Summer has passed by in a blur of moving boxes and September has crept up on me much faster than usual this year. A year ago from now I was in Toronto starting the IMPP, feeling so much stress, fear, and sadness but also HOPE. And here I am a year later, registered and working as a midwife in my own province, living in a new house and preparing ( Read more... )

I had arranged to rent a furnished two bedroom place for a few months so that I have a place to stay while I start work, and until Jack and the girls are ready to move to the city.  We were supposed to go into the city tomorrow and sign the lease and yesterday I got an email from the landlord - he backed out on our agreement and no longer wants to ( Read more... )

I caught a baby last night, which means I have met all of my requirements for the IMPP clerkship.  Technically, I'm done but one of 'my' clients is in early labour today and another one is niggling so I'm staying in the city for the weekend.   So as I sit on a giant hotel room bed and wait for Jack and the girls to arrive, I'm trying to let it sink ( Read more... )

It's a long, loooooong time to be away from home, to be absent from my kids' day to day lives, to miss out on school and social activities, to not sleep in my own bed for more than a night or two at a time.  I have a week and a half left here (provided someone delivers before the end of next week!) and then this part is over!  I wish I knew for ( Read more... )

I've typed and deleted this entry several times.  So....point form ( Read more... )

Saturday morning I drove around and looked at bedroom furniture.  As much as I would like to have something NOW it makes more sense to have something delivered once we've moved, unless we choose a set we found back home ( Read more... )

I attended an education day yesterday on campus with speakers presenting on self-regulation, risk management, the history of midwifery in Ontario, and Dr. Michael Klein spoke as well.  He had a lot of interesting things to say, and made us all laugh a few times too.

I paid my tuition for my clerkship and picked up some new pens at the Ryerson ( Read more... )

I didn't crawl back into bed this afternoon but I did go out for dinner with friends.  Then we went back to M's house and 3 three of us curled up on the couch with tea, cheesecake, and frozen berries to watch two epiodes of Call the Midwife, online ( Read more... )

I went to the school today and went over exams with some of my classmates who have to rewrite some of them, starting tomorrow.

I walked home from the streetcar in the rain, skirting giant paper bags full of leaves along the sidewalk, and slipping on even more wet leaves on the road.  It will be strange to back home where it's about 15 or 20 degrees ( Read more... )

Yesterday was my last day of class, technically.  I am going back Monday to help some classmates study for their remediation exams, and Wednesday is an 'education day' put on by the AOM that I said I would attend.  But really, I'm done riding the streetcar at 8 a.m., dragging myself up Victoria Ave on the blood-splattered sidewalk in front of St. ( Read more... )