Cows

I have a paralytic fear of cows. Driving home last week I took the scenic route and became stranded in a herd of escaped cattle.. My immediate response has subsequently made me laugh (though not at the time!) - I locked my doors! Protection from these rampaging bovine car-jackers perhaps? Needless to say the journey was significantly delayed..

Environmental destruction

I think I may have inadvertantly caused environmental havoc this weekend.. Mum gave me a bag of organic vegetables to bring back to Boston this week. On cooking the broccoli I found the inevitable green caterpillars (experience has turned the original shock at finding green creepy-crawlies into wary expectation!). I guiltily dropped one out of the kitchen window and - bearing in mind that I live on the third floor - thought that the end of it. However, crossing my path walking into work today was none other than that green caterpillar, amazing! But, Boston is in Lincolnshire, a farming county whose principal produce is cabbage... What havoc will my introduced species of caterpillar wreak?! Entries on a postcare for next weeks Boston Standard headlines...

Discussions over the cooking pot

While cooking tea this evening I got into a long discussion with my new flatmate, a doctor from Pakistan. At one point he asked whether I am religious - I said, "well yes, I am a Christian". He laughingly said "yes I know that, but are you religious?" I was a bit stuck for words for a minute - what did he mean as 'religious'? I mentioned going to church and reading my bible - his response was "Wow, that's impressive". Hmm, I am continually stumped by society's view of religion - it seems here to be deviod of faith, and measured in the number of hours spent in devotion. And what then is Christianity?

I have randomly just discovered a website that pinpoints exactly where exactly the opposite side of the world is - alas the childhood I mistakenly thought that tunneling from England would take me to Australia - I've now realised it would take me to the middle of the ocean west of New Zealand. I was never very good at geography! http://www.zefrank.com/sandwich/tool.html

Midnight snacks

Well, it's 02:22 and I am eating a bowl of museli, trying to block out the loud horror movie being watched behind me and trying to stay awake for another hour.. I had to sew 5 buttones, FIVE buttons, on my shirt late last night, hence the effort required to stay awake until work finishes. I decided to join the Blogging world after enjoying the opportunity to catch up with the daily lives of overseas friends - but I think the only posts at the moment will be the middle of the night! I'm working in a district hospital in northern central England, in the flattest part of the country. On a clear day we can see the sea 40 miles away - a reminder that there is a bigger world out there than the sometimes tiny world of medicine.