. So I am airing my grievances here - hiding behind this veil of relative anonymity that the internet provides. I am being very grumpy indeed. I want to go away for a long time. I want to stop doing anything at all. I want to just vegetate for a year or so. I wish I had the freedom to do so. but there are so many obligations. Bills to pay. Careers to build. Reputations to sustain. I find it ironic that even coming to a small town like this has not changed that fact. Perhaps these things have more to do with the person, than the place. Which means I will forever be grumpy, and under the pump. Which is not a very