Discovered?

Has the code been broken?

Did someone catch the euphemisms and connect the lines?

Am I that obvious?

Probably. Do I care much if someone knows who I am from face to blog? Nah. I once thought it would be harmful (professionally) to have people aware that I wrote a blog, but now it doesn't matter too much. As long as I keep the politics out of it and follow HIPPA guidelines I don't see why I can't write down my daily musings in the hospital. I probably sound like an eleventeen year old on most of my posts anyway. I'm harmless.

If you ask me in person, I won'd deny being the author. We can even play a little game of secret society. I'll bring the invisible ink, and you bring the inspector gadget belt, and we will convene at 2:13 a.m. on the 8th floor observation deck. I'll bring refreshments too. Cookies probably.

Yes, I am weird.

Four more months...

But really the program will only be about three more months considering that I have most of March off. Woah.

So. The race for a job is on. My TA scared the crap out of me last week by telling me there were basically no jobs available. Her words were, "How can you apply for a job at a hospital where there aren't any jobs listed?" Touche...

It's not just the people in my class that I will be competing with for jobs, but also another school in Atlanta. They graduate before us, and therefore have a leg up. I am pushing to stay at the current hospital I'm at right now, but I might be going back to the previous clinical site if there's a chance I might get a job there. It just sucks that I could be going up against a friend for a job, but I'm trying to not let that bother me.

Question for all you RT's out there, what does a Respiratory Therapist resume look like? Any help would be very helpful.

Well, I've got to get up at 4a.m. for clinical tomorrow. Night kids.

landmines

The new hospital rocks. I can already tell. I'm going to be doing/seeing a lot more things, and hopefully I will benefit from the experience. I'm kind of hoping that I can just stay there my last rotation. I was already planning to move back into the Atl this summer after I graduate, so it would work out if I moved a little earlier than expected and scored an externship w/ the current hospital.

Now, to find a place to live.... Argh. It's pretty annoying, but hopefully I'll find something that doesn't entail living with an absolute slob like my last female roommate. I would consider just finding a one bedroom apartment and it just being me and the pup, but it would prob be too expensive considering that I'll be living on student loans until May.

Interesting developments in the personal life section of this blog....
I'm in touch with my ex. Don't know what will become of it, but I think we are trying to fix the things that were broken. Who knows, maybe all it needs is a little super glue.


I'm off to fold some laundry.

cabin fever

You know what 6" of snow will do to Georgia? Practically shut down the whole state for a solid week because no one knows how to drive in the snow/ice, and there's like one snow plow in the whole state. I think the mayor of Atl even declared it a national emergency for a few days. I declared it something a little different: a miracle. I caught a cold sometime on Sunday night before this whole snowpocalypse started, and have been making good use of the time off. I'm pretty much back to normal now, but still have a lingering sniffle and cough.

I did venture out to the grocery store on Tuesday, which was pretty hilarious. People scrambling around and acting crazy over the last loaf of bread. The temp is finally starting to rise, so the roads are clearing up. I'm kind of getting a mild case of cabin fever, and will probably need to get out of the house again pretty soon. Dr. GP said we were basically off of school until next Tuesday (b/c Monday is MLK day), but I'm considering going in tomorrow if people are going to be around to try and catch up on some school work. We missed two days of clinical... kind of sucks because I was looking forward to being at the new hospital.

Anyway. I'm missing Atlanta more and more these days. I'm really looking forward to moving back to city life. I know it's going to be a pain to find a place again, and finding a roommate is going to be a nightmare... but I'm look forward to it regardless. I think if I spend a good amount of time looking for the right living arrangement I'll be better off than searching craigslist. I have a friend that might be moving back to the city around the same time, so I reaaaally hope that works out. He wants to live in a house too, so that's good news. A part of me thinks I should work for a year or two, save up some money and live at home, and then spend six months in Europe or elsewhere wandering around. I'm still young enough to be a vagabond, right? I am still working on finding myself. It's going to be a life long process, I think...

Happy 2011 Y'all

I don't think I've uttered that word, Ya'll, in quite some time. I catch it coming out of my lips in times of desperation and I've got to get everyone's attention quick, or because I'm making fun of a southern cliche. Anyway, there's another random little tangent from yours truly.

It's 2011 and I'm on my last day of break before it's back to the grind. I'm going to be cranky pants for the entire week while I try to readjust my sleep schedule back to normal land. I have a feeling it's going to take a lot of coffee and probably a few five hour energy shots. Which, speaking of these five hour energy shots... I've been wondering whether or not they are really bad for you. I haven't ready any journals on health issues associated w/ with drink, and basically it's just a ton of b6 and b12. Anyone have any idea about this stuff?

As I begin my last few classes that I'll be taking for my RT degree, a new set of little respiratory students will start the program. I do feel bad for these little sprites, because the school I attend is moving from quarters to semesters while they are in the middle of the program, and will be having to double up on some classes. Part of the whole reason that I started the blog was so that other potential rt students could get an idea of what the process would be like directly from someone that's in the process of going through it.

The crappy thing for them is that they get Dr. Grumpy Pants right away, and he's not going to play nice with the little ones until we are graduated CRT and RRT. I understand why his focus would be to us, but it's kind of daunting dealing with this teacher when you first are around him. His presence does take up the whole room, and he's very aware of it. It's normal for the sr. students to throw the newbies a lunch and kind of spend some time getting to know them and quieting their fears. Dr. GP also said something about placing a newbie with each sr students as kind of a mentor thing (which I think is awesome!), but I doubt most people in the class would want to do that.

Anyway, I was thinking that I had about 5 more months of school left, but after looking at the dates and stuff, I really only have 4 months of solid school left. I just past second base, and I'm almost to third with the ball no where in sight. Home stretch is getting closer and closer.

I don't really know what graduation holds for me honestly. I can always hope that I'll get a good position somewhere, but there's always the slight chance that someone else will beat me out of a job. That's why as soon as I've graduated I'll be calling RT managers for some interviews. I love having a plan for the future, but there's very little hope of getting things lined up perfectly before graduating. It's the unknown that's a bit frightening. Real life in general is a bit frightening, but it's time for the big girl pants.

I will say that I had a lovely Christmas and New Year, and kept it fairly low key. Nothing epic, but there was fight between me and a bottle of Makers Mark on NYE :) Good thing I'm getting back into the grind of things and won't be able to hang out with Mr. Makers Mark anytime soon. As a friend called it, "No more white girl whiskey wasted for awhile, ok?" haha.