Street scene - Addis style
My first day of work is now done and over. Starting @ 9 AM this morning, I was working in the outpatient clinic @ the mission. So what exactly did this entail? Well today was a little different than normal (or so I'm told) because there were ~15 nurses in training working at the mission for the last day of their 4 day rotation. The examining/dressing room is about 10' X 10' with cabinets full of supplies lining the walls and 4 nursing students + me + 2 patients at all times...it was cozy. I saw lots of gory stuff...the kind of stuff that scares you when you open up a medical textbook. If anyone wants the details, let me know and I'll embellish but for now we'll leave it at that.
For "lunch," I had a macchiato with one of the full-time nursing students @ the mission, Abebe. Quick Abebe bio: one of 11 kids, grew up in southern ethiopia, 27 yo, not married, first year nursing student (of 4 years), wants to be surgeon eventually, incredibly nice guy. In the afternoon I ran into Lyston Peebles, originally from Greensboro, who runs the Cherokee Fund's charity operation based in Addis, and he invited me to a big lamb bbq @ his house tomorrow. He said there should be about 50 ppl there, including a family from GSO I met today and ~15 college-age students who live in his house....should be fun/interesting.
After work, I attempted to walk to the hotel, but didn't quite make it. The map in lonely planet neglects to include the hundreds of small alleys and side streets that may confuse a poor guy like me. What should have been a 30 minute stroll turned into 2.5 hours of walking in 2 huge circles, only to end up catching a bus/taxi back to the hotel . Oh well, nothing ventured nothing gained. I think I'm gonna turn in early tonight b/c this whole work thing is actually tiring, but maybe that's just the 2.5 hours of walking talking.
For "lunch," I had a macchiato with one of the full-time nursing students @ the mission, Abebe. Quick Abebe bio: one of 11 kids, grew up in southern ethiopia, 27 yo, not married, first year nursing student (of 4 years), wants to be surgeon eventually, incredibly nice guy. In the afternoon I ran into Lyston Peebles, originally from Greensboro, who runs the Cherokee Fund's charity operation based in Addis, and he invited me to a big lamb bbq @ his house tomorrow. He said there should be about 50 ppl there, including a family from GSO I met today and ~15 college-age students who live in his house....should be fun/interesting.
After work, I attempted to walk to the hotel, but didn't quite make it. The map in lonely planet neglects to include the hundreds of small alleys and side streets that may confuse a poor guy like me. What should have been a 30 minute stroll turned into 2.5 hours of walking in 2 huge circles, only to end up catching a bus/taxi back to the hotel . Oh well, nothing ventured nothing gained. I think I'm gonna turn in early tonight b/c this whole work thing is actually tiring, but maybe that's just the 2.5 hours of walking talking.
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