I start my externship tomorrow. And I'm nervous beyond belief. Sometimes, when I get really nervous, I get a little nauseous because my stomach is doing flip-flops. Right now, my stomach is doing flip-flops. I don't like that feeling. I will be buying Ginger Ale tomorrow, for sure. The last thing I need on my first shift is excitable bowels. Let's be real.
I'm also very excited to start this shindig. I'm going to learn a lot, and quickly. In fact, I just found out today that I will be starting in Trauma which is super exciting. I feel sort of bad wishing for a busy night, because my busy fun night is someone else's tragedy. So I've compromised with myself: Let's hope for a busy fun night where everyone looks banged up and bloody, but no one is permanently injured.
This is also the first time I've ever forced myself to stay up in anticipation of an all-nighter. I'll be working nights all summer, and I'm trying to stay up tonight so I can sleep all day tomorrow. It's a weird feeling. Fortunately, my favorite TV shows rerun at 2 and 3 am and I have thick curtains to keep out the sun.
On that note, I'm out...I think I have Sprite buried deep in the pantry, and now seems like a great time to break it out. I'll drink to under-eye bags and a lack of tan for the rest of the summer!
edit: My roommate showed me this FANTASTIC video. Again, YouTube to save the day (night?)!
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Many of the photos showing mundane things are ones I took. As for memes and other google picture search images, I've been horribly bad at photo crediting - I will be attempting to go back through and properly credit things or remove them if I can't. But rest assured, ain't no real patient pictures up here, folks.
While I appreciate those reading the blog, I don't advertise for any website. I can only be responsible for my own opinion, and thus politely decline any offer to "host a post" or otherwise advertise something not written by me...But thanks anyway!
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4 comments:
haha alicia told me she showed you that... i am half impressed by him and half freaked out. :)
At first we thought you were super lame, but then it was funny. Really funny.
i did NOT expect THAT!!
amen to no tan this summer. my externship is leaving me fat (no time or energy to workout!), pale, and happy.
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