Saturday, February 20, 2010

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So it's 10 am sat morning. Woke at 7 washed dressed ate etc which took till 9. It's hard to explain why everything is slow here but w lAnguAge and people in camp it's tough. Clara had an earahe. Patrick has a wife who is sick but lives elsewhere. Trying to translate requests takes time. We asked for eggs And coffee for breakfast and were told no prob but eggs never happened and it wasn't until i started to try to brew my own coffee that I was told coffee was made it was sitting on a little shelf in the back of the kitchen (where I generally don't go). Tiny things but they absorb so much time. Then we finally get out. Get to clinic and nobody is here. Called translator who said people don't usually come Saturday. This despite me literally sitting down with everyone and making a calenDar and discussing whether or not we're open on saturdAys. Do I sound a little irritated? The dramatic vascillations in efficiency and how busy we are is frustrationing

2 comments:

  1. That's a new one. Both Clinics ran on saturdays when I was there. Wait till Edner, the Haitian coordinator, returns next week.

    Other than that, I second Sarah " Breathe..."

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