I am presently in a little community of 500-600 people called Sachigo Lake. I was suppose to be in my own community for the month of August (Webequie) but then found out at the last minute that I would be here for 2 weeks and then the last 2 weeks in Webequie(due to a brutal nursing shortage up here). I was not a happy camper about the change but when I got to this nursing station there was a beautiful garden with peonies and delphiniums and roses and the grass was cut and it looked beautiful compared to the last place I was at!The nurse in charge here is very supportive and told me to ask her any questions which is very helpful. She doesn't smile much and is fairly negative so I've got 2 weeks to turn that frown upside down.That is a quote from Amber who was also a nurse at this station until I took her to the airport and she flew home this am. She was young and happy and so helpful. She works with an agency ( tons of agency nurses up here -no specific commitment!) and is going back to Queens in the fall to finish her Masters.She was on call on Saturday night and called me at midnight to see if I wanted to help her with a 17 yr old girl who had taken 60 Tylenol pills. Amber was so helpful and calm and showed me everything to do until the air ambulance came at 4 am to take her to the hospital.She tried to teach me how to start an IV on the patient , but she was pretty upset and I didn't get it the first time so Amber put 2 in her. We gave her some IV medication, did an ECG, I took blood from her and just monitored her until she left. Amber came to my apartment the next day and taught me how to start an IV on her. Talk about going above and beyond the call of duty!!!!!. So I made a strawberry /rhubarb crumble and we had tea and crumble. Tons of wild strawberries behind the clinic and rhubarb in the garden so I think I might make another one maybe next weekend for the other nurse( to help put a smile on her face). Amber reminded me alot of my girls and I had a little tear in my eye when her plane took off this morning. I find the weekends hard as I have a bit of free time. When you are busy you don't have so much time to think about home! I love getting emails. I hope everyone had a great long weekend! Norma