So, Jeremy and I have been working through a few things lately. Different priorities. Rest assure that if I want to talk about it, I will.

I stubbed my toe and cut it. it hurts.

I am working 8am to 10 pm tomorrow at CVS. I'm glad that I'll be making $700, but it's going to be a REALLY long day. Do you know it costs over $3 a day for my student loans in interest. That makes me sad.


And who is reading this blog from Brazil?

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Sitting on call at the west LA VA, and things are pretty chill at the moment (finds wood to knock on) so I'll take the time to do a quick update.

Work is going well, I'm in the psych ER this month filtering through the truly mentally ill and the punks trying to get a written psych eval so they can go get prescription marijuana from one of these phony lame excuses for doctors; not that it seems to be required these days, but some of these for-profit prescribers are asking for it now to help cover their butts legally. Which, of course is a gross misappropriation of resources, against all ethical standards, and illegal, so we're doing our best to involve the authorities as they come. Truth be told, it's only been 5 or 6 people that we know of, but it's still irritating. I digress.

But yeah, I'm on call which is typically a 28 hour shift. Go in at 8 am, work your regular day, go to call site, deny about 12 requests for unneccessary IM haldol, work till 8 am, go back to rotation site, tie loose ends, hopefully leave by noon. Exhausting, but we don't have to do it very often. Most months I only have 2 or 3 calls.

Moving on to more exciting fare, Lissa is doing pretty well on the acting scene. Her biggest coup so far has been landing a role as Anelle in a theatrical version of Steel Magnolias. It will be at the Covina Performing Arts Center and will run for a month starting in September. Also exciting is the possibility of a feature film in the works. A writer called her today for a new vampire flick that Castlerock has offered to buy and out of 1500 submissions, felt like Lissa might be perfect for the main supporting role. The only caveat is it films in Pittsburgh, but it would only be for a couple weeks tops and could be a big break.

Other things she has done so far have included work as an extra on It's Always Sunny in Philidelphia (girl at party) and Make it or Break it (spectator), photo shoot for the cover of a Honda CRV manual, and cast in two student films. She's having a lot of fun and has been pretty successful not even considering the short time we have been here.

The other member of our little family, Twinkie, is having a blast out here. She gets a walk for potty at least twice a day and has taken up pigeon chasing as a new favorite sport. There are three small dogs in our apartment her size (two pugs and a min pin) and one large golden retriever and they have all become great friends. She still tilts her head and goes nuts if we inadvertantly say Maybe or Perhaps to her in conversation.

Ah crap, getting a page. Whatever it is, please don't let it involve poop. Oh well, I think I've said enough on here for now. We miss everyone back in KY and hopefully can get out that way sometime soon.

Rough week. Frustrated at work because I don't have a research project. And frustrated that I have things to do, and I'm being pulled from all directions.

I am glad that the weekend is going to be here soon. Although I offered to work at Southland Drive tomorrow night from 6 to 10pm, so my weekend start will be slightly delayed. But, I'll get paid for 9 hours this week, which will be money going directly to my loans.

I need more protein in my diet.

Today was a really busy day at work today. I worked non-stop until 3:45 or so, and completely missed lunch. I got home in time to spend a few minutes with Jeremy before he went out to coffee with an old friend from highschool and I drove to Richmond to get dinner at Thai Smile and to stop by the CVS there to bring my friend Michelle surprise dinner and to help her out if she needed it. I was very tired, but am glad that I went because it really made her night. When we were on rotation together at St. Joe's, she brought me this little bag of candy on my birthday and it was the sweetest thing. So karma is a cute little puppy dog.

