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Let's see. Maybe because my name is not AndyMilonakis and peds was over a year ago?
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Insignificant. Two months to study for step 1. Two weeks to study for step 2. Two days to study for step 3. All you have to do is pass.deschutes said:
P=MD
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Yeah. But I don't know whether I pass until it's over.
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You'll pass. Cuz I said so 😀deschutes said:
But I wanna be like Andy and get a 239/97 🙁
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Oh well well well...I guess you'll have to study for another day or two. 😉deschutes said:
It's gotten quite dark in here. Going now.
Wish I had a chocolate bar to tide me over though 🙁 *drags feet*
Wish I had a chocolate bar to tide me over though 🙁 *drags feet*
I did 180 questions (well, nearly - the library closed) and now the familiar sensation of being beaned over the head overtakes me.
Time for food!
Time for food!
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you're gonna ace step 2.
Thank you! You're my one-man rah-rah team 🙂
There is shell in my surf-clam pasta sauce. Guess I'm getting my daily nutritional requirement of calcium as well as iodine.
There is shell in my surf-clam pasta sauce. Guess I'm getting my daily nutritional requirement of calcium as well as iodine.
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you're not supposed to eat the shell.
I know that!! It's like eggshell in your cake.
*crunch* "Yeow!"
By which time the fragments are so small you can't manoeuvre them out of your mouth.
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This AM...
Junior rez: "Were you on call last night? Because I was on, and I didn't know that you were on."
deschutes: "I paged the GS pager with my number, and the clerks' pager numbers are on the unit."
Junior rez: "Yeah, but I didn't get a page and we're not responsible for finding out who's on call. I'm just letting you know that I didn't get your page and that's why you weren't called."
deschutes nods and backs off
It's odd how many of these scenarios which start out antagonistic like you're going to be in trouble is just someone else passing the buck.
*crunch* "Yeow!"
By which time the fragments are so small you can't manoeuvre them out of your mouth.
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This AM...
Junior rez: "Were you on call last night? Because I was on, and I didn't know that you were on."
deschutes: "I paged the GS pager with my number, and the clerks' pager numbers are on the unit."
Junior rez: "Yeah, but I didn't get a page and we're not responsible for finding out who's on call. I'm just letting you know that I didn't get your page and that's why you weren't called."
deschutes nods and backs off
It's odd how many of these scenarios which start out antagonistic like you're going to be in trouble is just someone else passing the buck.
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deschutes said:
Kinda reminds me of my last call on OB/GYN. I got the same **** from the resident on call. Except, that night I was on call, I purposely didn't page the resident cuz I didn't wanna be woken up. I mean my name and pager # WAS on the student call calendar. If the resident REALLY wanted to find out who was on call with her that night, she COULD have just looked at the calendar...right?
Nah, who am I kidding. I wasn't in the mood to take **** from the gynies especially on my final days of that rotation.
Presumably she didn't want to get **** from the people upstairs about not calling clerks, presumably because clerks have complained in the past. 🙄
It's April. I don't care.
Oh and funny thing is, the new clerks are just starting. One of them super-eager came up to me this morning and said, "I can take call for you on Monday if you want. You don't even have to come in." SupAh-eager.
It's going to be his first call night. He doesn't know where to go when. He doesn't know the politics of call rooms.
I said I'd be there.
But there's only one couch, so after I get him set up, I am SO leaving. They can call me if they get like 4 consults simultaneously.
It's April. I don't care.
Oh and funny thing is, the new clerks are just starting. One of them super-eager came up to me this morning and said, "I can take call for you on Monday if you want. You don't even have to come in." SupAh-eager.
It's going to be his first call night. He doesn't know where to go when. He doesn't know the politics of call rooms.
I said I'd be there.
But there's only one couch, so after I get him set up, I am SO leaving. They can call me if they get like 4 consults simultaneously.
