At work...in Taranaki....

Well, I've done two stints of three days each in New Plymouth, and have really enjoyed it (but it's nice to be home). First day up there, New Plymouth was the windiest place in the country, so I didn't get to appreciate it until this week when the sky was blue and it was warm. Really nice practice - wonderful colleagues and staff and the patient mix is different to that at home. I see people who are even younger than I am! Many of them are long-established farming families, so they have a familiarity with the province that comes of living there and visiting generations of family in the cemeteries. Kapiti has a few families like that, but most of us are "immigrants" - I've been here 22+ years and I think 25 makes me a local. I wonder what my children think, and will they stay here and marry other Kapiti people?

At work...in Taranaki

It's very quiet at work at present, but that is a good thing as I have agreed to work at a friend's practice in New Plymouth. I've only been up there about twice in my life, so it will be exciting - and flights to a new airport are always exciting. So, looking forward to meeting different people - and trying to get my head around farming lifestyles....each practice has a different mix of patients from all others. Even in the same town, the practice has a tone that sets it apart. It attracts people who want slightly different things from people who choose to go elsewhere. So, in Kapiti Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays for the next few weeks. Looking forward to going away. And to being back.