yesterday and today
Yesterday was so craaazy. I started my day at 8am, rushing over to the UCI College of Medicine to track down Dr. Wadhwa over at Gillespie Hall. I was fortunate enough to dodge the parking cops, who were just finishing up their ticket-rounds, and decided to park (il)legally at a broken parking meter. Dr. W wasn't in his office by the time I made it to the third floor, so I taped my proposal to his door, prayed for his signature of approval, and ran back to my car. Luckily, I caught him walking across the lot just as I was exiting the hall, and we were able to talk for a bit (him mostly, since I was out of breath by that time and could only manage short gasping phrases, lol). He agreed to sign my abstract (which made me a very happy Michi), and after a hasty farewell, we parted: me for class, and him for a full round of meetings.
I was debating whether to go to class, since I was already a bit late. However, just as I decided that I would go anyway, Satia called me and told me that class had been cancelled because the professor had fallen ill 15 minutes into the lecture. What luck! I spent the rest of the hour enjoying my breakfast before heading to the outskirts of campus for the Fire Safety class. The class itself was an absolute joke (here's how to use an exinguisher, stop-drop-and-roll, remember to always feel the door when escaping during a fire, bla bla yadda yadda), but the instructor was very nice, and he let us off half an hour early. I rushed back to my apartment for lunch, then drove to North Campus up at Jamboree for research. I was supposed to meet with Alison at DeMet's lab, but she came in late, looking visibly upset. It wasn't until we were actually inside the lab, while Dr. DeMet was instructing us about that day's tasks, that she started breaking down. She just burst into tears! It was kind of...weird. o.O; Well, and sad, too. I didn't know Alison that well, so it surprised me to see her suddenly (and completely) break down. She went on and on about Dr. Wadhwa pressuring her, and expecting her to run the infections experiment and the reactivities at the same time, and him always criticizing her about everything when she was doing the best she could, and that she had grad school apps to do, not to mention the November presentation at some big conference, and so on and more crying. o_o; And while I was watching this, it was difficult to picture the same Dr. Wadhwa that I spoke to this morning get so (apparently) angry with Alison. o_O; yeah.
Well, anyway, Dr. DeMet comforted her and told her in soothing words that everything would be all right, that Alison just needed to take everything one step at a time, and to not let Pathik (Dr. Wahdwa) discourage her. This went on for quite awhile, and killed a lot of the time that I would have spent sorting through plasma/serum samples. Ah, the good that a little drama brings. :] Lol, no, I shouldn't say that, because Alison really was upset. But, I was still glad...only two hours of actual lab work yesterday! (w00t)
After that was done, I again returned to my apt to eat dinner and rest a little bit before the LT meeting that night. It was at 7:30pm, too--so late. T_T My luck had run out by that time, because the meeting was not short, as I had hoped it would be. It was long. Really long. Until-9pm-long. And Lauren broke the unfortunate news that JCAHO was coming. And it isn't to survey the hospital, as they usually do every couple of years. Nope. They will be coming in November to our office to inspect US. They're going to make sure we're doing everything as according to policy, following all the standard rules/procedures according to hospital regulation, and they're going to audit our CCE files. And it scared me because the files are basically composed of immunization records (TB/Hep B/MMR/etc). And I'm the one in charge of immunizations for the program. T____T Usually, I allow CCEs to work at the hospital with just one MMR, one Hep B, and one TB. It's the bare minimum to be able to officially intern at Hoag and not get in trouble. But, technically, this is not supposed to happen: CCEs should have two MMRs over their lifetime, all three Hep B's, and a yearly TB shot. And JCAHO will be looking for that when they audit. And if it's all wrong, all blame will go to me. T________T So now, I need to really pull it together for this month. I need to pull up files from everyone who's currently on the floor and see if their immunizations are down to a T. And if it isn't, I need to nag/threaten/hold them at gunpoint until they turn everything in. x_x;
So endeth yesterday. I went to Albertson's with Anth later that night, too, but I could only spare an hour with him (which isn't sufficient for my Anth-needs T_T). Spent the rest of the night reading. And today was just class after class after class. And even after that was done, I spent ALL this afternoon, freakin' e-mailing! I sent over 100 e-mails over a five hour period, 96 of which were to CCEs with TB expirations this month (I call them my "grrr" e-mails). It took me so long because there were about a dozen or so whose e-mails were just wrong, and it took me extra time to hunt them down at their real (and correct) e-mail addresses. >xO When that was all done, I sent one extra-long one to Cynthia for my weekly report. And I sent another to Jeanie for CCE suspensions. And the rest of the e-mails were just standard stuff. So now, I'm absolutely sick of e-mails! No more e-mails! >xO
And now, I'm supposedly studying (which, as you can see, I'm not doing). More class tomorrow. More studying tomorrow. And a midterm exam next week! This week is freakin' taking too long, and I'm already sooooo wiped out! And here I was thinking that senior year would be my easiest year. :/
I miss Anth. ;-; No real time with him, so far...andimisshimlots. ;-; lots and lots.
