Tuesday, March 30, 2004

I just realized that I must be getting old...today while studying at the coffee shop there were 4 teenagers and they were irritating the hell out of me. They were talking about making prank calls telling people they were calling from a divorce attorney's office and equally cruel situations and seemed to see nothing wrong with it. All I could think was that I wouldn't be surprised if the girls got pregnant or all 4 of them got some STD before the age of 18. Cruel thought on my part? Perhaps but that's how annoyed I was. Maybe I was that bad of geek that I didn't do such things.
~me~ at 9:40 PM

Monday, March 29, 2004

So I decided to take a dessert break and catch the end of Average Joe and it really really annoys me when I see these 21 and 22 year olds sobbing "oh he didn't pick me and I was hoping this person would be the person to settle down with and get married." For crying out freaking loud - you're 21 years old!!! How could you feel like it's the end of the world when someone who barely knows you for a week or 2 gets rid of you on a joke of a dating experience! Now, if you're in your 30s or late 20s (like me - yikes) then I could understand the feeling of "great, another missed opportunity for marriage" but at 21?!? Give me a break!

My TB skin test has a 10 mm erythema radius...it's slightly raised but I don't think it's induration...this happened last year too and nurse anne told me I may have a sensitivity to the stuff the TB is in...last time it was only 6 mm. Night night
~me~ at 10:00 PM

Argh! Today was the first day of ob clinic and after figuring out what exactly needed to be done, it was fairly easy. The hard part is finding a fundus on a bloated patient and on a newly pregnant patient. Then I started a new OB patient but ran out of time so I was told that next time I shouldn't start a new patient unless I have time to finish...now why didn't I think of that! Please. Nah, Jess was cool about it (not Jess G but resident Jess) I just didn't think it would take forever to get through it but the patient was a bit slow on her answers and I had no freaking clue what the hell I was doing. Other than that, it's been good.

Okay, why the opening "Argh?" Well, tomorrow, they're doing electrical work and will have the power off until 8 PM!!! That's right : PM Great, just great. That means that I need to either study by candlelight or study elsewhere. I suppose I could study at Starbucks again but I feel obliged to buy something and the only drink I like costs $3.80. Sure, I could buy a smaller size but the cost-benefit ratio dictates that I purchase the largest size. And the lighting sucks there. Barnes and Noble has the best lighting as well as a starbucks with no need for purchase to validate my presence but then there's the other evil: all those damn books just calling out to me "Read me Cara, Read me! Screw studying! I'm more interesting...you know you want to read me!" And the next thing you know, I've finished 2 chapters in a book I otherwise would never have wanted to buy in the first place. Either way, I need to study somewhere and I pass out in the library after 30 minutes. Maybe by studying at the coffee shop I'll at least have access to caffeine in the form of a iced tazo chai creme tea. The hot version nauseates me but this cold version is quite tasty...almost as good as Oregon Chai creamy tea. Chris, I know what you're thinking, " blasphemy!" When I described my library studying issue with Dr. L, she offered her office then mentioned the couch in her office...was that some sort of sick joke? You know I'd end up passed out on the couch and in that case, i'd rather study in Dr. H's office...his couch is incredibly comfy (we had preceptor group there once). Actually, I don't feel caffeine has much of an effect on me sometimes since I pass out after drinking a bottle of coke. The only thing that could keep me awake was the feeling of a full bladder and the fear of urinary incontinence should I go to sleep but I've been told on more than one occasion that holding back my urine could be bad for me...eventually. And there's something weird about my pee. It has this weird shimmer to it like it's oily pee or something like that. Ever since urology, I've been more vigilent about the way my pee looks (concentrated vs dilute, etc) and I've unfortunately been more aware of the stench of urine from others around me. Oh and I swear I've been having random muscle twitches this whole year. Otay, back to studying about female health problems or as my fellow female classmates and I like to call it - birth control.
~me~ at 3:47 PM