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I had trouble doing stuff on call too - would always be worried the pager was going to go off, so I wouldn't want to do anything that would take more than a few minutes so I wouldn't get interrupted, like reading a chapter, sleeping, or call room nookie. Therefore I just kind of laid there and stared at recall or something. 😳
Call room nookie. Isn't there like an ice-cube's chance in heck of being on call the same night as the person you want to nookie with in the first place?yaah said:
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he was referring to nookie with his right hand.deschutes said:
i pray for the kittens...
deschutes said:
Something like that. For some people, this might be an issue. Not for me though. Not the kind of thing that would ever happen to me anyway.
Why the heck is everyone up so early today..... *yawn*
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I got up 2 hours earlier than I had intended.
****, I'm hungry. what's for lunch?
****, I'm hungry. what's for lunch?
I just now got up at 1. 😀
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I'm feeling incredibly lazy today. I'm really not feeling like going into lab...but I skipped yesterday so I have to go in today.
AndyMilonakis said:
I hear ya. I am feeling lazy too and have to go in as well. Even though I went in yesterday!
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Despite the realization, I am still sitting here at home. And I also fully realize that the later I start, the later I stay in the lab. I have a nice 6+ hour day waiting ahead of me. Of course, most of that time will be watching 4 stupid gels runbeary said:I hear ya. I am feeling lazy too and have to go in as well. Even though I went in yesterday!
I'm tempted to run the gels at 25 volts, set it for overnight, and just come right back home.
AndyMilonakis said:Of course, most of that time will be watching 4 stupid gels run
This is definitely what you should do. This is what I always do on weekends.
I had my Bates physical exam textbook and I threw it away when I moved. I was looking for it the other day because the girl was asking me about proper draping techniques because apparently her doctor was telling her about proper draping techniques and how he got an A on that test, and she didn't believe me when I said they taught us how to drape people appropriately. But I threw it away. 😳
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Everyday I'm going to take a few books from Pile #1 and on my way to work each day, I'm going to dump them. By the end of the month, Pile #1 shall be no more.
Wow. I just got rid of the last of my For-Sale-pile books. Chalk up another $12 to the moving fund!
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wow you sold all those books for three-fiddy american dollars? wow you got ripped off.deschutes said:
was the person who bought the books from you a 10-foot-tall crustacean from the paleolithic era?
GOD DAMN LOCH NESS MONSTAH! I AIN'T GIVIN' YOU NO TREE-FIDDY, I WORK HARD FOR MY MONEY, I DON'T JUST GIVE IT AWAY!
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I'm always amazed at how the least useful books will sell.
I don't think Nessie has a shell, btw.
I don't think Nessie has a shell, btw.
Some people will buy anything if they are convinced there is even the slightest chance they will use it, if it is on sale.
I also had these piles of things I wanted and things I didn't. In the end, I only ended up keeping the pile of definites. Everything else got chucked, although a couple of things got moved into the definite pile. but only a couple.
I also had these piles of things I wanted and things I didn't. In the end, I only ended up keeping the pile of definites. Everything else got chucked, although a couple of things got moved into the definite pile. but only a couple.
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Yeah...I'm gonna show my junk who's daddy (addendum: that sounded really really wrongyaah said:
). I moved a bunch of junk up here from Baltimore...I should have chucked a bunch of things then.
AndyMilonakis said:Yeah...I'm gonna show my junk who's daddy (addendum: that sounded really really wrong
The clue should be that if you have stuff here that you brought, but haven't even touched since you moved, you could probably throw it out. I tried to use that rule when I left worcester but it didn't often work. I kept saying to myself, "well I didn't use it at all during med school, but I might find a reason!"
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That's a good rule. Again, when I follow that rule, I'm only going to be moving a small pile of books only, most of which are music books. I'm not moving furniture or appliances either...slumming is so not first class. I'm buying everything brand new at my destination when I (hopefully) get my condo.yaah said:
I got dumped on last year when a whole bunch of friends left, some of whom were total hoarders. I've sent out two For Sale lists now. On top of that I just realized I still have a pile of Step 2 books to sell in May!
My definites are going to have to fit in 3, maybe 4 suitcases - and a trolley bag. I honestly doubt I own anything which is worth more than it would cost to ship.
My definites are going to have to fit in 3, maybe 4 suitcases - and a trolley bag. I honestly doubt I own anything which is worth more than it would cost to ship.