I was debating whether to go to class, since I was already a bit late. However, just as I decided that I would go anyway, Satia called me and told me that class had been cancelled because the professor had fallen ill 15 minutes into the lecture. What luck! I spent the rest of the hour enjoying my breakfast before heading to the outskirts of campus for the Fire Safety class. The class itself was an absolute joke (here's how to use an exinguisher, stop-drop-and-roll, remember to always feel the door when escaping during a fire, bla bla yadda yadda), but the instructor was very nice, and he let us off half an hour early. I rushed back to my apartment for lunch, then drove to North Campus up at Jamboree for research. I was supposed to meet with Alison at DeMet's lab, but she came in late, looking visibly upset. It wasn't until we were actually inside the lab, while Dr. DeMet was instructing us about that day's tasks, that she started breaking down. She just burst into tears! It was kind of...weird. o.O; Well, and sad, too. I didn't know Alison that well, so it surprised me to see her suddenly (and completely) break down. She went on and on about Dr. Wadhwa pressuring her, and expecting her to run the infections experiment and the reactivities at the same time, and him always criticizing her about everything when she was doing the best she could, and that she had grad school apps to do, not to mention the November presentation at some big conference, and so on and more crying. o_o; And while I was watching this, it was difficult to picture the same Dr. Wadhwa that I spoke to this morning get so (apparently) angry with Alison. o_O; yeah.
Well, anyway, Dr. DeMet comforted her and told her in soothing words that everything would be all right, that Alison just needed to take everything one step at a time, and to not let Pathik (Dr. Wahdwa) discourage her. This went on for quite awhile, and killed a lot of the time that I would have spent sorting through plasma/serum samples. Ah, the good that a little drama brings. :] Lol, no, I shouldn't say that, because Alison really was upset. But, I was still glad...only two hours of actual lab work yesterday! (w00t)
After that was done, I again returned to my apt to eat dinner and rest a little bit before the LT meeting that night. It was at 7:30pm, too--so late. T_T My luck had run out by that time, because the meeting was not short, as I had hoped it would be. It was long. Really long. Until-9pm-long. And Lauren broke the unfortunate news that JCAHO was coming. And it isn't to survey the hospital, as they usually do every couple of years. Nope. They will be coming in November to our office to inspect US. They're going to make sure we're doing everything as according to policy, following all the standard rules/procedures according to hospital regulation, and they're going to audit our CCE files. And it scared me because the files are basically composed of immunization records (TB/Hep B/MMR/etc). And I'm the one in charge of immunizations for the program. T____T Usually, I allow CCEs to work at the hospital with just one MMR, one Hep B, and one TB. It's the bare minimum to be able to officially intern at Hoag and not get in trouble. But, technically, this is not supposed to happen: CCEs should have two MMRs over their lifetime, all three Hep B's, and a yearly TB shot. And JCAHO will be looking for that when they audit. And if it's all wrong, all blame will go to me. T________T So now, I need to really pull it together for this month. I need to pull up files from everyone who's currently on the floor and see if their immunizations are down to a T. And if it isn't, I need to nag/threaten/hold them at gunpoint until they turn everything in. x_x;
So endeth yesterday. I went to Albertson's with Anth later that night, too, but I could only spare an hour with him (which isn't sufficient for my Anth-needs T_T). Spent the rest of the night reading. And today was just class after class after class. And even after that was done, I spent ALL this afternoon, freakin' e-mailing! I sent over 100 e-mails over a five hour period, 96 of which were to CCEs with TB expirations this month (I call them my "grrr" e-mails). It took me so long because there were about a dozen or so whose e-mails were just wrong, and it took me extra time to hunt them down at their real (and correct) e-mail addresses. >xO When that was all done, I sent one extra-long one to Cynthia for my weekly report. And I sent another to Jeanie for CCE suspensions. And the rest of the e-mails were just standard stuff. So now, I'm absolutely sick of e-mails! No more e-mails! >xO
And now, I'm supposedly studying (which, as you can see, I'm not doing). More class tomorrow. More studying tomorrow. And a midterm exam next week! This week is freakin' taking too long, and I'm already sooooo wiped out! And here I was thinking that senior year would be my easiest year. :/
I miss Anth. ;-; No real time with him, so far...andimisshimlots. ;-; lots and lots.