Well, after two weeks off of work, going to Melbourne and the Whitsundays, it was back at work for two more days before being totally done. It was a bit sad. Six months was a long time to stay in one place (that doesn't happen very often anymore), and I had really enjoyed the people I worked with, although they did always give me a hard time about the way I talked. My last two days were on day shift, which was nice...I would have been really depressed had I been on nights. And the last day was party day! I like to think they the whole hospital threw Sarah and I a fancy schmancy going away party, but it just happened to be coincidence. Well, Party Day happens once a year, and the entire hospital is involved. Each ward or department picks a children's book, and they decorate, and the employees dress as characters from that book. McConnel Ward chose Cat in the Hat, so, most of us dressed as Cat in the Hat, complete with huge Cat in the Hat hats , bow ties and all. Marnelli and Rachel were "Thing 1" and "Thing 2", Beth was the little girl, and we even had a patient's baby brother wear a goldfish costume (only for a second). Our ward was decorated red and white all over, and it was quite entertaining. We had celebrity judges come by, judging all the wards. They included some guy from Big Brother, a famous football (rugby) player and the fire department, among others. We didn't win, but I sure did think we looked cute. The PICU, where Sarah worked, actually won. They did Animalia, and so they were all dressed as animals with nice decorations all over. It sure did end up being a fun ending to my time at RCH.
jo, me, gen, marnelli, and rachel
me and the koala (i think that's what he is) from the fire department
me with the nice banners sharon and the rest of night shift made me
last time walking home from work...with the scale to be used to weigh my bags
That night, we met up with Sara and Lauren, two friends we worked with when we were in San Diego. Sara was going to be starting a job in Auckland, New Zealand, so her and Lauren had come to do some traveling in Australia and NZ before she started work. We met them for dinner (again at Ahmet's...yummy!), and then walked around in South Bank. It was nice that the timing ended up working out, so that we were still in Brisbane when they made it through.
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