Back to work

I am back to work after a long weekend off. I am on the 2-10pm shift. I am on C ward by myself-- me and only 3 patients. The charge nurse comes in and checks on me from time to time. The other wards seem busy. My ward is quite. We are watching a DVD on Genesis.

Yesterday, Sunday, I went to church in the morning with 4 other girls. In the afternoon I went to a King and Queen event at a christian school. One of the orphans from God's Children's Home was nominated for King. He didn't end up winning but the event was well worth skipping the beach for. I have never seen anything like it. There were 3 little girls, and 2 little boys who were nominated. They announced their names one by one, and they strutted themselves up to the front, catwalk style. It was hilarious. They then sat in front of the stifling hot auditorium. There were cardboard boxes in front of each child. The DJ started playing dance music and the crowd went up and put money in the boxes. This went on for 15 minutes. They then tallied up each childs winnings. The children then came back to their spot in front, dressed in something else for round two. Same thing went on for another 15 minutes. The children came out a third time totally decked out in nice clothes. This round was 20 minutes. Children and adults alike went dancing up to the front and dropped money into the cardboard boxes. Carl and Inese (they are the one's working on building the new orphanage) were their along with me, Tammy, and Becky. Carl kept giving the children from the orphanage money to bring up to the front so they were racing back and forth to get money from him. With all the time in between counting money etc, and the event starting late, we were there for 4 hours! Things run on African time around here. This event was a fund raiser for the school. They ended up raising 31,000+ Liberian dollars which I was told is around 500 US dollars. The boy from the orphanage didn't win king but he got a semester free tuition. The winners got a year free tuition. The poor king and queen looked so tired by the end of this. They just stood their on these chairs looking bewildered while the adults but their crowns on.

Later last night, karoeke was going on in the lecture room. It was so much fun to watch. I did not sing because singing is not one of my God given talents. Katy from the UK was up their singing "wait a minute Mr. Postman" in an american accent, and all of a sudden she belts out "I'm american!" It was hilarious because she did such a good job of imitating one.

Well that's all for now because it is visiting hours and I am going to visit with my one patient who doesn't have any visitors.