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"King Charles said in his prayer: 'Let my sufferings satiate the malice of mine and thy Church's enemies, but let their cruelty never exceed my charity.' And he gave his life for the things which men of such minds are unable to perceive."
-- from the Anglican Breviary
I'm not sure if any (three) of you noticed, but I added this thing called Twitter to my right side bar. Your right, not the computer's right. ;-)
I must say, I'm totally loving this silly diversion. I can update from my cell phone and track some of my other friends who use it, too. The whole "snapshot into your brain" thing is very intriguiging to me... If anyone who comes here joins, let me know so I can follow along!
I don't want to be left out of the circle, that was started by Dawn, and eventually made it's way to Chele, and Krystyn, plus some other people!
1. If your doctor told you today that you were pregnant, what would you say?
Are you serious? No f-ing way. (pause) Holy sh*t...
2. When was the last time you flew in a plane?
Last October to visit Dawn and go to the Food and Wine festival at EPCOT!!!
3. What did the last txt message you sent say?
It was to Chele. It was about chocolate. And how I'll need her to tell me not to eat it someday.
4. What features do you find most attractive in the preferred sex?
Eyes, smile, voice, and... this is really werid... forearms.
5. What is a goal you would like to accomplish in the near future?
To exercise five days this week.
6. Shoe size?
9.5. Totally unjustified by my height, I might add.
7. Been to Mexico?
Yes! As part of a cruise. We went to Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta, and Cabo san Lucas. I liked Puerto Vallarta the best; it had the perfect combination of authentic Mexico with enough American touristy stuff to make me feel not too out of place. Kind of defeats the whole purpose of travelling to another country, I know. But it was my first time outside the country! I was a little nervous.
8. When is the last time you had a massage?
My last full body massage was several years ago in Monterey on a get away weekend. I generally don't like them because my neck and back are very tense all the time. That doesn't really bother me, though. So when they work all the knots out and I'm all squishy, the knots come back on my way from their door to my car. And that hurts a lot. So I'd rather have a facial.
9. What was the last TV show you watched?
South Park. Yes, I'm one of those people. :-P
10. What are your plans for the weekend?
I'm going to go to my favorite step class on Saturday morning. Then I'm not sure what in the afternoon. Then in the evening, we have a political event to go to. On Sunday, I'm rounding and we have to go to church.
11. If your significant other asked you to marry them today, what would you say?
I'm not sure I'd say much. I'd just show him my wedding set on my left hand and probably do a physical exam looking for why he had amnesia all of the sudden. :-P
12. What is in the back seat of your car right now?
An empty box, a box of kleenex, and a Jack Frost scented car fragrance thing from Yankee Candle.
13. What were you doing at 8am this morning?
Operating.
14. If you could marry any celebrity today, who would it be?
I can't really think of one that has all the qualitites of my current husband, so... none of them!
15. Have you ever been to a strip club?
Does Hooters count?
16. What is the best ice cream flavor?
Phish Food by Ben & Jerry's
17. What is the last sporting event you watched?
In it's entireity? Ummm... I think it was Game 4 of the 2007 World Series. I have been in the room when a football game has been on the tv, but I wasn't really watching the whole thing intently; just a play or two here and there.
18. Ever go camping?
Yes, actually. I really like it. Well, I liked it much more when regular sleep was a constant thing in my life. Now that I'm a resident, I spend my days off catching up on sleep, not losing it sleeping on the ground in a sleeping bag. But I like the hiking, fishing, hanging out, and campfires all associated with camping.
19. Last phone call?
To one of my junior residents who was updating me on a few outstanding issues going on with the surgery patients tonight.
20. Are you allergic to anything?
I'm allergic to mold. That's pretty much it.
21. What is one thing you learned about life recently?
Completely unexpected and devastating things can, and do, happen every day. I knew that already, but it was recently reenforced to me under two very different situations.
22. What do you do at work?
Operate, learn, teach, examine, comfort, dictate, check, double check, run traumas, eat, laugh, cry.
23. What is your mom's name?
Lynn
24. Ever cried for no reason?
I can't remember a specific time, but I know the answer is yes. Stupid period.
25. Can you do the Crank Dat dance?
I just youtube'd it. Uh... NO. Maybe I could if I practiced, though.
26. What is your favorite color to wear?
teal
27. What is the longest plane ride you have ever been on?
I think something that went from San Francisco to Boston. We had to circle due to weather.
