Back from Guatemala...
Just a few lines about what we saw this time around.
Thank you for what you do and who you are for doing it.
Back from Guatemala...
Just a few lines about what we saw this time around.
Sounds like a whole lot of pressure. One missed setting and the "Uncle Walt at the wedding" stories will ricochet for years...It makes me swallow hard to contemplate spending that much in one shot but looking forward to lots of new toys to play with.
Looking forward to absolutely gorgeous weather this week. Low humidity, highs in the low 80's, perfect for a motorcycle ride.
A nephew is getting married in NY state come October and DW gave her stamp of approval for spending ~$5k on camera gear (Nikon D7000, lenses, filters, flash, tripod, bag, etc.) in preparation for that. It makes me swallow hard to contemplate spending that much in one shot but looking forward to lots of new toys to play with.
Also remember this the next time she wants $5K worth of stuff for her hobbies....
Yeah, get her a really nice washing machine!
Also remember this the next time she wants $5K worth of stuff for her hobbies....
Yeah, get her a really nice washing machine!
I'l bet she hasn't even started shopping for the dress that she's going to wear to the wedding...Some men might do that! I'm sure our Walt would get her a really nice vacuum cleaner too....
I'l bet she hasn't even started shopping for the dress that she's going to wear to the wedding...
I'l bet she hasn't even started shopping for the dress that she's going to wear to the wedding...
I hate when that happens ...I stripped out the screw on my center fin...
I don't think any spouse needs the hint...Gee, thanks for the suggestion guy. Traitor to your gender...
DW informed me last night that her hobby was going to cost $12k over the next 12 months. At first I was a bit shocked, but then when I got to thinking about it, our ER budget for personal hobbies is about a thousand a month each. So, no problem. Actually we don't budget it right now as I'm still bringing home a paycheck. The nice thing about this particular hobby, though, is that if she gets good at it, she can actually sell the stuff she makes, perhaps at cost, perhaps for a modest profit. Either way, it will keep her busy, mentally challenged, and happy, and the sales (if she sells them) will offset the cost. Her hobby, by the way, is covering and decorating tea boxes. I'll try to post a pic when I can, but her work is really nice.
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DW informed me last night that her hobby was going to cost $12k over the next 12 months. At first I was a bit shocked, but then when I got to thinking about it, our ER budget for personal hobbies is about a thousand a month each. So, no problem. Actually we don't budget it right now as I'm still bringing home a paycheck. The nice thing about this particular hobby, though, is that if she gets good at it, she can actually sell the stuff she makes, perhaps at cost, perhaps for a modest profit. Either way, it will keep her busy, mentally challenged, and happy, and the sales (if she sells them) will offset the cost. Her hobby, by the way, is covering and decorating tea boxes. I'll try to post a pic when I can, but her work is really nice.
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Here ya go...This is a sample pic of one of DW's tea boxes. This is a small one, sitting on top of our shoe cabinet. Sorry, I can't figure out how to get it to upload and show in the post properly...rotating it and saving it with a new file name before uploading didn't work.
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I only just saw this post. Your wonderful voluntary work reminds me of a documentary called "The English Surgeon" about an English brain surgeon who donates time and equipment to perform brain surgeries in the Ukraine. It sounds as if the health care system where you are volunteering (if it can be called a health care system) is in much worse shape than the one in the Ukraine.Back from Guatemala...
Just a few lines about what we saw this time around.
We set up another clinic in one of the poorest parts of Guatemala. Three clinicians (including myself) saw a few hundred patients over 10 days. Many of them were children.
Patients waited to see us, in the cold, outside the clinic from 5am.
The poverty there is extreme, and hygiene non existent.
Some people, including children, eat grass in the fields (it is the rainy season now, which helps).
Many young girls are pregnant, and many of them will die while walking to the only regional hospital because they do not arrive on time for a C section. It is really tragic.
Words are failing me, I am so sorry.
It will take me a few days to get back to normal.
Take care everyone.
This is a sample pic of one of DW's tea boxes. This is a small one, sitting on top of our shoe cabinet. Sorry, I can't figure out how to get it to upload and show in the post properly...rotating it and saving it with a new file name before uploading didn't work.
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I don't think any spouse needs the hint...
I'm just doing my share as part of the therapy group that's going to help prepare you for the trauma!