Home Sick

It has been 2 weeks exactly since I have left home. Although it has been an exciting adventure so far, the home sickness has started to settle in. At least I have internet, which allows me to stay in contact with family and frinds. Its mostly at night, when I go to bed, that I start thinking of what I miss at home.

I got 2 room mates yesturday. One is a nurse I had met in the previous village I was in. She is here for 2 weeks to give influenza vaccines to the population........which remindes me.....I need to get one. The other nurse that moved in has been here in Inukjuak for a while. She had moved into a house that had been a target of vandalalism for a while now. She had moved into that house on Saturday, and by Sunday afternoon the teenagers in the village had broken the windows with rocks, and spray painted the house. She could not take it there, so she moved into the transit place with me. Its great to have company, but sharing an apartment with 3 people is hard. And once we are all on the on call list, it will be difficlt to sleep. The phone will be ringing every weekend and 3 out of 5 week nights with patients who want to see the on call nurse. That does not leave many full nights of sleep.

Today was not so busy at the clinic. It was a holiday, and somehow that makes it less busy up north. many people went hunting and fishing since their families were off work and out of school. Its the complete oposite of patients in Montreal.