J and I headed to our dock (M jokingly said he had
heard it was now “ours” from some of the locals) and chilled for about 5
minutes before it started to rain more than we were comfortable with. After looking back and seeing a giant dark
ominous rain cloud on the horizon, and coming fast, we decided to pack up and
leave. We made a few stops along the way
back to the taxi stop. We just had to
get the fixings for another round of the delicious guacamole we made last
night. Yep, chips and guacamole for
dinner! That was the plan anyway…
Right after our vegetable purchase from the back
of a pickup truck parked alongside the road, the clouds let loose and down
poured on us. We literally got soaked in
a matter of seconds. Turns out we got
our swim AND shower in for the day. Our
morning was cut short so we headed to the clinic early to bum the internet for
a while.
Turns out we missed an awesome case downstairs as
we were non-productively bumming the internet upstairs. ER #1 was just finishing up a finger amputation. So sad we missed it! What a way to finish on his last day too. I was able to see quite a few patients on my
own today, which I loved. Just over 3
months until I will be completely on my own so it’s nice to have the autonomy
now to prepare for the terrifying yet exciting change. Looking forward to it.
M invited us to play volleyball again on the
beach. I had a feeling our plan for
guacamole and movie that evening was about to change... After M, ER #1, ER #2, and I got killed (yet
again) by a team made of some of the locals, M and I played 2 on 2 with ER #1
and ER #2. I love playing 2 on 2 beach
volleyball, but it’s a bit of a challenge.
Not to mention the difficulty of trying to see the ball in the dark with
lights only coming from one direction on the court (we are in a third world
country here… no luxury of stadium lighting all the way around). M probably wanted to kick me off the court
and throw down the rest of the game all by himself. We had a good time, though. J kicked it with a new ER resident that just
arrived for her 4 week rotation here.
We met up with the other half of the gang
(remember the random mix of people from our dinner last night?) at Sundowners,
a bar/restaurant on the beach for drinks, hamburger and fries. At least we had some avocado on our bacon
cheeseburger to make up for missing our amazing guacamole dinner at home. MUCH more fun to hang out with everyone on
the beach. When Sundowners closed up for
the night, everyone was beyond belief that J and I were up for relocating to
the next restaurant/bar. It was already
10 pm by that time and usually J and I head back earlier than everyone
else. I was pleasantly surprised to find
that our second stop had a dance floor!
Except no one in our group acted interested in actually dancing. I love J.
After telling her I wanted to dance, but no one else was, she said,
“Come on! Let’s go! We can dance!” So out we went and everyone else
followed. Just imagine me in my beach
gear post volleyball wearing a backpack on the dance floor (excited to see 2
others just like me). Yeah… I soon lost
the pack so I could dance better.
Downside: electronic versions of hip hop songs with the same beat over
and over. I was good after an hour or
so, so we called it a night and sad goodbye to everyone. Sad to say goodbye to MA, ER #1 and ER
#2. Made my night when ER #2 told me to
get in touch with him if I want a job in the ER in Phoenix. I JUST might have to make him follow through
with that promise…
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