OK, this was supposed to be a vacation day here in Cyprus…Cyprus Independence Day, or nearest eqivalent…although how a country can be independent when there are no less than 3 foreign armies on its soil is hard to understand! needless to say, I am on call…and I hope that most of the local yokels will have disappeared off to the [divided] capital to see the big parade, and thus well out of my hair until at least evening!

Things are taking a funny turn here at work- we are expecting new staff, but it is so wooly as to when they will be coming that no-one is prepared to commit to anything.  I had hoped that more staff would mean no more on call for your’s truly, but no such luck…my junior staff are real lightweights, and I have to patch up the on call for them with my own  tired and creaky bod…Honestly, they say they can’t wake up in the morning hours at the ages of 25-30- I have to and I am pushing 50!!! 49 years old this year! I can’t believe it!

I am hoping it will be quiet tonight…I have a lousy doctor on the casualty unit, but on and off, he does come up with the goods…we shall soon se…unfortunately!

oh, well, off to eat and get horizontal for an hour to tank up on rest in case of an awkward night!!