I'm now in a very upset and confused mood. Jeremy went out with his friend from highschool because she had something she needed to talk about. And basically it turns out that Jeremy's best friend in highschool sexually abused her for several years and even threatened her with loaded guns. Jeremy had a falling out with him before we got married and he hasn't talked to him since. it scares me that someone so evil can touch your life. Even with Faith's murderer, he is sort of abstract from me because I haven't seen him or been in the same room as him. But Jeremy's exroommate is different. If Jeremy hadn't fallen out with him, he would have been likely been in our wedding. we could still be hanging out with him. Usually I regret when things go bad between friends. but not this case. I am glad that Jeremy never made amends with him. He is evil, and sick, and belongs in jail. I am sorry for the people that are around him and do not know how disgusting of a person he is. I wish there was some how I could tell the world, but it is not my place. so i will write on this silly blog and hope that no one else ever gets hurt by him.

I wish crazy people will leave me alone. Seriously.

this is funny... it's a penguin soap opera!

http://www.ktvu.com/news/20021701/detail.html

Ran 7 miles this morning with the Todd Road Stumblers. And now I have matching blisters on my toes. sorta cute. but not so much.

I drank a crap load of water and peed a bbunch. but now my head hurts and my mouth is really dry so I have to drink some more.

I'm working in Southland tonigth from 4-10pm and my mommy and daddy are coming to Lexington tomorrow.

Subway

Has any one seen that TV commerical for Subway with Jared and Michael Phelps? It sort of shows them mirroring each other's life, but in the last shot, they both sit down together at Subway to eat lunch together.

Did anyone wonder see the irony that Jared is a person that needs like 2000 calories a day, maybe even 1500 if he's still trying to lose weight, while Phelps eats like 10K calories a day? and they were sitting down to the same lunch?

Anybody?

is anyone else bothered by the fact that it was very important for MJ to hide his children from the public eye, and one of her first appearances is in front of a packed staples center and broadcasted all over the world? What 11 year speaks at her father's funeral anyway?

Today I was training in inpatient pharmacy. It was pretty boring. At one point, I almost fell asleep. We were suppose to go to an MUE meeting but it ended up getting cancelled. And then in the afternoon, we went over to Leestown to meet with the pharmacist over there and see what rotations we want to sign up for.

Tomorrow, we are meeting with the Cooper Drive clinical pharmacists and thursday we are planning our schedule for the next year.

It was super hot when I biked to my car today. Thankfully it wasn't hot yesterday because I had to walk to my car when I got a flat on my tire.

We got our first cucumber off of Jeremy's vertical garden. haven't eaten it yet, but it looks pretty good.

When I went to the gym, Kathy Griffin was on in the cinemia room. It was awesome.

Zippy and Turtle have been hanging out on top of the TV stand that Jeremy put together today. They had better live it up because this time next week they will have to compete with the new TV that we are getting.

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Less silence... more posts. That seems like a tall request.

We went to IKEA and the IMAX yesterday, even though previously I think I had posted that we were going last weekend. IKEA was pretty stressful. very big and very busy. But we got a TV stand. And we will be getting a 52 inch Sharp Aquos on the 9th. Tax free 1499.99. Working for the VA is awesome in case you didn't know. Everything in the canteen is tax free. yep. Our old TV and stand wil be going to my parents. They will be picking it up on Sunday the 12th. We need to dust it off for them.

Maybe is slightly freaked out. the fireworks in the neighbood has started.

residency is still going good. Next week I think I am going to be working in inpatient. We won't start our rotation schedule until the end of the month.

This morning Jeremy ran in a 10k and did really well. I slept in, and then went to the gym and did about an hour of cardio. Tomorrow if the weather is nice we are going for a really long bike ride and then maybe to the gym for weights.

This afternoon we went to the residency picnic. it was sorta strange because the UK professors totally outnumbered any VA pharmacists. It was a little strange.

We still have met one of the 2nd year residents who we are sharing an office with. I don't think she comes for another 2 weeks or so.

I am so glad that I have tomorrow off. I had to work at the VA last weekend, and I ended up working 11 days straight, including two midnight shifts at CVS. I was pretty tired by Thursday night.