2009: A summary
My body is refusing to reboot from working nights. I shifted to lates (4p.m.-1 a.m.) last Saturday and yet it still refuses to allow me sleep. This is not helped by the fact that I've been off sick AGAIN for the last two days. I'm determined to go in this morning. It's one of my off days but we have mandatory teaching. I figure my lungs might just cope with sitting and listening/discussing as opposed to running around resus like a crazy person. Oh yes, I'm a "genuine" ER doc now. But I feel like a fraud. The green scrubs do little to make me believe that I actually know what I'm doing when faced with really sick people.
Anyway, I need to get up in an hour so it seems futile trying to sleep at this point. Therefore, dear friends, you get this...
I stole this last year from
cah215 ...
1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before?
Worked night shifts (technically I did some as a medical student but I wasn't being paid then so that doesn't really count).
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I didn't make any so... yes...
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
My friend Maddy from York did a few days ago :)
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Yes- wonderful Sara.
5. What countries did you visit?
United States of America (Chicago, Boston), Belgium (Brussels), Denmark (Copenhagen), Italy (Rome)
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
A boy would be nice.
7. What date from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
The first Wednesday in August... because I got to come home!
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Wangling a job back in Oxford.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Everything else!
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nothing major
11. What was the best thing you bought?
My holidays
12. Where did most of your money go?
Rent, caffeinated beverages, travelling back to the south/the Oxford Tube, Waitrose (damn you!)
13. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Coming HOME. And finally visiting Chicago. And PamandJim'swedding.
14. What song will always remind you of 2009?
Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" will always remind me of my house officer year.
15. Compared to this time last year, are you:
Happier or sadder? Happier
Older or wiser? Older
Thinner or fatter? Thinner
Richer or poorer? Richer
16. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Sleeping
17. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Working
18. How will you be spending Christmas?
Working- d'oh.
19. Did you fall in love in 2008?
No...
20. How many one-night stands?
None...
21. What was your favorite TV program?
The Office
22. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No
23. What was the best book you read?
Zuleika Dobson
24. What was your greatest musical discovery?
I have no idea
25. What did you want and get?
To come home :)
26. What did you want and not get?
Various boys.
27. What was your favorite film of this year?
Away We Go was pretty cute.
28. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I went to London for the day and then finished up with thai food and G&Ds ice cream with Nicky and Ed. I turned 26.
29. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Not leaving Oxford in the first place.
30. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
Non-existent?
31. What kept you sane?
Kept?
32. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
John Krasinski
33. What political issue stirred you the most?
Obama!
34. Who did you miss?
Emma, Nush, Faye, and someone I really ought not to have missed.
35. Who was the best new person you met?
My gastro team were pretty awesome and the plastics crew. Especially Mills who was cool enough to come to the Diwali ball.
36. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:
There's no place like home.
37. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"Who says you can't go home?
Anyway, I need to get up in an hour so it seems futile trying to sleep at this point. Therefore, dear friends, you get this...
I stole this last year from
cah215 ...
1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before?
Worked night shifts (technically I did some as a medical student but I wasn't being paid then so that doesn't really count).
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I didn't make any so... yes...
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
My friend Maddy from York did a few days ago :)
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Yes- wonderful Sara.
5. What countries did you visit?
United States of America (Chicago, Boston), Belgium (Brussels), Denmark (Copenhagen), Italy (Rome)
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
A boy would be nice.
7. What date from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
The first Wednesday in August... because I got to come home!
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Wangling a job back in Oxford.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Everything else!
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nothing major
11. What was the best thing you bought?
My holidays
12. Where did most of your money go?
Rent, caffeinated beverages, travelling back to the south/the Oxford Tube, Waitrose (damn you!)
13. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Coming HOME. And finally visiting Chicago. And PamandJim'swedding.
14. What song will always remind you of 2009?
Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" will always remind me of my house officer year.
15. Compared to this time last year, are you:
Happier or sadder? Happier
Older or wiser? Older
Thinner or fatter? Thinner
Richer or poorer? Richer
16. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Sleeping
17. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Working
18. How will you be spending Christmas?
Working- d'oh.
19. Did you fall in love in 2008?
No...
20. How many one-night stands?
None...
21. What was your favorite TV program?
The Office
22. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No
23. What was the best book you read?
Zuleika Dobson
24. What was your greatest musical discovery?
I have no idea
25. What did you want and get?
To come home :)
26. What did you want and not get?
Various boys.
27. What was your favorite film of this year?
Away We Go was pretty cute.
28. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I went to London for the day and then finished up with thai food and G&Ds ice cream with Nicky and Ed. I turned 26.
29. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Not leaving Oxford in the first place.
30. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
Non-existent?
31. What kept you sane?
Kept?
32. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
John Krasinski
33. What political issue stirred you the most?
Obama!
34. Who did you miss?
Emma, Nush, Faye, and someone I really ought not to have missed.
35. Who was the best new person you met?
My gastro team were pretty awesome and the plastics crew. Especially Mills who was cool enough to come to the Diwali ball.
36. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:
There's no place like home.
37. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"Who says you can't go home?