Friday, February 17, 2006

House-Sitting

I have a house!!! I have a lounge room and a couch and a kitchen and a bedroom that all belong to a house that isnt attached to the hospital!!! Ahh, privacy!! But only for another week until my boss comes back from her honeymoon. Sarah and I are housesitting while she is gone. So I mustn't forget to feed the cats and water the gardens and stay away from the 10'000 little grean frogs that inhabit this place. Last night I was watering the plants and the watering can was going well as it should and then its stopped giving me the nice rain shower effect and was just dribbling little bits of water no matter how high I lifted it up. I couldnt work out why it had stopped working. I tried pushing the spout on a bit better, which didnt work so I just took it off. And in the spout I found a little green frog staring at me.
The house is on a farm about 10 mins out of town and its so nice and peaceful. Plus I can only just see the nearest neighbours on the other side of the field. There is a beautiful veranda which I will eat breakfast on shortly with the view of the millet growing in the fields surrounding the house. Its so nice to have a house and it will be a shame when we have to leave. But I will enjoy having my 30 second walk to work instead of the 10 minutes drive I currently have. I have gotten very used to the closeness of things here. Everything is 5 minutes or less away and if anything is further than that it is considered a long way. It takes me about 2 minutes to drive to the main street and the supermarket and I am kinda on the outskirts of town at the hospital.
Anyway I should go. Work is busy although we discharged 6 patients in the last day so hopefully it should calm down a bit now. Ciao

5 comments:

bec said...

lol! 10 minutes! 8-) The inconveniences of life for some!! Great to hear from you Shan! Good to hear that you get some space for a while. I'm trying to appreciate it while I've got it before I go smack bang into full on community living. It's gonna be great!

bec said...

P.S. check out the comments in my blog, apparently I am special!!

Shannon said...

Bec, I love you buddy!! Thanks for checkin my space. I think you may be the only one who does. I always knew you were special. And now Taco does too. I love that name. Cassie is so funny. Cant wait to see you. I am gonna miss you so much but I got my weekends off to come see you. Love Shan

Cassie said...

Hey Shan, I love froggies!!! And yes, Taco is very funny. I decided with Taco's help) that Bec's new name is Salsa... how do you think it fits? Anyway, may I say, I would love to only have to travel for 10mins to go anywhere!!! Seriously, it takes me half an hr to get to work... and it's only in the next suburb. Yay's somebody other than Bec (although Bec, I appreciate it lots) replied to my blog. Lots of loves. Cass

bec said...

It's a conspiracy I tell you!!! But I will maintain correct use of everyone's names (even though you don't afford me the same courtesy) and I don't promise to answer if you don't call me or anyone else I know by the right names!