First Clinical Rotations and Grocery Shopping

5-17-15

Chris' first day of 4th year rotations!!!! He had a great time and is really going to like his doctor, Dr. Bartee. She is very chatty and helpful. The clinic is on base so he has to set up a lot of security stuff before actually working. The commissary on base has lots of American stuff and he got me some delicious A&W Root Beer. There isn't any in Germany at all. The girls and I walked 9 minutes to a grocery store down 7 flights of cement stairs. By the time I got to the store I realized I'd have to carry whatever I bought up the 7 flights of stairs so I just got the essentials.

                          

                      

Grocery shopping in Germany is quite an event for several reasons: I have to think about what we need and try to translate it or decipher the German and hope it's what I think it is, I have to keep track of Naomi who seems to LOVE running up and down German store aisles with the basket of groceries, I have to keep track of Fiona's socks that she loves to pull off in the Bjorn (if I miss one a German lady will usually bring it to me and tell me something in German smiling, I just nod and laugh:), I have to calculate how much this could cost since it's cash-only and I only have a set amount, and I have to keep picking up the basket to weigh it and reason if that's too heavy to carry home with Fiona on me...should I put the peanut butter back? It is quite an ordeal! All while Naomi is asking for cookies, chips, candy, etc. the usual stuff.