Woke up to a beautiful warm, sunny day. But man, can it blow a gale here! The wind has been blowing for days and I swear it will be like this for the next 4 years. Hopefully that is not the case. Spending my days on the fabulous job hunt. I love looking for a job. It's one of my favorite things to do. Kidding! I absolutely hate job hunting. It's not even the job hunt, it's the cover letter and CV writing. You know, I am the most wonderful, fabulous person you could have to work for you and I even do backflips! LOL. It's hard to toot your own horn and not feel like a knob trying to entice the reader to interview you. Good times!
Walked into town this afternoon (only 7 min walk) to run some errands. Everything we need is so close - post office, bank, drug store, butcher, liquor store, bakeries, convenience store and pubs, pubs, and more pubs. As you walk down the narrow streets of old stone buildings (they have such character) you can smell the bakeries with their Cornish Pasties and other traditional wares. I am definitely a fan of the Cornish Pasties and it's a good thing because they're everywhere. Between the breads, sweets, pasties, and beer it's no wonder the Brits are jolly people. Hopefully I don't become just as jolly!
The most interesting experience today was visiting the Surgery. Sounds scary doesn't it? It's actually the doctor's office - Meneage Street Surgery. Yes, here they are called surgeries. If you weren't already scared to go to the doctor, this would finish you off. It looks just like a doctor's office inside so the only scary part is the name...hopefully. I had to register with a doctor while we're here and that involves registering with the NHS. The NHS is the National Health System. From what I gather it is somewhat like our MSI. I completed a bit of paperwork and I go back tomorrow for a 'New Patient Health Check' where they check my blood pressure and stuff and oh yeah, I get to take them a urine sample! How nice! Once that's complete, I'm good to go to book appointments and see the doctor when needed. Here they have nurses that do the basic stuff like this appointment and do the ladies yearly checkups. And apparently, you call in the morning after 8:30am and try to book an appt for that day. Otherwise they'll pre-book you and that's atleast a week away. Guess I'll learn the system in time.
Visited the 2 drug stores (right next to each other??) to check things out. So many things are similar to home, but not the variety we have at home. In my observations, rollon deodarant seems to be the thing here, they have shower products, condoms, tampons, shave products, and make-up the same as we do. No I wasn't purchasing these items, just browsing the store! The biggest difference is over-the-counter drugs. Everything looks different. They do have Ibuprofen which I discovered today, but only for pain, they do not have sinus/cold meds with Ibuprofen in them, nor do they have any with Acetaminophen. Here it's called Paracetamol. Apparently it's the same drug, just different names. This was my drug tutorial for today.
It was such a nice day/evening that Keith and I BBQ'd and had supper on the patio. He's now busy collecting all the stuff he needs to get the motorbike registered/insured. He's anxious to get it out and enjoy these windy, narrow roads.
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