I have a short attention span.

My patient is no longer on Nurse Boy's ward and I had forgotten all about his lovely eyelashes. Instead, I have been thinking about my new apartment. If all goes to plan, I will be living there in a few weeks' time (albeit in a spartan fashion, as I am yet to buy a refrigerator, television, bar and other such necessities). I haven't seen it but Dad did and he took some photos for me so I won't be too surprised when we meet, me and my new love.

There is a gorgeous male nurse at my hospital. When I see him I can feel the blush rising (not my usual alcohol-induced "Asian flush") and have to turn my head away for fear of being caught. On occasions that I have a legitimate reason to speak to him, I view admire him as I do a beautiful painting, trying to absorb the details. Long, long eyelashes; delicate cheekbones; softly curling hair. I don't know anything more about him than his name and I'm too shy to find out anything more. I wonder if he likes girls.

One of Kathy's house mates is moving out (I'm not sure if he knows about it) and below is the me the ad that her other housemate (Frenchman Remi Landaz) posted on the gumtree. I think it's "really fuckin' great". Also I love Remi's fluent but sometimes strange English. The day that I left he told me to "have a good comeback." I assume that referred to my flight home and he wasn't mistaking me for Pearl Jam.

'Shoreditch Continuum Transfunctioner Double Bedroom yeaah!! (£550pcm)
Hi all,

This room has to be filled by someone cool and relaxed, not afraid of a bit of craziness in this rainy world (London)...

The room has a good size and is fully furnished; the flat is on the ground floor so you won’t ripe your knees off climbing 374 steps...
We have a small cutie kitchen with everything you need to cook me a good meal.... I’ll buy the wine, ok.
We got a lounge where we eat, drink and dance... well, there's so much you can do in a lounge then after....
The flat has only 3 double bed room so we're not cramped on each other and you'll share it with 1 guy (me, French, 26) and a sweet Aussie girl, 25, all professional.
Atmosphere is cool, we like to go out together at the weekend and chat during the week... if we’re not too tired... beeuuuuuuu...

What else, the rent is inclusive of all bill – electricity, gas, water, internet broadband.
You just need to come up with 1month rent + £300 of deposit and you can jump in the bed!

Look forward to see you!

Remi + Kat'

wtf is a continuum transfunctioner?

Just gotta wait for Kirsty to return from site and we'll have some pictures happening (of the flat and of London antics in general).

Back in Perth
My trip to London was "really fucking great." (Kathy may be the only person to get this one.)

I arrived back home last weekend then started my new job (Geriatric Medicine) the following morning. We work long days! Fortunately, I enjoy it (lots of filling out forms, writing letters, requesting tests, other anally retentive stuff that doesn't involve actually touching the patients). Some of our patients are just waiting for a bed somewhere else and behaving themselves, but most of them are being difficult and having a lot of medical problems! That's not what they're supposed to do! I have only managed one lunch break since I started and am yet to leave on time. My love of the elderly keeps me going. And the Pulp song, "Help the Aged" (...one day they were just like you/drinking, smoking fags and sniffing glue/Help the Aged/don't just put them in a home/can't have much fun when they're all on their own).

Despite work, life here has actually been pretty similar to life in London, except for the glaringly obvious absence of the majority of my best friends (girls, I miss you). And the absence of action with random French boys. Team Shamrock threw a party at their beachfront party shack on Friday night (they assure me it was a "Welcome Back Elissa" party, as their last party was the night before I left for London) and it was good craic (I hope I'm using that word correctly). So good that the cops made an appearance and told us to shut up. I woke up in Ana Louise's bed so I am still sleeping with girls (and she didn't kick as much as Katherine).

David had a more subdued housewarming the following night. I have to take advantage of him being in Perth before he deserts me as well. Aah, poor friendless me.