So in the last week of November a group of people came in inspect the hospital, and more specifically to look at the surgery department to assess their ability to meet requirements for intern doctors. Now everyone thought this would impact next years interns, and everyone working in surg and the previous interns who had done their rotations already gave great reviews on the Surgery department. Everyone thought everything was ok. BUT IT WASN'T! Andrew got called into a head persons office on Friday morning (December 7) and was told that the accrediting body had revoked Mount Isa's surgery accreditation and that Andrew needed to start work in Townsville on Monday morning if he wanted to get all his hours/requirements for his intern year...
So the kids and I come home from playgroup on Friday at around noon and Andrew is home - weird - shouldn't you be at work? NOPE we have to move to Townsville for the next 6 weeks. So it was all dramatic for a few hours, with us trying to figure out what to do! Do we all pack up and drive over tomorrow? Do we let the hospital fly us all there and then ship our van over? Does Andrew just go and I stay with the kids? We had to find somewhere to say ASAP so the hospital could book it for us (And almost everything was sold out because it's school and Christmas holidays!)
We ended up deciding that Andrew would fly out Sunday night and be there for 2 weeks, then fly home for Christmas and then we would all drive out together for the last 4 weeks - drama drama drama! It was quite stressful for a bit but we came up with a good plan! I was really dreading being alone with the kids for 2 weeks, but it actually went really well.
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| It doesn't feel like Christmas at all! |
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| Elly wanted to look like a princess to take daddy to the airport! |
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| As soon as we got home Charlie built daddy's plane out of LEGO |
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| We found a 3 class sing and grow program for the first week of holidays that the kids just loved! Hazel especially loved the instruments |
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| The library hosted a Christmas craft day as well that the kids enjoyed |
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| We borrowed this triple arch rainbow from the toy library that the kids had so much fun with! |
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| Hazel's first experience with corn on the cob was a success! She LOVED it |
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| I had decided to do "the summer of ABCs" to get Charlie more familiar with the alphabet - first up was A and apple smiles! |
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| My friend Joanna is getting into photography, and so we went out here one evening so she could practise on the kids! Charlie and Elly love being in front of the camera! |
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| B day! |
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| She's too cute |
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| Charlie dressed up as Baymax from Big Hero 6 |
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| D day we decorated ornaments! |
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| Wise Men at Mainly Music |
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| We built Es out of marshmallows for E day |
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| Elly wanted a crown of bows to go pick up daddy at the airport |
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| Making paper flowers for F day |
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| Making and decorating sugar cookies |
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| mmmm cafe rio beans! |
