Night shift

Last post from the duty room

The view from the duty room window, the last evening. The cat came to say goodbye. Or for the boorsok.

Tonight is my last night shift here. I finished the notes, I gave the keys of the cabinet to the new girl (she is 24, she looks at me like I looked at the senior resident in 2012, and it feels strange to be on the other side of that look).

I am leaving on Thursday. A bus, a border, a clinic, a new city that I know only from one visit to the zoo. I will not close this blog. Maybe I will write from there, maybe not. It is called "Night shift" and I will have my nights, wherever.

Thank you to the nurses. Thank you to everyone who read, to my friend with the camera, to everybody who left a comment. Thank you to the cat. Look after each other. Drink water. Take the flu jab in October. Be a nuisance.

Goodnight, Talas.