4.29.2013

Roatan - Day 30

It wouldn’t be a Monday if SOMETHING didn’t go wrong, would it?  First off, we almost missed our ride to the clinic… One of the administrators at the clinic lives in the same apartment building as us so we catch a ride with her every morning.  J was stuffing her belly full of yogurt and didn’t even have time to finish.  THEN, we checked the schedule at the clinic only to find we were scheduled for triage and pharmacy 2 days and doing pap smears the other 2 days (we have Wednesday off for Labor Day).  Not even one day to see patients this week!  Whaaat??  J managed to work with B this morning and saw a handful of patients and I got a chance to see one on my own.  We are happy to work where we are needed, but of course we would prefer to see patients as this is our rotation for PA school and are actually paying money to be here.  Also, Marco’s failed us by not putting any avocado in our baleadas.  Boo.

E and G roamed around the clinic all day, filming everyone in action.  They even pulled J and me aside to ask us a few questions about Peggy and the clinic.  I meant to convey enthusiasm, but somehow my fumbled words came out less than inspiring.  It’s nerve wracking being on camera!

B met us with us later in West End on our favorite dock as she had to stay a few extra hours than originally planned.  We chatted in the sun for a while then went out for some dinner.  I had a 20% off coupon at the joint we went to, but our waiter wasn’t going to accept it UNTIL I brought up the fact that we work at Clínica Esperanza.  It’s funny how mindsets can change so fast once we bring up that little tidbit.  Everyone is super appreciative of the volunteers at the clinic.  I’ve even had a few taxi drivers ask us to move to the island to keep working there.  Maybe I’ll take up that offer from that taxi driver who asked me out the other day…

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