Gaaaaaargh!

i'm a very bored pirate these days. days are dragging by. and again, i know how fortunate i am to have the easy breezy hours i do-especially compared to some of my classmates. but i am just kind of tired of being a student. tired of having to prove myself day after day to different people and tired of still being wrong, wrong, wrong all the time, time, time. i'm on the home stretch- it just seems like a long way to go still. and it kind of stinks that i'm feeling so burned out while doing something as cool as ER. i am getting a lot out of it....just very much ready for vacation.

so, in my eagerness for the upcoming spring/summer weather and in anticipation of the death of this, the longest winter in the history of mankind, i am pleased to announce that we are now in April- National Humor Month. in honor of this tradition, i ask that you all post your favorite (mildly clean, please, my grandmother reads this blog) jokes for us all to enjoy. i'll start with a few i've heard from patients on my rotations. a bit morbid, but fun nonetheless.

1. A guy goes to see his PA in the office and says, "I haven't been feeling so good lately. How do I seem to you?" The PA shakes his head sadly and so the patient asks, "Well, geez, doc. How long do I have?" The PA responds "3." The patient says, "What? Months? Years?" The PA replies, "2....1..."

2. An engaged couple dies tragically in a car accident. They meet St. Peter at the pearly gates and while they're doing all their admission paperwork, they fret to St. Peter that they never got to get married while living and desperately want to be together in eternity. St. Peter says, "Well, normally we don't do this kind of thing. But you seem like a nice young couple, I'll see what I can do." He goes into heaven and leaves the couple outside the gates to wait. He's gone a really long time and while they're waiting the couple begins to discuss marriage and eternity and things and decide that they have some concerns about the enormity of this decision. When St. Peter returns he says, "Good news- I think we can get you married here in heaven!" The couple looks at each other and says to him, "That's great, but we were thinking- what if eternity proves to be too long for us? What if we ever needed to get a divorce?" St. Peter smacks his forehead and yells at the couple, "You two are something else! I had a hard enough time finding a priest to marry you, there's no way I'm going to be able to find a lawyer!"

again, i encourage you to submit your favorite jokes for our enjoyment. extra points for jokes related to medicine or healthcare. or manatees.

also, famous birthdays in april include: john madden, steven seagal, shannen doherty AND jennie garth, jane goodall, muddy waters, merle haggard, butch cassidy, hugh hefner, michael moore, william shakespeare, willie nelson, queen elizabeth AND joey lawrence.

just in case you want to send a card or something.