Pop Music In One Ear, City Pounding Under My Feet

well, i ran my first 5k run this weekend. and it didn't kill me. at all. i actually had a lot of fun. i've been training for about a month and the last 2 wks i've realized that it's all mind over matter and that i can, in fact, run 3 mls straight without stopping. so for the race day, i just relaxed and enjoyed it. got to run on highways and over bridges and on city streets...places you never get to see except through a car window, so it was cool. plus i was running along side my wonderful little sister. she and i shared an ipod, actually, w/ an ear bud apiece. so that was fun (and a little hazardous). we ran pretty slowly, but we finished. and we avoided the rain. not so much for my coworkers and the BHE- they ran through a downpour. but also survived.

things have been good and busy at work. struggling to overcome insecurities as always. i did find my surgical assistant skills helpful outside of the OR recently. the BHE was fixing the engine on his car (i know, right?) and when i went out to check on him at about 9pm, i found he was working with a flashlight in his mouth and struggling to uncoil tape with his bare hands. i know less-than-nothing about cars (don't tell my mechanics- i think i have them fooled!)but i DO know that you need proper lighting and instruments to perform surgery. so i brought him a giant floor lamp with extendable arms to light the garage and i found surgical scissors and a hemostat i'd ganked from when i was a student, to help him get the job done. i felt useful. i charge by the hour.

i also find that i'm a lot cleaner and more precise when cooking than i used to be before i worked in surgery. but i had to laugh at myself the other day as i was carefully peeling and cutting a pepper when i had a thought that i wanted to raise the counter top to my height so it was more comfortable on my back and eyes like you can when you're operating on a surgical bed. i wish i had a foot pedal for that in my kitchen. will work on that.