Fatigue (n). 1. Physical or mental weariness resulting from exertion ( Read more... )

Still here, generally speaking.

I did three overnights in the ER last week. The first two were fabulous - I kept the board clean most of the night. I got bludgeoned Friday night. I was welcomed to work by Larry (one of the ER residents who is married to Angelle, one of my fellow PL-2s) saying, "Welcome to the jungle ( Read more... )

"Lawyer takes up Iron Butt challenge"

If you read it fast, it has an entirely different meaning. Yipes.

The story here(Overnight #2 in the ER nearly in the books. I've taken care of one patient since 2 AM and a total of 5 since 10 PM. The most exciting things were the drunk/high Spanish-speaking lady and the very well endowed cliff diving lady - ( Read more... )

Another full moon, another night in the ER. Somehow I always seem to get stuck working them.

In unrelated news, I heard "The Right Stuff" by NKOTB on the way home from work this morning on the radio. I was mildly disturbed at first but then sang and danced along.

I'm so out of here. Be nice to each other while I'm gone.

I love going on vacation but I hate the build up leading to it ( Read more... )

Bad: I've been awake for the last 22 hours (minus one hour from 10-11PM for a "nap"). And I'm not tired ( Read more... )

More moments from last night ( Read more... )

I got my hair did and put some makeups on tonight and went and had a nice time. Tonight we had our annual department winter dinner/dance/function/social/etc. It was a James Bond theme - Joe and his fiancee Amy won for best Bond couple (and they truly did dress the part). He won a poker chip set, which led to an impromptu game of Texas Hold 'Em ( Read more... )

The Crunch have made TMZ about their "Shave Your Head Like Brit-Brit" stunt. Full piece hereWork (for all five hours of it) wasn't awful. A metric shit-ton of "Your actual pediatrician could have done this in less time than it took you to wait in the infested waiting room". That was followed up with dinner with Missy and a trip to the mall and ( Read more... )

I awoke to the sound of my pager chirping. It was work, calling me in on my day off ( Read more... )