Done! (With Orientation Anyway)

I am officially done with my orientation.

I could not be happier!

I will be heading back to Ripple this afternoon.

Just one step left to make it official.

I have to go to Lilongwe on Monday and then back on Tuesday.

I am not excited about this, but I am excited to have a few days off and travel with only a small backpack.

Taking my huge duffel bag with me is a huge pain in the ass.

I am ready to drop that thing off and not use it again for a very long time.

Last weekend we went to the crisis nursery.

It is a place where babies go after their mother's die and their families cannot afford formula.

They are returned to their families after they no longer need formula, so generally about about 18 months.

The babies of course were cute, and a couple of the older ones were full of attitude.

This is Emmanuel. He kept trying to steal my camera. He wanted nothing else to do with me. 

Have you ever seen a baby so fat? Her face was squished in!

This is Lucy, she was my favorite. They suspect she has HIV, she is delayed and small. The sweetest, happiest baby ever.

Stella has a major attitude. She got over it rather quickly though.

 Then on Sunday I worked on planning a trip that I am going to take with Mike and his friend from home at the end of August.

We are planning on going to Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique, plus maybe more.

Which I am trying to talk them out of the two other countries.

Mike keeps saying it will be fine because I can just drive through the night.

No thank you.

 I am excited for the trip. 

I figured I better go while I have the chance and will not be traveling alone.

This week I finished up in Men's surgical ward.

Believe it or not I enjoyed my time here.

I took it upon myself to draw all of the blood samples one day.

This kept me busy and made the time go by fast.

Plus I love to draw blood and start IVs.

I was also pleased with the staff.

The nurses were so funny and always very lively.

The charge nurse yelled at some doctors, which made me very pleased, it is about time somebody stuck up for themselves and the staff.

The surgeon also kicked out his intern for not knowing information about a patient.

This also made me very pleased.

It was also nice to see people with problems that could be fixed.

So the week went by pretty fast. 

I also have discovered I love elderly men!

I think they are cuter than babies. 

Which you have now seen my pictures of the babies.

Yes, they are cuter.

One man was a retired school teacher so his English was very good, he would always tell me what people needed.

He was always sitting in his bed and just looked happy.

I have decided the men are much happier people because they have never stressed about anything like women do.

I am going to pack up my bags and catch a mini bus to go back to this beautiful place.