I made it!

Today was the first official day in the hospital, after being snowed out last week. It was definitely trial by fire, but I guess there is no better way than learning how to adapt to patient's needs than by just doing it.

Here is a brief list of the things I survived!

* A 5:15 am wake up call via 2 different alarms, one being far enough away to make me get out of bed
* A most unfortunate looking uniform- White scrub pants, a navy blue w/ gold trim tunic (that feels about 2 sizes too big), all white tennis shoes and a lab coat (which is the best part of the whole get up)
* A very fiesty, hallucinating patient
* Assisting another student get her patient out of bed. (Please remember those hospital gowns barely close in the back and I got to help from behind.)
* The dreaded bed bath. Lucky for me he was able to do a lot of it himself. (Whew... lucked out on that one!)

On a lighter note, there were a couple different versions of McDreamy and McSteamy resident's on our floor :-) Looking forward to next Wednesday!

I hope they're wrong

I am REALLY hoping that we do not get the 6-10 inches forecasted for our area. I'm really tired of winter in general, but I'm hoping and praying that we don't get pounded with the "blizzard like conditions" the weather man spoke of this morning.

You see, I've got about a million things to do tomorrow afternoon. On Wednesday morning, I have to be at the hospital by 6:30 am sharp! All of the wind and snow will not help me at all. I'm usually running about 5 minutes behind any given day, but Wednesday I can not be late! It's the first official clinical day and being late will not look good.

So, Mother Nature I beg of you, hold off on the storm. Direct it elsewhere. Or, keep it in the arctic where it belongs.

*UPDATE* 2/13/07
The university actually closed for the first time I can ever remember. And will remain closed until tomorrow at 11:30. Which means, no clincial for me. Yippee!!

Off to dream land

How great is it to get into bed when you have just changed the sheets and everything is tucked in perfectly and they smell like fabric softener? I love it! I can not wait to go to sleep tonight!!

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So, I'm a copy cat, but I couldn't resist!

Thanks Phil!

According to Punxsutawney Phil, spring should be arriving early this year! He did not see his shadow. I hope he's right!

I'm hooked!

I'm in love with The Office! I only saw bits and pieces of it last week, but enough to make me watch it again tonight. And, I lost count of how many times I laughed out loud. Can't wait to watch again next week.

Thoughts of the day

Good parts of going back to school:
-No longer stuck in a profession I grew to hate more and more everday. Hopefully in 4 semesters I will have another option.
-I don't have to dress up everyday and do my hair. (Or deal with the holes at a certain automotive groups headquarters anymore)
-Definitely makes me more productive and manage my time much more efficiently.
-Learning lot's everyday!


Bad parts of going back to school:
-Out of state tuition for three semesters until I can prove I've lived in OH for a year. Blah!
-Homework and the neverending list of things to do
-No more full time paychecks, i.e., shopping and travelling is kept to a minimum :-(

It'll be interesting to see what will be added to the lists by the end of the semester.