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Exactly...I don't wanna play shipping. And I certainly don't wanna have to deal with a moving company.
Moving companies suck. I cannot understand why someone doesn't start a moving company that
1) Comes when they say they will
2) Does things professionally without asking you hundreds of questions
3) Takes responsibility for their actions
4) Has people working for them who speak english.
5) Accepts a check or credit card for payment instead of cash.
6) Doesn't break things.
If a company did these things, everyone would use them, and perhaps even pay a bit extra. They would clean up! But they don't exist.
1) Comes when they say they will
2) Does things professionally without asking you hundreds of questions
3) Takes responsibility for their actions
4) Has people working for them who speak english.
5) Accepts a check or credit card for payment instead of cash.
6) Doesn't break things.
If a company did these things, everyone would use them, and perhaps even pay a bit extra. They would clean up! But they don't exist.
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I have never used a moving company before. But I have heard of enough horror stories to not want to use one in the immediate future.
I still think cardboard carton bookshelves >>>>>>>> moving companies. 😎 At least temporarily.
My plan:
Step 1) Sell and recoup losses
Step 2) Dump/donate all that remains which I don't want
Step 3) Flee country
My plan:
Step 1) Sell and recoup losses
Step 2) Dump/donate all that remains which I don't want
Step 3) Flee country
Do you have getaway music?
I am afraid that if I move for residency (*sob*) I may have to use a moving company. I actually have acquired quite a bit of furniture during grad school. I suppose I may be able to just rent a uhaul and recruit my folks to come help me. The thought of moving is enough to make me want to stay here for sure.
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Well if you are attached to your furniture and it is in good shape and you have a lot of it, it would be worth moving it via a moving company or a u-haul.beary said:
Fortunately, I have a roommate who is staying in Ann Arbor for one more year and is willing to take stuff off my hands. For instance, I can't fit my 36'' TV in my car so he agreed to buy it off me. Note to self...in Boston I will buy one of those HDTV flat panels...those will fit in my car.
I think it will be Tomoyasu Hotei's ''Battle Without Honor Or Humanity'' from Kill Bill 😀yaah said:
I actually currently have the 2-disc Les Miserables set playing. Powerful stuff.
AndyMilonakis said:
This is definitely what I would have to do. I have recently gotten a matching bedroom set (chest, dresser, nightstand, and mirror). I like it a lot and that in and of itself would take up a lot of space.
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deschutes said:
Extremely powerful stuff. Every time I see Les Mis I cry.
deschutes said:
Good choice. I went with bluegrass banjo music in the full style of Dukes of Hazzard.
I thought about UHaul as well, but it turned out to be cheaper to get the moving company, since the UHaul is one way. Moving companies suck though. They know it, we know it, yet no one does anything about it except sit there and take it.
I know my situation is a little different, but I managed to persuade myself to sell. I knew I'd have fun shopping for new 🙂beary said:
I got my evaluation. It's over. I'm done with Gen Surg.
My preceptor is away for the rest of the week 😀 And there is no service (apart from 3 inpatients from today...) to speak of, nor anyone who cares.
I'll just stay home take things easy and study for this final exam.
Me (to preceptor, while scrubbing for the last case): "We've discussed this. You give me a 5, and I'll give you a 5."
Him: "But I don't need a five."
Me: "Neither do I!"
I knew he'd be out the door once the mesh plug was in, so I gave the eval to the OR nurse to tape to the front of the chart. They all found that amusing.
"She's going to make a great surgeon!" says OR nurse.
"I'm going into pathology!" I say.
My preceptor is away for the rest of the week 😀 And there is no service (apart from 3 inpatients from today...) to speak of, nor anyone who cares.
I'll just stay home take things easy and study for this final exam.
Me (to preceptor, while scrubbing for the last case): "We've discussed this. You give me a 5, and I'll give you a 5."
Him: "But I don't need a five."
Me: "Neither do I!"
I knew he'd be out the door once the mesh plug was in, so I gave the eval to the OR nurse to tape to the front of the chart. They all found that amusing.
"She's going to make a great surgeon!" says OR nurse.
"I'm going into pathology!" I say.
*bump* for stormjen 🙂
