Monday 13 April 2009

Catching up with the events

Yes, I know, it has been at least a couple of months since my last serious post.... big gap in between. Well, many things have been going on, and here is a short resume. Interesting or not, bear with me:)

After the Miami short and fantastic trip, work rushed in. Within a few weeks I was travelling again to Cayman Brac, for a short few working days; more work then back home to the main island, all in between packing. Packing in the same time for 2 events is never easy, especially combined with numerous on call evenings. But hey, I'm looking back and smiling.

First of all, I was changing houses. The 20 minute drive without traffic originating from Omega Drive, Prospect and the wonderful view of the green canal overlooking the sea, alas, was no longer the green peace full haven and the change was unavoidable. In fact it has been coming for months and I wish I would have made the transition sooner but it's not easy so find a replacement for such a pretty place...and to further complicate things more, owing a rather large canine never makes renting easy.

Finally it was done, and the contract signed, and the deposit payed. The new place is called... ok, it's an interesting name, but what to do, what to do?!, it's called "Mystic Retreat"...that being the name of the smaller complex. all shared with Garden Retreat, Sunset Retreat, what ever!, too many details. My new room mate is Warner, a very nice and tidy south african of my age, also a resident of the island.

That went well, and now my drive to work is 3 minutes with traffic, so that's cool.

The only little hump to overcome is soon to come. The dreaded electric bill:))) But will see when we get there.

The second major event, the romanian holiday. 2 weeks and a half. 6 planes, lost luggage, heavy luggage, many presents back and forth. Seeing family,so many dear friends, solving a million problems, and yes, the highlight, the 3 day trip across Craiova, Hunedoara and Vilcea, with Ricky, Alina and Irina (talk about vets reunited:))) lots of fun and road tripping the good old fashion way. Far too short sadly:( The days flew by, and with one short overnight stop in Surrey, England, to visit Alina in her working current position, here I was back at work.


(this one is done close to Hunedoara, in a very nice pension. Irina was taking the picture, but hey, 4 out of 7 reunited. Needless to say we spoke a lot about the missing ones from the gang, Ovidiu, Ioana and the infamous Mihnea).
and then...
I had to make one more overnight impromptu stay in Miami due to flights delay, whatever!!!,

and back to work.. And it wasn't easy. Just at the time of my come back, somebody had the brilliant idea to implement just then the new computer system for keeping medical records. So, it was all to new for my post holiday blues, but no time for that.
Shortly after, Klaus's visited followed, only 6 days but tried to make it as fun as possible for him and show him around. And a good time we had, topped up with nearly missing the boat to Sting Ray city but finally making it and having a jolly good time:)

And here we are, 2 more weeks later. Just coming to the end of the short Easter holiday. Normal people had 4 days off, but we vets only had 3. And how they have flown...
tomorrow we're back to work, and Saturday is ahead.
But i am well rested and all is really great.

And I promise to post more interesting stuff (other then my personal life) namely more onto veterinary medicine.
Good evening from the Caribbean,
Andreea

Tuesday 7 April 2009

A tribute to Ricky

Because he is so versatile and really comes in all sizes...

...because he chose to stay in Romania and have a go at it... (with Irina onlyfrom the gang of 7 at this point)... (in the picture, Ricky, Irina and his brother at their Craiova practice)...

...because he has a way of telling stories (especially those from romanian day to day life) that would make even a dead man laugh his heart out....

...because he (and us) genuinely believes he comes down from Stephan the Great... (as undisputetly discoved in one epic journey across Romania way back in 2004)...

...did i mention his story telling talent? even if I did, I must insist on the idea...

...because he once went to court to testify and gave the judge almost a heart attack by refusing to swear upon the Bible... but HAD to have a Constitution...and to the day would never admit he nearly messed the whole trial up:)

...because he is addicted to mobile phones and is not bothered to talk to anybody on the phone for 5 hours at a time...


... because he is a genius in anatomy, a hard worker and a great vet, and a friend for 10 years. He is who he is and larger then life. Watch out Romania!