MY WORK MONOLOGUE...

Hi Mr/Mrs *****
My name is *** and I will be your nurse today.
How are you feeling?
Yes I do have an accent?
No not English, not Irish (must be the red hair!) not South African
Give you a hint...much more Southern.
No not Southern Carolina (laughing)...WAY WAY down south.
Give you a clue...
"The dingo ate my baby!"
YES...Australian!
No...Perth, Western Australia.
America's Cup in 84.
5yrs now, time flies.
Why on earth...?
The 2 'M's
Man and Money
Met 10yrs ago, but just married 2.
No in Australia.
No he's French.
Yeah its a long story blah blah blah
No not yet...
But we're having fun working on it!
Yeah they get paid a lot better here
More responsiblities though
3.5yrs study in Australia, 3yrs work there.
American exam here in Hawaii for free.
Similar but different vocabulary and we use the metric system.
Similar to Perth, small city on a river, quiet.
People there are friendlier though, must be the weather.
Conservative and depressed!
The winters were a shock to the system!
Getting used to having 4 seasons instead of 2 now.
No it doesn't snow there.
Coldest on average 2C in winter
Its difficult to convert.
No...all in Australia.
Yeah I miss them.
Probably not...probably stay here for a bit longer.
I hope they do one day but difficult because of the kids,too expensive etc etc
Used to go back about 1x a year.
Not anymore.
Too far
About 20+ hours and expensive tickets.
Americans are workaholics
2wks plus 1wk earned time is NOT enough
Yeah 6 weeks in Australia!
The Great Barrier Reef?
No I haven't...but I hear its beautiful, but its disappearing so...
Yeah you definately should if you can stand the long flight!
At least 3 months needed.
Beautiful beaches, Uluru, Sydney of course, rainforests, desert, gorgeous gorges
Snow in the Blue Mountains, many close Islands.
Of course I highly recommend Perth!
Yeah lots of poisonous snakes and animals!
No they dont roam in the streets or our backyards but many people have them as pets.
Yeah out in the bush!
If you hit a big one it does a lot of damage.
No...He's crazy, we dont all wrestle crocodiles like that!
OK well, if you need anything here is your callbell!