Half Way

Tonight at midnight I'll be halfway through my community service.

Whenever I run a race (something that happens far less often than it should these days), I love getting to the halfway mark because after that I can tell myself that all I have left to do is so much less than what I've managed to do so far.

On the one hand, I'm glad that the year is going so quickly: I miss The AdMan and my Civilised friends, I miss Civilisation's restaurants and malls and movies, and I miss being surrounded by a large network of medical people, instead of being an outsider who occasionally needs to tap into the network for help.

On the other hand, I'm enjoying The Crater: I like my work (and the work-load) here, I like getting to know individual patients and families in the small community we look after, I like my colleagues, and I like the hospital staff. Also, I don't like wishing parts of my life over: time already disappears so quickly, it would be a shame to want it to go even faster.

Anyway, here I am. It's been an interesting six months: I've learnt a lot, and grown a lot. I hope the next six have as much to offer.

Picture Credits
half way line
Originally uploaded by r0b1