Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Doctors and such...

So I've been in Australia 3 months now, it feels longer. So I'm looking for a doctor, preferably a female doctor, actually not preferably I insist on a female doctor as the one my husband has is so not modern and he's male. I've called a number of doctor's offices and every doctors office I call, not one of the female doctors on staff work evenings. Seems they all leave by 3pm. How does a female work till 5pm and have access to doctors when they're all home? I miss the ease of finding a doctor in New York. Many only had hours till 4pm but there was an abundant amount to choose from that were open till at least 6pm, that's all I need, a female GP that accepts new patients and has office hours till at least 6pm and bulk bills. Is that too much to ask? 

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Little bits and pieces.....

               I haven't posted anything in a while. Today's post will be bits and pieces of random things, thoughts, ideas and feelings. Re: work, my days are shortly numbered, one way it's a blessing and another it's sad. I have always been the one to decide when I'd had enough of one job, I'd decide when it was time to say "see ya", but in a few short weeks I will no longer be getting a steady stream of money in my account. I will greatly miss those lovely numbers. The reason it's a blessing is that as a full time receptionist it's more than what I've been doing and honestly I'm over-qualified to do what that position entails. I don't mind answering the phone, but to have to fill the water cooler with water, clean out the fridge...um thanks but I'd rather be a cashier in a supermarket. My husband works for them and he gets the lovely perks the on-air teams usually get, admin doesn't. If I wasn't working as receptionist a few weeks ago, we could have gone to the Mushroom Festival...that would have been so awesome.  
         Sometimes I feel like I'm in  a dream, because I don't see my parents or my Dukie, God how I miss him so very much, and the asshole landlords won't allow 1 little kitten. I cannot wait till we live in our own place so I can adopt 2 little furballs.
         It's winter and it doesn't really feel like winter, more like a New York autumn. It's 70-73 during the day but at night it drops down into the upper 40's. 
        I went to the DOT which is the DMV of Queensland. I can legally drive with my New York drivers license but I don't have a proper photo id with my current address and all that.  It would be no problem except that fact that I am a Type 1 diabetic and need a form filled out to say my diabetes is under good control. I went to the doctor my husband uses and the Dr. was absolutely useless. He's telling me that when I go to the specialist in July she can fill that out AND he says that current blood readings are needed. UM! I gave him my medical records from New York and I had  blood drawn the 14th of March, so the blood you ask for you have, you just want to be a male chauvinistic ass! Dumb ass! You're stupidity isn't preventing me from driving, it's just made my decision to find a white younger female doctor a priority. My sugar is under control, I knew when we sat down that he wasn't going to do it, does his wife drive? Do I even effin care? I'm not from Egypt so I have no idea, are they also of the views that women are second class citizens? So, to this doctor I say sayonara asshole! 
        Going to Toowoomba this weekend again, but this time we're staying overnight at the Comfort Inn Grammar View. It's right smack dab in the middle of the city and we're leaving early here to be able to experience it better. I'm hoping since it's mushroom season there will be a nice selection of shrooms at the markets which open 6am - noon. I'm also hoping to pick up some lovely artichokes and other fresh produce, and it's cold enough we don't have to bring a cooler. I believe we're meeting up with my husbands friends from his old job that live there, so that should be fun. I will be taking many photos, we need to buy a printer so I can put my photos in the computer. I'm tired of having to use my iPhone for all photo ops.