A change is sometimes better than a rest - but that doesn't mean a rest is not appreciated
This new "look" of my journal is supposed to be 'Tokyo Sunset'. Well to me it reminds me of some weird sci-fi film with a hydroponic collection tower which filters the particles in the atmosphere and turns them into smarties. Or whatever. Anyway I like the colour.
i have just completed my first week of my new job. Wow. I am tired. It's mainly because you can't turn your head off on your new job, you have to pay attention to everything, you have to "active-think" about everything. Soon, when you get more experienced you can turn your head off to things you know aren't important but for now IT'S ALL important. This morning I was quiet and introspective. Nothing was wrong, I was just shattered and like any 4 year old when I get tired i get moody and lose my sense of humour.
But in the end I had to scrub for a weird case with a very scary surgeon. We basically had to stick a camera up some patient's urethra and get kidney stones out. This involved lazer (cool!) and when the stones were small enough the surgeon and I had to embark on the sterile grown-up version of that game you play in arcades, you know, the one where you have the grabby claw and have to try and pick up stuff with it?
Trying to grab stones with it required timing, touch and above all communication.
The scary surgeon said i have all three, especially the last one when I pronounced that I was 'Open' or 'Closed' on the grabber very clearly. He was well impressed, and he responded by being patient with me while I worked out the best ways to coil guide-wires and feed stents.
Combined with tuesday when I got to help the surgeon stick needles in kidneys I had a pretty good week.
THE BEST part though was afterwards. The sister let me off early and I got to walk to my car in the daylight. THE DAYLIGHT. For the first time since late October and it was that lovely warm, still, grey haze that smelled lovely of wintertime and dusk. And I was slightly giddy by it all I didn't even notice that I was driving home in under ten minutes. Traffic in the city is so irregular.
So, all in all a good week. Tomorrow I have to start prepping for this exhibition I'm hoping to do in the hospital canteen in a few weeks time. All it requires is if I sift through a million photos and pray I can find the corresponding negatives to any ones I like.
Sunday, gym and sleep.
Monday, back on the line.
Work, sleep, repeat.
But if it's anything like the last week I'll love every minute of it.
i have just completed my first week of my new job. Wow. I am tired. It's mainly because you can't turn your head off on your new job, you have to pay attention to everything, you have to "active-think" about everything. Soon, when you get more experienced you can turn your head off to things you know aren't important but for now IT'S ALL important. This morning I was quiet and introspective. Nothing was wrong, I was just shattered and like any 4 year old when I get tired i get moody and lose my sense of humour.
But in the end I had to scrub for a weird case with a very scary surgeon. We basically had to stick a camera up some patient's urethra and get kidney stones out. This involved lazer (cool!) and when the stones were small enough the surgeon and I had to embark on the sterile grown-up version of that game you play in arcades, you know, the one where you have the grabby claw and have to try and pick up stuff with it?
Trying to grab stones with it required timing, touch and above all communication.
The scary surgeon said i have all three, especially the last one when I pronounced that I was 'Open' or 'Closed' on the grabber very clearly. He was well impressed, and he responded by being patient with me while I worked out the best ways to coil guide-wires and feed stents.
Combined with tuesday when I got to help the surgeon stick needles in kidneys I had a pretty good week.
THE BEST part though was afterwards. The sister let me off early and I got to walk to my car in the daylight. THE DAYLIGHT. For the first time since late October and it was that lovely warm, still, grey haze that smelled lovely of wintertime and dusk. And I was slightly giddy by it all I didn't even notice that I was driving home in under ten minutes. Traffic in the city is so irregular.
So, all in all a good week. Tomorrow I have to start prepping for this exhibition I'm hoping to do in the hospital canteen in a few weeks time. All it requires is if I sift through a million photos and pray I can find the corresponding negatives to any ones I like.
Sunday, gym and sleep.
Monday, back on the line.
Work, sleep, repeat.
But if it's anything like the last week I'll love every minute of it.