Luck

Since I have nothing really important to say...this post consists of random stories.

1) As I approach the front doors of a grocery store I smell the strong odour of pickles. Looking towards the stench I see an employee cleaning up a mixture of broken glass, pickles and other nasty things on the floor. I think to myself  "sucks to be her".  Fast forward 20mins and I am at the cash waiting to pay for my groceries. The cashier is finishing the girl in front of me and before she can start my stuff the employee with a dirty mop and bucket approaches (pickle girl).

Pickle girl: "what do u want me to do?"

Cashier: "why dont u take this cash, its getting really busy."

Pickle girl: "man, my hands are disgusting right now."

And then pickle girl proceeds to touch every item of mine with her dirty garbage pickle hands. Sucks to be me.

2) Today I stayed late after work to finish stuff up and afterwards I had to pick things up from a friend. So basically its 9:30pm and its been approximately 9.54321 hours since I last ate. Since I am dying of hunger I decide that making dinner at home is not an option. For the first time this year I decided to do drive thru for supper. Of course I could not possibly wait until I got home to eat. My plan was to eat at every red light. So on my way home I hit every friggin green light and 0.5 of a red light.  I was dying for a red light and all I could see was green, green, green....   

*yawn* Thats all I can think of for now.

random bits

Suddenly it got cold in Otown. Somewhere in the -35Cish range. Since my new heater has a handy thermometer I now know my room temperature before I turn on the heater. Today it was 12C when I got home from work. Burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Both heaters are in full force.

So I got to see a CABG and PCI today. Nothing like seeing a beating heart. Pretty cool stuff. I wonder if surgeons would make good seamstresses?

ANyhoo. Back to work...

Resident's Laws

So I am spending my Sunday at the hospital trying to prepare my case presentation. There is this little sheet tacked up in front of me that has been typed out via typewriter (=old!). But this little sheet makes me laugh because 1) it reminds me that some things don't change and 2) there is a history of suffering...and hopefully survival.

Resident's Laws:

1) We cant be fired--slaves must be sold

2) Assume nothing

3) If you cant dazzle them with the facts, baffle them with the bullshit

4) The weekend you work- its sunny. The weekend you're off- it pours. Then, no matter how long you stay- as soon as you get home..you get paged.

5) Old residents done die...they just lose their beepers

6) Do not work before its nine (I dunno about this one...)

7) Staffmen are never wrong (shows how old this is...should be staffmen/women).

8) There are no comatose patients that cannot be awakened by a no. 6NG tube and a good strong arm.

9) The harder you work, the behinder you get.

10) If you stare at a medical resident long enough, he'll change the order.

11) If you don't look for a side effect- you wont find one.

12) Show me an intern who knows the meaning of "steady state" ..and I'll show you an intern with an attitude problem.

Just when a new heater arrived....the weather is like -8C. Go figure.... My room is like a sauna now. Its getting hot in here...

Is it Friday yet?

Icebox

My room is officially an icebox. I dont know the exact temperature, but I can tell you that its friggin cold in here.  I have this little heater that can heat up the room if it is left on for a couple of hours. The only problem is that the fuse randomly blows and then I lose power to my room (ie. computer, lights and alarm clock). The next annoying part is that the fuse box is in the basement...which is only accessible from the OUTSIDE. This means that if I want my electricity back I have to go outside and go into the scary basement...doesn't matter if its 1am.  

So needless to say I am slightly irritated because the rest of the house is cozy warm. Only my room requires all exposed skin to be covered. I  am not kidding you..I have to wear two sweatshirts just to sit at this computer without shivering.  Socks must ALWAYS be worn..especially during sleep.  My roommate/landlord had this idea that if she turned on these portable fans the warm air would blow across the kitchen, through the back porch/entrance and into my room.  I tried to explain to her that I cant keep my door open or else the little heat I do generate will go thru the door/windows in the porch.  I am also pretty sure fans blow semi cool air, since this  is also my air conditioning system in the summer. Her next solution is to add a 3rd blanket.  But I am awake and cold???!!!

No more old houses....I dont care how cute they appear.