This past week was my first week of work for me. As I start working at 7 am I had to get up at 5 am which was hard to get used to, but as the week went on it got easier.
On Monday, my first day, I didn't do much because I had to get my clothes and had to introduce myself to all the "important" people in the hospital. When I was finished I went to my ward and helped a little. It was so weird when the nurses asked me stuff and a couple times I replied: "No, I am not allowed to do that", just because I was so used to it.
On Wednesday I did my first thoracentesis all by myself and it was a great experience. Other than that I was talking to patient's family members, write discharge letters, admit new patients and take care of the patients in our ward.
It is such a nice feeling when people call you doctor and take you seriously. Sometimes I still feel overwhelmed when nurses ask me what they should do with a certain patient. Let's see what this next week will bring!
Samstag, 8. Januar 2011
New Year's Eve
For New Year's Eve we were invited to spend the evening with some friends in Wolgast. We made a Dutch specialty: Oliebollen. Oliebollen are sort of dumplings, it is dough boiled in oil and they turned out very delicious.
On our way there we stopped at our friend's house where we wanted to spend Christmas eve. Since we couldn't get there due to the snow storm we wanted to stop by and give them our Christmas presents. When we arrived my cousin and her family were also there to spend New Year's Eve with the family. So we chatted and played for a while until we finally continued on our way to Wolgast.
We had Raclette for dinner and it was just soooo delicious. We were so busy eating that I forgot to stop eating or take a picture of the delicious food. After dinner we played some games and waited for midnight to come.
Even though we were all stuffed we enjoyed some delicious donuts, (in German: Pfannkuchen / Berliner) and had our "Oliebollen".
At around 11:30 we got ready to drive to the beach to watch the fireworks. It was great because on the island of Usedom each city on the beach has their own little firework show and you can almost see them all along the coastline. We watched the fireworks next to a big hotel, which had its own great firework show, so we spend a good 30 minutes watching fireworks.
We drove back to Wolgast and decided to play another round of "Wizard" and have some ice cream. Our friend's little daughter also decided it was not time to go to bed anymore so she was wide awake and enjoyed our company.
We finished our game and headed home around 3 am. It was a great way to end 2010 and to start 2011.
On our way there we stopped at our friend's house where we wanted to spend Christmas eve. Since we couldn't get there due to the snow storm we wanted to stop by and give them our Christmas presents. When we arrived my cousin and her family were also there to spend New Year's Eve with the family. So we chatted and played for a while until we finally continued on our way to Wolgast.
We had Raclette for dinner and it was just soooo delicious. We were so busy eating that I forgot to stop eating or take a picture of the delicious food. After dinner we played some games and waited for midnight to come.
Even though we were all stuffed we enjoyed some delicious donuts, (in German: Pfannkuchen / Berliner) and had our "Oliebollen".
At around 11:30 we got ready to drive to the beach to watch the fireworks. It was great because on the island of Usedom each city on the beach has their own little firework show and you can almost see them all along the coastline. We watched the fireworks next to a big hotel, which had its own great firework show, so we spend a good 30 minutes watching fireworks.
We drove back to Wolgast and decided to play another round of "Wizard" and have some ice cream. Our friend's little daughter also decided it was not time to go to bed anymore so she was wide awake and enjoyed our company.
We finished our game and headed home around 3 am. It was a great way to end 2010 and to start 2011.
My Grandparents
As mentioned before, we went to my mom's over Christmas. We took the chance to take a picture with my grandparents and it is just too cute not to share it.
New furniture and a car accident
A couple days after Christmas we decided to drive to a furniture store to spend the money we got for Christmas on a new wardrobe for our entrance hall. We found some cute stuff, bought it, loaded up the car and drove home.
Since we had much snow over Christmas it was very icy on the roads. We had to stop at a traffic light and suddenly there was a bump. I asked David if a car just hit us and he said yes. It was more like a sliding into our car than a real collision. Since I have never had an accident before with my own car, I didn't know what to do and called all kinds of people to find out what I should do next. There were too many accidents happening and not too much of a damage so the police would not come. We managed everything, drove our stuff home and went to the car dealer to have the car checked. Luckily NOTHING happened to the car and we were just fine, too. So we were finally able to build up our furniture and after 2 days of work it was all done.
Our apartment looks very nice now and there are just a few little things to add to have it ALL finished.
Here are a few more pics of our apartment:
Since we had much snow over Christmas it was very icy on the roads. We had to stop at a traffic light and suddenly there was a bump. I asked David if a car just hit us and he said yes. It was more like a sliding into our car than a real collision. Since I have never had an accident before with my own car, I didn't know what to do and called all kinds of people to find out what I should do next. There were too many accidents happening and not too much of a damage so the police would not come. We managed everything, drove our stuff home and went to the car dealer to have the car checked. Luckily NOTHING happened to the car and we were just fine, too. So we were finally able to build up our furniture and after 2 days of work it was all done.
Our apartment looks very nice now and there are just a few little things to add to have it ALL finished.
Here are a few more pics of our apartment:
the view from our front door
our new wardrobe
the hallway
the office in our guestroom
our bedroom
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