Day 1

Well, I made it through day 1 unscathed. Actually, it wasn't too bad but then again, I was in a computer class and then getting my id for part of the day. But my chief resident is a graduate of Tulane so that was a fun conversation we had about our similar experiences with certain attendings and residents. One of her friends was my resident on OB. I think my brain was stolen or scrambled when passing through the SW of the U.S. I felt so sluggish mentally I was embarassed. But then again, it gets forgiven as an intern thing. My fellow interns of the OHSU peds program started on monday so they had time to get used to the stuff. I had today and then tomorrow is a day off and then sunday I'm on call. So I'll go from taking care of 3 patient notes in the morning to about 20 or so...depending on what happens between today and sunday morning. Hopefully the holiday will scare people into being healthy to enjoy the day outside. At any rate, the kids were all cute and talked to me.

Time to get ready for tonight - hanging out with Carrie. Hopefully Erin will meet us too.

argh!

So because the stupid bed store uses a computer to verify checks, I couldn't buy my bed today because I used my hawaii credit union check and my oregon license. Apparently the addresses have to match. Of course, if it weren't for the shitheads (see below) who stole my credit card info, i wouldn't have this problem at all. I hope by now they bought an expensive car and crashed and are now paraplegic. Okay, that's mean, but they deserve pain for the pain they've caused me.

On to other annoyances. So I called the OHSU peds coordinator this morning and left a message at 7 am and they don't call back until 5 pm and really don't provide very useful info. To top it off, the person decides not to go away from people screaming at a graduation party while talking to me so I can barely hear her over what really sounds like one or two people yelling. And then she tells me that despite the parking confusion between the 2 programs, she's only authorizing me to park for tomorrow in the special lot. For shit's sake, can't she tell the parking folks to give me a temp pass for a few days?!? So I'll try to charm my way tomorrow into getting the security folks to let me park somewhere until wednesday when i get to return to home base. Plus I'm extra moody due to the usual pms stuff and anxiety over starting this crazy game called residency. Hopefully I'll have a great team to work with up there.

Dragon Boat

Today our residency had an adventure on the Willamette River - Dragon Boats! It was lots of fun. I wish we could have stayed out longer on the boats. We split into 2 teams on different boats and practiced different techniques and then raced each other - my team won. Then we were done. I wish we could have just hung out on the river and went up and down slowly. The race was pretty fast and by the time we won, my arms were dead. They still sort of hurt and will probably hurt in the morning because I have no upper body strength and my legs were too short in that boat to use that strength. I kept getting out of sync with the stroke when my arms would get tired. I guess Providence has 2 teams that any employee can join. If I had way more time, perhaps I would consider it. Anyway, one last day of easy orientation and then I start my first rotation - Pediatrics up at Doernbecker Children's Hospital on the Hill. Time to eat.

Shitheads

The Jackasses who stole all that credit card info stole mine too. Thankfully the visa folks decided, after trying to call or mail letters for awhile (retards), that they would just inactivate all accounts...well, I wasn't called and was told by the office max folks that my card, the one in my hand that matched my id, was reported lost or stolen. I guess I stole it from myself. Anyway, I called in and the lady there filled me in. I personally would have preferred it if they cut off the card immediately but then I wouldn't have been able to buy my desk or picture frames so that would have sucked. So now I have to wait a week or so before I get a new card. The shitheads who did this now have one of my very mean death wishes...you know, the ones where I wish horrible pain and suffering with the preservation of mental function so they're with it to know what horrible things are happening to them. I haven't chosen a specific illness yet but I'll find some good ones on uptodate once I start on friday at the hospital.

So that means I have to wait to buy the new bed. Or I could just write a check using the sallie mae money that I was saving to pay property taxes this year. Beds are on sale now and I have to choose between 2 different beds that are $4 different in price. But this is better than massive credit card issues I could have had. I'm only mad at the jerks who ruin life for the rest of us. People that like don't deserve to live. Okay I think I've vented enough for now. And I knew my credit card number by heart! Time to put together my chair...gotta write a check to mom since she had to pay for it since my credit card was cancelled.

bastards.

payton

Here's a picture of my cute little niece. She's now back in hawaii so when I go home in august I'll get to play with her a bit. Okay, I really just wanted to test out the new pictures feature of blogger that my friend pointed out to me.

pictures

Well, I got some frames for my pictures and other decorations and tomorrow maybe I'll go order a new bed for myself so mom can have a bed of her own to sleep in before my crazy schedule starts. I'm STILL waiting for the claims process to be finished. I gave up waiting for the desk and just bought the desk I wanted since it was on sale. Even if they don't give me the money for the busted desk, it was worth it. Today I had the tiring process of trying to find a chair for the desk. I thought I found a good one at office max since they have their brown bag sale. The little slip to pick up the damn chair fit in the bag but it wasn't included in the sale since the box for the chair itself won't fit in the bag. Then we went to a whole bunch of other stores and found nothing great. They're all overpriced or crappy. Ugh.

I'm going to bed since I actually have to be somewhere further away tomorrow - computer training in tigard for the EMR. Actually, that should be fun since after that class I can go and create my own templates and create files with the handouts I like the best. It should be fun. Nighty night