Happiness is... [01 Sep 2004|08:01pm] Happiness is my iPod. I love it. Who knew something so small could make me so happy? 2 comments|post comment

Productivity [02 Jun 2004|10:55pm] It's weird how sometimes the more work you have to do, the more productive you are. And when you have only one thing to do, you pretty much do everything you can to not do that one thing. post comment

Death of a Calculator [18 May 2004|11:20pm] It's a sad day. My TI-85 has finally bit the dust... after years of crunching numbers and being accidentally dropped on the floor. 6 comments|post comment

E-mail [08 May 2004|12:26pm] How frustrating it is not to be able to get into your e-mail... 2 comments|post comment

The Home Stretch [03 May 2004|10:36pm] Looking over my calendar, I was shocked to realize that I only have 2 more months left of my residency. How time flies. I thought I'd never make it through my year down here, but yet, the end is almost here. I can't say that I love Atlanta, but I've gotten used to it. My residency program was pretty much as I expected- a heck of a lot of work, but an awesome training ground to become a better clinician. In a few short months I'll be starting another year down here doing a fellowship. I'm excited, but I'm starting to feel a bit burned out from this year. I'm hoping that taking some time off in between will help me recharge for another year of hard work and little pay. At least my fellowship is in a fun subject: toxicology. 1 comment|post comment

So tired [11 Feb 2004|11:39pm] Came home and crashed. Slept for a few hours. Woke up to brush my teeth, check my e-mail, and go back to bed. Amazing how sleep deprivation catches up to you. post comment

[05 Oct 2003|08:50pm] Haven't been here in a while, so here's my shout-out to the world- I'm here and alive. Still working insane hours, and sometimes wondering why I do it, but every now and again I get confirmation that I am doing some good in the world. Some friends from work and I had a "girls day" today- it was wonderful. Went to the park, went to the spa for facials, and had lunch at Wolfgang Puck accompanied by a nice bottle of Riesling. It was such a nice day that I felt totally relaxed again. Which is saying a lot. In a few days I'll be attending my best friend's wedding. It'll be a strange experience- I can't believe we've known each other over 10 years and even though we've lived in different cities for over half of our friendship, we've managed to stay close. It seems strange to me how my life has changed so much in the past few years. It's funny to remember how different I thought my life would be at this point. Goes to show you never really know where life will take you until you get there. post comment

[13 Aug 2003|10:14pm] I can't believe I'm almost halfway through my month in the ER. So sad. I love working in the ER. It's stressful and crazy and slightly traumatic, but I love it. I think you have to be insane to work there. People at work keep asking about what I want to do next career-wise. I'm not sure. I love the ER, I love toxicology, but I'm not sure I want to box myself into that little nitch. I would consider critical care as a specialty, but I don't love it as much as I do the ER. And then I'm faced with probably moving to another state again to do a second year residency. I hate the uncertainty. post comment

Life in the ER [05 Aug 2003|08:55pm] The past month or so I've been on a kinetics rotation, that is, doing drug monitoring on certain antibiotics commonly used in the hospital. It was an ok few weeks; I actually had reasonable hours when I wasn't on call. Now I'm in the ER this month. Today was day 2 for me, and I've seen some pretty wild things over the past two days. The hours are long and it's a stressful environment, emotionally and mentally. After seeing a few overdose cases, it's enough to convince me that drugs are bad. I'm pretty good at separating myself emotionally from my patients, but it's harder when they're kids. Adults do stupid things that they know they shouldn't do- that buys little sympathy from me. But when kids get hurt as a result of adult stupidity, then that's harder to forgive. For anyone who has children or will have children, PLEASE, watch your child carefully when you are in the kitchen. Children and boiling liquids do not mix. post comment

[22 Jul 2003|09:41pm] It's amazing how easy it is to procrastinate. post comment

[18 Jul 2003|08:23pm] So tired. Being on call is rough. Post call is rough. Even post-post call is rough. There's nothing like waking up every 2 hours and frantically checking your pagers. It's so sad to finally drag myself home after being away at work for 36 hours. Guess I'm going to have to get used to it. Working sucks. I want to be a student again. post comment

[14 Jul 2003|11:23pm] I feel so official; I finally have a long white coat. For you non-medical people out there, short coats designate student, long coats are for full-fledged practitioners. So, armed with scrubs, pager, and long white coat I should be ready to take call on Wed. Maybe. Or maybe I'll hope I don't get paged. 1 comment|post comment

[10 Jul 2003|07:00pm] Mantra of the day: I will not let the little things in life get to me. post comment

[03 Jul 2003|11:39pm] I'm done! Finally finished the new Harry Potter book. I haven't actually read something for so many hours straight in quite some time- I think I read half of the book this evening. And loved every minute of it. Of course, now I'm faced with the problem of good book withdrawl.... can't wait for the next one. post comment

[02 Jul 2003|08:47pm] Oy. And so the year of being overworked and underpaid has begun. I put in my first 12 hour day (and I wasn't even on call!) learning way to much about how to put together an academic research project/paper. Can't wait till we discuss statistics. [insert sarcasm and bitterness here] At least it has stopped raining. post comment

[01 Jul 2003|06:08pm] Rain, rain, go away, please come back another day... I swear, Georgia is going to float away... at least I live on the 3rd floor... post comment

[29 Jun 2003|11:07pm] A cheerleading movie actually entertaining ("Bring It On")? What's wrong with me... 2 comments|post comment

[24 Jun 2003|10:45pm] I am licensed! Yippee! On a more serious note, I saw a woman abuse a child today. I don't know which was worse, the fact that she was screaming at this sobbing 2 year old and spanking him hard on the butt in front of a crowd of people, or the fact that we did nothing to intervene. What a sad world we live in. 1 comment|post comment

[16 Jun 2003|10:27pm] Visited Margaret Mitchell's House today. It was very interesting and well worth the trip. Also started work today. It wasn't too bad since it was a half day, but I'm not used to getting up early anymore. I was wiped out after a half day. I'm glad that the residency program is easing us into things- the next few weeks will just be learning the computer system and other misc. training/orientation things. Not to mention a nice week of pharmacokinetic review. Mmm kinetics. I'm supposed to have my research proposal submitted in a few weeks, start being on call in mid-July, and start my clinical rotations in Aug. It's going to go so fast. post comment

[15 Jun 2003|11:32pm] It's fun being a tourist. And walking on mountains. That's cool too. I give Georgia's Stone Mountain Park an A+. Today has been a strange day... I had a great day playing tourist and enjoying the great outdoors, but all day in the back of my head was this constant anxiety about tomorrow. Tomorrow is when I start my very first "real" job. Well, it's not a real real job because I'm sort of doing post-graduate work too, but still... I know I'll be fine, but I can't help having some butterflies in my stomach... post comment

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