week 2 of psych...

So... pardon the expression, but the hours of my psych rotation, are crazy!

I work 5:30 am until 8:00 pm tuesday/thursday and 5:30 am until 5 pm mon/wednesday and 4:30 am until 7 am and then come back and work until he tells me to go home on fridays

thats just INSANE! id idn't think they called it psychiatry because WE went nuts lol :)

anyway tho, its a lot of fun, its mostly kids with hyperactive disorders, or kids that are violent, and we calm them down with meds and send them off to talk about it with a therapist... honestly, i don't think i'd do it that way, but i'm not here to critique his practice, I"m just here to write his notes for him... lol I don't think i've fallen in love with any of the patients on this rotation yet, but I do see a lot of little kids that make me sad... I've had quite a few that I've said, 'they just need to play a sport, if they played a sport, they'd have a way to lose that energy and aggression" lol although maybe the idea of them taking it out on the other kids isn't the right answer... lol

I've been waivering a lot lately about the rest of my life... the big thing coming up July first is the opening up of the "match system" for the fourth years (thats us) so that we can apply for our residencies for next year. We start applying now so that we can interview this fall, so that they can pick who they want for next year when we graduate. Its sort of like when you apply for college/med school etc all over again.... it means yay bottom rung again... bring out the ole' suit again... i hope it still fits yay crash diet if not lol

anyway so I've been waivering, because i'm nervous... I'm scared I won't get ortho... ortho is sooo hard to get... and i'm a girl... yay double x chromosomes.. no i'm not blaming this on my father (if you're a girl or a guy... that is the one thing you can blame COMPLETELY on your dad... lol) but i just didn't do well at all on boards, and they usually look majorly at boards... and they look at gender (i know i know they can't write that one down, but if there's ever been a good ole' boys club that's it...) and i dont' know... but i like a challenge, and I knew two weeks into that rotation that I could do that every day for the rest of my life and be happy... and i think that means something...i really just believe that means something...

I don't know... we'll see i guess... if i don't get it... that means I have to punt... I'll have to scramble actually is what we call it, and find a spot somewhere else... if there is no ortho spot, which probably there won't be one... then I will have to take a TY (transitional year) where a do a year just doing like basically another year like I"m doing now... only then i'll be getting paid, then I can reapply... we'll see what happens...


Who knows.. i have ER left, I could always fall in love with that and completely change my mind.... doubt it... lol :)

anyway... graduation is T minus one year :)

I know that a bunch of other students are feeling like me... but I just get so stinking nervous! Ugh!

Anyway... I hope everythings good on the athens home front... i miss you guys...