Doctors, Good Morning, and Unpacking
I went to the Dr yesterday because I was not feeling any better and was starting to feel completely exhausted - probably from not eating much other than jello this week. Doctors here are a little bit different than stateside. Friday morning, I asked the judge's secretary if she knew a doctor she'd recommend that I could see next week if I wasn't feeling better. She said she doesn't go to doctors here, that she only goes to the doctor when she's on mainland. I think a lot of people are like that here. But she called a few people for me and found two doctors who have a clinic together that were recommended by multiple people. She is so sweet and told me to go right then since I'd been sick so long.
Anyways, these two doctors have a walk-in clinic only. Like many other doctors here. You can't make an appointment, you just go when you want and wait. [Last weekend I went to an allergy doc to get my allergy shots, but she has both walk-in and appointments. Very casual office and she just wore jeans and a tank top.] Long story short, I waited about 2 hours, saw a Doc for less than 10 minutes, he seemed appalled at how long I'd been sick. He gave me some cipro and said I should feel better this weekend. Hopefully it'll do the trick!!!
Oh, one interesting thing about the doctors offices, which happens many other places too though. When a person walks into the waiting room, he or she almost always says "good morning" or "good afternoon", and everyone in the waiting room responds with the same greeting. People are very polite and formal here. At work, for instance, about half the people refer to their coworkers by Ms. or Mr. Lastname, rather than by first names. They do it 100% of the time when introducing people to each other. (And nobody here uses Mrs.! Feminism where I least expected it. I love it!)
The Good Morning - Good Afternoon is popular all over the island. You're considered rude if you don't reply by saying the exact same thing. "Hello" or "Hi" is not good enough. Dave is amazingly good at this, but I'm still learning.
Back to yesterday --- I pretty much stayed in bed for the rest of the day after the Dr visit, napping or reading. I had a fever too, and let me tell you, it's not pleasant to have a fever when it's already so hot here. I had ice packs on me and two fans blasting air at me. Once the sun went down, I felt a bit better.
Today we're going to get through the last few boxes - our stuff arrived on Thursday and we're pretty much all moved in and feeling at home now. Dave had done a lot by the time I got home from work. The bed was made and dishes were being washed (no dishwasher for us!). When I was sick yesterday Dave put together our desks and set his desktop up too. Our internet connection here at home isn't so great. The island doesn't have the standard underground cables - it's wireless DSL for us instead. But the connection seems to come and go. We'll upload photos when we can.
Anyways, these two doctors have a walk-in clinic only. Like many other doctors here. You can't make an appointment, you just go when you want and wait. [Last weekend I went to an allergy doc to get my allergy shots, but she has both walk-in and appointments. Very casual office and she just wore jeans and a tank top.] Long story short, I waited about 2 hours, saw a Doc for less than 10 minutes, he seemed appalled at how long I'd been sick. He gave me some cipro and said I should feel better this weekend. Hopefully it'll do the trick!!!
Oh, one interesting thing about the doctors offices, which happens many other places too though. When a person walks into the waiting room, he or she almost always says "good morning" or "good afternoon", and everyone in the waiting room responds with the same greeting. People are very polite and formal here. At work, for instance, about half the people refer to their coworkers by Ms. or Mr. Lastname, rather than by first names. They do it 100% of the time when introducing people to each other. (And nobody here uses Mrs.! Feminism where I least expected it. I love it!)
The Good Morning - Good Afternoon is popular all over the island. You're considered rude if you don't reply by saying the exact same thing. "Hello" or "Hi" is not good enough. Dave is amazingly good at this, but I'm still learning.
Back to yesterday --- I pretty much stayed in bed for the rest of the day after the Dr visit, napping or reading. I had a fever too, and let me tell you, it's not pleasant to have a fever when it's already so hot here. I had ice packs on me and two fans blasting air at me. Once the sun went down, I felt a bit better.
Today we're going to get through the last few boxes - our stuff arrived on Thursday and we're pretty much all moved in and feeling at home now. Dave had done a lot by the time I got home from work. The bed was made and dishes were being washed (no dishwasher for us!). When I was sick yesterday Dave put together our desks and set his desktop up too. Our internet connection here at home isn't so great. The island doesn't have the standard underground cables - it's wireless DSL for us instead. But the connection seems to come and go. We'll upload photos when we can.
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