california dreaming

another grey day in our city by the bay. the trees have begun to shed their leaves like so much confetti, in flurries of amber and brown. dammit i hate the cold! which idiot decided to establish a town in this godawful place?

interviews: three down and one to go. i think they went okay. it's such a relief to have them out of the way. ballarat will hopefully be just an enjoyable day in the country, even if i have to catch the train from the chaos that is spencer street at the moment. i'll definitely be a lot happier when it's done, and i can just get back to learning about med. after all, it isn't that long before we might have to use what we are supposed to have learnt, on real people. what a horrifying thought that is.

catherine came over this afternoon for another debrief/chat. perhaps she just wanted an excuse to smoke. *grin* even though i've heard most of her stories many times in the past, on our drives out to the western, for some reason i still enjoy listening to her tell them. i'm such a sucker for stories. and somehow i've also managed to meet most of her family, as well as heard so much about them, that i feel i know them. bizarre. next year our group will most likely be broken up, working at different hospitals, i am definitely going to miss having her as a neighbour. i am definitely going to have to learn to drive, too. haha, 'tis true - i am so incredibly lazy.