#Vacations for Seniors

[itspileofgoodthings]

I am legitimately so proud of all I have done in teaching this week.

[prince-liest]

Claws my way into consciousness.

My last night shift (of this rotation) is finally over!!

Things that suck: My one day off this week is ostensibly Sunday. I finished my shift at 7am on Sunday. I am back to day shifts starting 9am on Monday. Haha. This is fine.

Silver linings: All my day shifts are 9 hours days instead of 10 hours, and Tues/Weds are FM program stuff (clinic plus an afternoon of didactics) which are comparatively much more chill than the emergency deparment. Also, still being in my 20s means that if I set myself up well for it, I'm pretty good at switching between days and nights even when they only give me one day for it. (So far.) (It's still not fun, though.)

I've been told that a lot of residency is "getting comfortable with being uncomfortable" and while it initially made me prickle to hear, I'm starting to actually settle into that, because it's very true. Almost every single thing I have done this rotation so far, from simple to complicated, has been something that I've never done (and often never even seen done) before, and that's uncomfortable! But every time I think, "Oh, god, a pediatric patient with nebulous kidney problems that I don't know how to address, I don't want to go take that one!" the follow-up thought is: "Well, it would be really hard to fuck it up so badly my attending couldn't fix it, and how else am I gonna learn?" And then after that I get, like, five vomiting infants in a row and suddenly seeing a baby isn't inherently terrifying and also now I know every possible way to prescribe a baby Zofran, haha.

That said, there's only so long I can consistently maintain that level of ambient stress, so I'm looking forward to my next rotation, which is orthopedic surgery and allegedly a chill 8-5 with weekends off. Shoutout to all the seniors in the ED who continue to be quite nice and supportive, and also understanding of my stress levels and confusion. (And also to the psych resident I keep having night shifts with as the only other non-EM intern around! Solidarity!!)

[mariatesstruther]

joel and maria and mama shirley starting an unofficial knitting circle for people that have lost children

[nocturnalandneurotic]

[thingsdavidlikes]

Greek Grandma by Mathias Leon Fischer

[oldmanlusting]

Google how to ask someone if they're in an open relationship

[scalproie]

THERES LORE

[koko2unite]

even after painting for 2 years, sometimes, you just gotta look up a how to draw tutorial on YouTube....

[aboutiroh]

I don't know if you still do advice but, I feel stuck. I didn't know what I wanted to do for college in high school. Now I feel like I have nowhere to go.

Hi anon, I think a lot of people can relate to you (or at least I can). Many- if not most- people don’t have life figured out at 18 and know exactly what they want from it. What I’ve learned over the years is that, deciding on a college degree or whether or not you go to college at all, while still an important decision, will not define the rest of your life. People change degrees all the time. They drop-out, re-enroll, take a gap year, go back to college after seven years or just start going for the first time at 52. There’s always going to be an infinite amounts of paths you can take, and none of them are wrong. All you can do is take a guess at which one you deem best suited for you (this could mean: the one you’ll enjoy the most, the one that will help you achieve a certain goal, the one that best suits your skillset or whatever else you want it to mean). You will never know for sure before trying it, so don’t beat yourself up for not making the ‘right’ decision. A choice that seemed smart at first, might get you stuck at a later point. A very lousy period may lead to a great opportunity. So, I guess if you’re feeling stuck, all you need to do is get moving, irrespective of what way you go.

[trans-corvo]

at this point i genuinely do not know whether UBC or Manitoba is a better option... Manitoba gets me a masters in history (which I feel may make it easier if I decide I want to get my phd at some point) and housing is CONSIDERABLY cheaper, but UBC gets me a masters in archival studies (which may be better for finding a job), has weather that isn't hostile to human existence, and I miss Vancouver and my friends there, and my options for working while in school are a lot better.

I don't even know if I'm going to get an offer from UBC, but I only have three weeks left to accept the offer from Manitoba, so part of me wonders if I won't choose that anyway and might as well just accept now?

[vitaments]

[jeniffercheck]

today's fantasy is shivlina ski chalet au

[llycaons]

at my old job being understaffed was like 'I have to hustle every week because I'm doing the work of 1.3 people and I might be moved to a new room at any time' which sucked but was doable, and the work was repetitive and satisfying. here being understaffed is like 'two of my coworkers were forced to be here for 18 hours straight' and 'my coworker who left at 7 pm last night after a 12 hr shift returned at midnight to help the new people and still hasn't left as of 9 am' and 'my coworker is sick but she still felt obligated to come in due to the previous scenario' and 'every team is new and some of them are huge assholes' and I'm shielded from a lot of it due to being new and having less responsibility but no wonder half the team quit bc my god

[my-life-on-parade]

Southern California vacation, part three: California Adventure, September, 2023.

[team-machine]

I need this week to be over like yesterday

[aercnaut-archived]

most of the time i love my job but sometimes i open the helpdesk email and a staff member has emailed us three times in one day -- note said day is a federal holiday -- complaining about her vpn and how we're not responding quick enough. rhonda, i know you don't see the i.t. department as people, but common fucking sense dictates that, if the college is closed, so is the fucking i.t. department.