Nursing Diary no1 - 5 September 1922-3 June 1923

one must back one's roommates and friends here above all else. Back at 6.30 and Ruttle, Summers and I started for All Saints Anglican Church where a friend of Ruttle's is clergyman - but we lost ourselves and arrived at Saint Mary's RC as it was 7.10 we went in. A very interesting service - a wonderful church so many lovely statues. but we left there 7.30 and

found the Anglican Church - we met Mrs Byce with her two sons - and went over to the rectory for awhile Mr Byce is lovely and I am sure I shall have to go to his Church. He is very jolly - and the two boys seem very nice too. It was raining when we came home so we had to borrow coats and umbrellas - but we were back in time. We just sat around and talked

a little and went to bed.

Monday Sept. 11/22

Dearest Diary Beginning another week and I do hope its devoid of homesickness. But I suppose the best way to get over that is to forget about it. So here goes for a cheery day. Had breakfast at 7.15 and came back to room scribbled a hurried note to Tim telling him to come up if

he possibly could. In class room at 8 am. and dusted. It was raining hard so we could not go out on our inspection tour - but we had a study hour. 10 - 11 AM. We had a demonstration how to prepare our patient for the day. It was very interesting and I know I shall like it very much when we get on the wards. I used to have a horror of bathing people. But now Dairy to show the fickleness

of we girls - I can hardly wait until I have my very own patients to look after and keep clean. From 11 - 12 AM. we made "tied sponges", funny little ones used in surgical cases - and such silly little things to make. Lunch at 12 15. From 1 - 2 PM. a study hour, - 2 -3 PM Miss MacPherson for a quiz - I really like Miss MacPherson very much - she