Rain and more rain

It has been raining pretty much non-stop for the past 2 days completely screwing up my internet access. As a matter of fact, if this entry stops abruptly, you'll know why. Yesterday was not one of my favorites so far. I spent the bulk of it creating a powerpoint presentation regarding the college's preceptor handbook. A preceptor is a nurse who acts as a mentor to student nurses as they come into her or his area for clinical rotation. It isn't that I don't enjoy working with preceptors, I just didn't enjoy so much spending the day at a desk. People who know me well won't believe this but, of the three of us, I'm considered the most tech savvy. Today my two colleagues and I ran a full-day workshop with preceptors and faculty on developing their preceptor program. This was a great experience. We really got to become better acquainted with the people with whom we will be working.

Tomorrow morning I'll be in labor and delivery which I'm very excited about. They had 14 babies born yesterday morning alone. Jaw dropping. I should be back in the ART clinic on Monday, Peds, possibly on Tuesday, and I'll be running in-services on antiretroviral therapy and HIV prevention on Wednesday. At least that's the plan. The likelihood of this plan actually occurring is quite small. Plans are very fluid here. Oh, and I am keeping my fingers crossed - today it was suggested that they would like me to try and go with nurses on some home visits! This would be wonderful! They haven't had a community health nurse from SOAR here before. The administrator says they have a real need for mentorship in this area so they'd like to utilize me for this. I really hope it happens.

Tomorrow afternoon Betty, Linda and I will get in a car for a road trip to Mtubatuba and St. Lucia in South Africa. Our plan is to go on Safari there and return back on Sunday. I'm hoping to get some great pictures. It will, of course, be nice if the rain lets up for that but whatever happens, happens. I won't have my computer there so I'll probably post again on Monday.