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When I was pregnant, my midwife would ask me how things were going. I'd give my summary and comment that it was 'generally quiet'. Her response was always, "Quiet is good."

Well, I have completed my training at my newly acquired job and have had my first 'real' shift as a casual employee just today. It was quiet and productive which is great. Quiet means that no residents had any accidents or became unwell.

Yesterday, apparently was a different story. One of the village residents rang the main building complaining of chest pain. The ambulance was called and in less than 5 minutes both the contacted staff member and the ambulance were on her doorstep.

Unfortunately, it was not as simple as getting her monitored and off to hospital. No, whilst getting started one of the ambulance officers vomited and went downhill herself quite quickly. So the ambulance officer requested another ambulance for the ambulance officer as well as support for the elderly patient.

Meanwhile, another staff member was working to the northern end of the grounds. He glanced out a sliding door and witnessed a street attack on a young man. As he stepped out the door, he watched the youth pull himself off the concrete expecting the offender to lay into him once more but instead as he made his presence known the offender moved away.

Our colleague went to the aid of the young man and walked him all the way home. The only indication that he had left the grounds was a single occasion of eye contact he had with the CEO. I can say that trust is a foundation of this workplace and no issue was had with the departure from work and only an explanation after-the-fact was expected. I appreciate knowing this.

Back on the southern side, in the village, more green-uniformed young men in their 20's turn up and take the respective patients away. We have not yet heard about how the resident is going. We won't know about it until they discharge her. Our thoughts are with her.

It was a day of excitement but the reasons for it were not desirable. For this reason, I like quiet days like today. Quiet is good.