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To keep myself from crying when talking to him. Mr & Mrs MacGillivray & Mrs Kelly came to London with me on their way to Owatana. At Stratford Eddie met me -and I went Home with him for dinner. It was really lovelyand chased considerable of the gloom away. Arrived in London somewhat late_ and Kae & Brownie where right there to met me - overflowing with good news regarding Albany .N.Y. The register here is quite dead - so we are busy getting passports to go to Albany N.Y. I wrote Mother about going -and haven't heard from her since. It is a pretty long way to go - and I did so
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much want to have Christmas with Mother with year. However its up to me to work now. I am old enough to keep myself and this seems like a wonderful chance. I went to Miss Child's last night, and am to spend Sunday with her. Brownie is doing night duty on a Hysterectomy of dear W.JsMiss MacPherson is day nurse. Beatty is also on night duty on wd XII - an old womanwith acute cystitis - not so good. I registered today but dont know how I stand. Anyway I would like a case for a day or two- because the
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passports take considerable time. This is an awfully long start, but it won't need to be long like this always. This is really only a prologue. It's only 8:00 p.m. - but I am tired - doing nothing- and am all ready for bed. Wrote to Mother & Aunt Jessie so Happy yesterday. -Hope to get a letter soon. they are such cheering things to receive when one is a little Homesick. I want to go downtown tomorrow & see about a dress- also get my letters for passport-and see everybody at the Hospital. Goodnight for now dear dairy We started fairly well anyway.
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Sunday November 15 1925 Dear DairyI have had my first case- and it certainly wasn't anything to dread like I had been more or less imagining it might be. Freddy and I went downtown for awhile but didnt buy anything. Sent a box home to Ruth. flower for Mother & beads for Mae. Friday afternoon Mrs Beattie persuaded me to go to sleep on the couch. Kae & Brownie being asleep in the rooms. While I was sleeping Gordon Beattie arrived home from Guelph. He seems very nice. At least has a nice deep voice- which I do like. About 5 P.M.
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I was called to go on a case at Victoria at 8 P.M. Needless to say I was somewhat excited. Brownie & I set out for the Hospital early, met Anne McNiven, and went with her. Had dinner & saw oodles of the girls then. Dressed in Buckie's room - but oh dear the "3rd floor" has changed. It was almost "homesicky" it was so different those days we spent there were certainly wonderfuland never to be forgotten but it is never the same to go back. Reported on duty at 8 P.M. a Mrs. Thomas MacMillan. Rm 10. wd XIV -a Radium case of Dr. Geo McNeils - [Beshie ?] on days.