Arrival In Inukjuak
Hello everyone. First of all, I have great news.....I finally got Internet! It is a broadband satellite receiver that I can travel with anywhere in the north. So, so far this evening I opened about 40 emails and spent an enormous amount of time on facebook! The service is much slower than at home, but it is better than nothing.
Yesterday I flew from POV to Inukjuak. It was a short fright of about 45 minutes on a plane called the dash on air Inuit. These flights are always interesting! The plane is super noisy and I always wounder if I will make it to our destination. When I landed I was greeted by a local man who had an envelope with my name on it. It contained the keys to my new lodging. He is the local "driver", who commutes the nurses where they need to go. We left the "airport", which is smaller than the size of my apartment, and drove to my new abode.
I did not spend much time at the new place, as I was told it is always a good idea to say hi to my new co workers upon arrival, and the clinic would have closed in an hour. So off I went, on a 15 minute hike to the clinic. I met the team at the clinic, who are all in their early 30's and french. They seemed nice enough and the head nurse walked me through the clinic. It is smaller than the one in POV, and there is no hospital attached to the clinic. Any patient needing hospitalization needs to be flown to POV. From there I walked to the local Northern, which is the grocery store. Lucky for me, the selection was much larger and there was actually fresh meat and veggies. I had a meal of chicken and broccoli, my first real meal in about 2 weeks. The prices were still out rageous: 5$ for 2L milk, 10$ for a bag of chips, 8$ for a brick of cheese, 3$ for a head of broccoli...you get the picture?
I had a mini crises when I got home and explored my new home. I found myself all alone and in a very different world. I broke down and had a good cry and then everything felt better after calling home to mom and dad. The apartment is less than clean, and smells of cigarettes, but worst of all the bathroom is through a hallway to a common area for 3 apartments......so no privacy. I will have to get used to that. For now I am on my own, but another nurse is due to move in on Sunday, and a psychiatrist will come sometime next week.
It is beautiful here though. I can see the Hudson Bay out my window. It is breath taking. Plus I saw the Northern lights last night.
Today was the first day in the clinic. It was not busy and the team thinks I am a good luck charm. But I will write more about the team tomorrow, because survivor is playing and I get it on the cable here. Yeah!!!!
Yesterday I flew from POV to Inukjuak. It was a short fright of about 45 minutes on a plane called the dash on air Inuit. These flights are always interesting! The plane is super noisy and I always wounder if I will make it to our destination. When I landed I was greeted by a local man who had an envelope with my name on it. It contained the keys to my new lodging. He is the local "driver", who commutes the nurses where they need to go. We left the "airport", which is smaller than the size of my apartment, and drove to my new abode.
I did not spend much time at the new place, as I was told it is always a good idea to say hi to my new co workers upon arrival, and the clinic would have closed in an hour. So off I went, on a 15 minute hike to the clinic. I met the team at the clinic, who are all in their early 30's and french. They seemed nice enough and the head nurse walked me through the clinic. It is smaller than the one in POV, and there is no hospital attached to the clinic. Any patient needing hospitalization needs to be flown to POV. From there I walked to the local Northern, which is the grocery store. Lucky for me, the selection was much larger and there was actually fresh meat and veggies. I had a meal of chicken and broccoli, my first real meal in about 2 weeks. The prices were still out rageous: 5$ for 2L milk, 10$ for a bag of chips, 8$ for a brick of cheese, 3$ for a head of broccoli...you get the picture?
I had a mini crises when I got home and explored my new home. I found myself all alone and in a very different world. I broke down and had a good cry and then everything felt better after calling home to mom and dad. The apartment is less than clean, and smells of cigarettes, but worst of all the bathroom is through a hallway to a common area for 3 apartments......so no privacy. I will have to get used to that. For now I am on my own, but another nurse is due to move in on Sunday, and a psychiatrist will come sometime next week.
It is beautiful here though. I can see the Hudson Bay out my window. It is breath taking. Plus I saw the Northern lights last night.
Today was the first day in the clinic. It was not busy and the team thinks I am a good luck charm. But I will write more about the team tomorrow, because survivor is playing and I get it on the cable here. Yeah!!!!
posted by Tamara @ 7:34 PM
1 Comments:
At 11:53 AM,
Anonymous said…
Great blog! We enjoyed reading all of it. Crys are good for release but look on the brighter side...you'll soon have a shrink to help you cope. Remember BC...What you see is inlets. The Bay is actually behind some islands. But the polar bears are real!!!!Luv from the "Old Ones"
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