28. What is the longest road trip you've ever taken?
It was literally a coast to coast trip from Santa Cruz, CA to Somerville, MA; clocking in at 3,160.86mi. That beat the return trip to Southern California by nearly 182 miles.
29. What are your turn-offs?
Arrogance, fakeness, negativity.
30. What was your last alcoholic beverage?
A very nice cream sherry at Mount Palomar winery.
31. What are you craving right now?
My own bed for sleeping.
On the corner of Main Street
Just trying to keep it in line.
You say you want to move on and
You say I'm falling behind.
Can you read my mind?
Can you read my mind?
I never really gave up on
Breaking out of this two-star town.
I got a green light
I got a little fight
I'm gonna turn this thing around.
Can you read my mind?
Can you read my mind?
The good old days, the honest man,
The restless heart, the Promised Land
A subtle kiss that no one sees:
A broken wrist and a big trapeeze.
Oh well, I don't mind if you don't mind
'Cause I don't shine if you don't shine
Before you go, can you read my mind?
-- The Killers, "Read My Mind"
For months, apparently, Chele has been unable to leave comments on my blog. I know she's been busy, though, so I didn't think too much of it. Then she posted on her blog that she can never post comments on my blog! There was always some weird time out message. I'm not smart enough to understand all that computer mumbo-jumbo, but for some reason, her version of Explorer was preventing it. All it took was a little Firefox magic, and she can leave comments!
HOORAY!!!!
I'm crazy busy today, so the best I could come up with was come barely connected thoughts that course through my head.
-- Got woken up at 3:10am today to tell me about an emergent case that was going to go at 6. Couldn't get back to sleep. Guess it could be worse. I only missed out on an hour's sleep.
-- So I get to the OR, all ready to scrub and potentially learn something, when I was told to go to our Thursday morning conferences. I had a complication to present for my service. Dang it! I'm a surgeon! I like being in the operating room!
-- I have my yearly in-training exam on Saturday. Studied a lot more for it this year than any other year. But this month? 12-14 hour days? No. Not much studying going on recently.
-- My bi-annual review is today. Which is fine, but I have to dress up for it, and then get back into scrubs to finish the day. :-P
-- After the exam on Saturday, our friend is bringing her XBox 360 and Rockband over! She's moving on February 1st, so this will be the last time the band will be touring. (I have hopes for a reunion tour though!)
-- I'm meeting the administration of a couple of hospitals in the area. Looking for a job for when I'm done!
-- Thought my iPod was lost for about 20 minutes. That freaked me out.
-- I'm feeling pretty recently. It's amazing what new underwear can do for a girl...
"You live too far away
Your voice rings like a bell anyway.
Don't give up your independence
Unless it feels so right.
Nothing good comes easily,
Somtimes you have to fight."
-- 311, "Amber"
If they had a punkymood of "murderous," I would totally pick that right now. Nearly every inten I have come across today I have wanted to kill. Can they stop telling me half-truths and remember to tell me about a consult you did for my service last night? Can I not take a day off without everything getting negletcted??
It's not that hard. If you don't know for sure, say "I don't know." Stop pulling sh*t out of your ass. If you do a consult because no one from my service is here, thank you. But you have to tell me about the patient so I can follow up on it. Please. I can't take it anymore.
So I'm going to settle for a "cold" punkymood because it's wet and rainy here. But now you all know how I really feel.
Earlier today, Dawn posted about someone bringing spam to her place of business, that it stank up the place and made her ill. I don't doubt that at all. Spam is nasty. But I would much prefer the smell of spam in the call room than what has been going on as of late.
We work hard. We run around. Some of our shoes don't breathe as well as they should. So, some of our feet stink. Let me rephrase that. Some of their feet stink. Our call room is off of a larger common area with a refrigerator and some couches and stuff. I was sitting in here last week, with the door open, of course, when one of the other residents looks in at me and asked me what died in here. I didn't rat out the resident who is the source of the smell... it's not his fault after all... but at least he knew it wasn't from me.
At that point, I decided that I had to do something about it. So before the semi-annual sale ended at Yankee Candle, I went over there and got an electric room scenter and a refill pack; both for $5 each. I admit that when I open the door now, it's a very powerful smell at first, but at least it's a pleasant kind of powerful when you compare it to the alternative.
"If you were falling, then I would catch you.
If you need a light, I would find a match.
Cuz I love the way you say good morning.
And you take me the way I am."
-- Ingrid Michaelson from The Way I Am
