Me and a mountain.

Today we went down to duPont Children's Hospital for computer training for our emergency medicine rotation. We also picked our schedule -- eight shifts for the month. I "back-loaded" my schedule, meaning I'm working five days in a row the last week. But this also means I have one shift per week for the first three weeks. Yeah, the fact that 'working five days in a row' is this ghastly fact is awesome. I did this so I could continue to study for step 2 over the next week... and then chill out for a week straight ;-) We're going to clean out the back room! Really! Seriously this time! I had come to accept that we don't have an "office" we have a "storage room" so I lost my motivation but we are going to reclaim this room by the end of October!

Then this evening I went to the wine and cheese internal medicine reception where all the fourth years interested in IM came and socialized with the big wigs of the Jeff residency program. I always walk away feeling like I couldn't have been more awkward, but I'm glad I went rather than not. At least they will remember my awkward face.

So, not much room left in today for studying. My studying has also been stifled over the past two days by some weird transient symptoms... gnawing headache, nausea, GI upset, malaise, lightheadedness. I feel sick, but it won't come on all the way. I could also attribute it not sleeping well... but when you put all that together, it really just sounds like stress, doesn't it? I can't wait for this test to be over.