16+ hour day yesterday

And you know what? It wasn't terrible. At all. This service has turned out to be wayyyy better than last. Not to say that I'm not still tired, or that I'm no longer dreading the OR, but the people on the team can make a significant difference.

Effing Elevators

Me: Oh wouldn't it be great if we got stuck in this elevator? We could sleep for hours. And I'd share my Cliff Bar with you

My German Med Student Teammate: That does sound lovely. If that happened, I wouldn't even call for help

Later on in the day... on our way out of the hospital about to go home for the evening.... the elevator gets stuck. With me and her. Not *exactly* what we had in mind, damnit!

First Bad Eval

From a resident. Don't know if it counts, thankfully the attendings gave me decent (even good) evals. But here's what it said "Ella is extremely intelligent but lacks the discipline and self-motivation that it takes to succeed in the surgery clerkship. I told her to attend a pelvic exenteration and she refused, said she was "bored" and went home at 3:30 instead".

WTF? First of all, I can PROMISE no such conversation EVER took place, I NEVER went home unless dismissed (which sure the fuck was never at 3:30) and I can certainly swear on the lives of cute innocent penguins that I never "refused" to do ANYTHING let alone would I (in quotes) say I was bored to my resident.

Effing unbelievable.

Did you know you can rent books?

You can. For med school. Which is awesome. And you don't have to pay for shipping. The surgery book I just bought for no reason was a fraction of the price to rent it for the block. Check it out if you are so inclined.

www.CampusBookRentals.com