is it vacation yet?

blurgh. insomnia. a familiar friend on any inpatient service. i guess peds is no different.

this swine flu thing is nuts- we're swabbing all sorts of kiddos on the ward who have any hint of upper respiratory infection. is it bad to wish i had a suspected case of swine flu to get a few days off?

clearly, it's about time for a vacation. only 13 more days to go.

we've had a few visitors over the past few weekends- alice came up with our doggy-niece lucy; below, a pic of the park siblings in mckinley park.

and jermo spent a few days in town, mulling over his decision to come here for med school and attending a "second look". puahaha... slowly but surely, my subliminal subconscious hocus-pocus ESP skills will lure all of my friends to sacto...

night shift musings

why does fried food taste soo good in the middle of the night? why do people bring their healthy kids to the ER? the world may never know...

i'm sick. twas inevitable, i suppose, despite developing severely chapped hands in response to obsessive hand-washing and decontaminating with alcohol gel/foam. darned kids and their darned viral URIs!!!!! blurgpghtfttt.

i imagine if purgatory existed, it would look a lot like the waiting room of an ED.

overheard them calling "code blue- CCU" 5 times over the course of 2 hours. that's gotta be someone's worst call ever.

can't...stay...awake...any...longer.

a lovely weekend

so i'm finally done with my month of intern OB... and what a way to end. i started my last day on L&D, went to clinic in the afternoon, then came back for the night shift! friday morning (cesar chavez day!), i drove home and quickly got ready for a weekend of fun & sun! i was working with about 4 hours of sleep, so i spent most of that day in a state of pleasant sleep-deprived delirium.
i slept in the car, and woke up in this pleasant little town- los gatos! margaret, my generous chauffeur, also chose an excellent place for lunch- Trevese. they have a michelin star. i didn't want to leave...

but alas, we had responsibilities to fulfill. margaret, shannon and i had prepared a talk about "jane"- a fictional patient with psychiatric issues and many, many medical issues throughout her lifetime. and at 4pm on friday evening, we gave that talk. twas my very first public speaking gig in a professional venue. i'm so glad it's over!

the rest of the weekend was spent tooling about santa cruz- here's the view from the hotel:

dessert @ chocolate in downtown santa cruz with margaret, shannon, liz and alvin

hiking by our hotel- the chaminade...

and to finish off a fabulous weekend, date night with my hubby- dinner at the grange, and a 3D IMAX experience - monsters vs. aliens!

life is soooo good. i'm on peds-ER, so enjoying the pleasantness of interspersed shifts and plenty of time off. mm, can't wait for vacation.