it's amazing how much better my mood is when i only have to work 9 hrs in a day instead of 12. once my coffee has dipped below therapeutic levels in the afternoons, i start to whine inside my head a bit until it looks like i might be on the home stretch to getting to leave. when i got home tonight, i found that it had been a banner day at home, too. over labor day weekend we installed a doggie door for my crazy fool dog, so she is not trapped in a crate for 10-12 hrs at a time or a-crappin' on the floor if left to her own devices in the house. today she proved that she has officially and completely (tra-la-la) learned how to use the door independent of our begging/yelling/threatening/bribing, so that's one less worry. she was trouping around the backyard when my husband got home- scaring squirrels senseless and lying in her favorite spot on the cement porch (on the ground, immediately next to her fluffy expensive bed).
the last few days have been good. it varies a lot between surgeons and PA's in what they will allow me to do. today i was w/ a mercurial jekyl/hyde type MD everyone's a little afraid of, so i mostly watched and pretended to laugh at (the least offensive of) his dumb jokes. old hackneyed homophobic one-liners are apparently hee-larious if you're a surgeon. eck.
i guess i'm making notes on how i will and won't be as a practitioner. 1) WILL: When consulting w/ my patients pre-op, draw the intended anatomy on my scrubs to show the patient exactly where the incision will be and how the surgery will work, 2) WON'T: Make off-color jokes or gossip about co-workers while operating (especially when the patient is only under mild sedation and may be able to piece together the whole conversation). 3) WILL: Encourage loud rockin' music to be played when i'm in the OR, even if it means that my semi-conscious patient will wake up w/ an insatiable urge to mosh as soon as they can walk/hop. 4) WON'T: Fall for it when my patients are trying to get drugs out of me when their MD already told them "no" in no uncertain terms. i will be strong and vigilant and....what's that? oh you REALLY hurt? i will be strong and vigi....ok, maybe just one... (just kidding)
hope all is well with you all out there in the inter-world.
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Little anti-gay jokes are his way of broadcasting his straightness and availability, you little PA vixen you.
Glad to hear little doggie (like how I'm keeping it all anonymous?) learned the doggie door just fine. I just hope the burglars don't learn it as quickly. I've been racking my brains to think of a way to reduce the security threat, but haven't come up with anything very good.
Hey girl! Love your blogs! The homophobic comments should NOT be used---EVER! Not even to show his "straight-ness" or "availability"...That type of behavior really angers me!
Also, Micki and I installed a doggie-door about 2 years ago...Took the dogs a couple days to get used to the fact that they have "free will" and can use the potty whenever they want to! If you are really concerned about burglars, you can always have a home security system installed...We have Brinks and it is like $30/month.
Good luck with the surgery rotation!
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