My Work(Brett's first post)

Well I finished my first week of work.  It really wasn't a full week.  Monday was a holiday.  Tuesday was orientation and Wednesday was a half day.  Thursday and Friday I saw patients although it was a light schedule.  The reason I am posting is cause I am excited to share the news of what I wear to work.  I have posted pictures of my first 3 days of work-my outfits.  I am sure you can guess the order.  I have to admit I just threw on the nice clothes the other night for the photo-it wasn't my actual first day when that picture was taken.

If anyone is wondering medicine is not much different here than the States.  Same sorts of medical conditions.  The patients are nice and thankful for the care they get.  The drugs have some different names but are more or less the same.  The cheap drugs here are the cheap drugs in the States.  The computer system is not as advanced as Fairview's.  The biggest difference so far is that I don't have to document nearly as much as in the States.  Dr. Bundt, my mentor from Fairview would love it, cause you just document what you did and what is necessary-not all the legal and insurance compensation BS!!  This is what medicine is about-seeing and talking with people and not worrying about documentation.  They have a national (accident)insurance policy-ACC-in New Zealand that doesn't allow you to take legal action against Doctors like in the US, therefore much less 'cover your ass' stuff.  I am not saying this is perfect.  There is lots of ACC paperwork.  They also have a 'national health care' system but people still pay to see the Docs.

I posted a couple morning sunrises for you all.  How beautiful!!  Beach life so far is pretty good.  I wake up to this and come eat lunch back at home everyday(1.5 hour lunch break).  Obviously dinner is at home most nights too.  Kelly has been cooking up meals and driving us around with our 1 vehicle.  Her day is something like this-make lunches(Phoebe and Liam-no hot school lunch), bring me to work, than back home, bring Liam to school and then back into Gisborne to take Phoebe to school.  Pick Phoebe up at noon and me, back to our house for lunch.  Bring me back to work.  Pick Liam up at school.  Pick me up at work!!!!!!  She has some breaks in there but not much-life as a stay at home mom isn't all fun and sun.  I plan on buying a scooter to ride to work in my SHORTS and SHIRT!!!

What a life so far in New Zealand.  The rainbow picture is from our plane trip into Gisborne.  I have to admit we must be one of the luckier families in the world.  This whole thing is working out so nice-so few problems.  I imagine at some point we might struggle but we got each other and our families on Skype when we need them.