This week has been bad for my work.
Sunday: off
Monday: off
Tuesday: inservice at work 1200 to 1330, work from 1330 to 0700 on Wednesday morning :( 19.5 hours in total. Wow.
Wednesday: work from 2300 to 0700
Thursday: off
Friday: work from 2300 to 0700
Saturday: work from 2300 to 0700.
And I'll work Sunday night as well. Usually I just work from 1500 to 0700 on Tuesday and Thursday and every other weekend, but my lovely unit coordinator screws up my schedule all the time. Even though she's the one who decided to have me work Tuesday, Thursday, and every other weekend. Gah!
The only positive thing from this is the big payoff when I get my paycheck. She's taking my time from my dear husband away and I don't appreciate it. I can't always put my life on hold for work.
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Thursday, September 22, 2011
Will We Survive!?
The MedStud has TWO tests this week, one today and one on Friday! Ahh! After this however, he will be done with Microbiology. And he is so happy.
The week started off pretty bad. He drives a scooter to school because we only live 7 miles away (even though we have 2 cars) and the scooter completely broke down on Monday. Uh-oh. He was freaking out because he now prefers to study at the school and without his precious scooter, how would he get to school? My suggestion: drive the car (duh). We have money, it's not like we're destitute, and we're able to afford parking for a couple days. Then, get the scooter an appointment at the dealership, and get it fixed! Brilliant, huh?
He didn't think so.
"Well, the parking lot is such a long walk from the school, and I have to leave for home when it's dark...Plus the parking is $4 per day!! PLUS, the dealership is always super overpriced and I can maybe fix it myself!" (Can you feel the sarcasm oozing out of my writing?) So, he ended up trying to drive the scooter that can now only drive 20 MPH to school and it stopped working on the way home. He spent so much time trying to figure out what was wrong, and we even tipped the scooter over to pour the gasoline into a vase (much to my chagrin, as the gas was spilling all over the grass) to see if the type of gas he had put in was the problem. Finally, he purchased a brand new battery for it and it worked.
Hallelujah. My husband turned into a crazy person the few days his scooter was broken and I didn't like it. I'm sure this is what he thinks of me when I'm on my period... "What a crazy lady!"
The week started off pretty bad. He drives a scooter to school because we only live 7 miles away (even though we have 2 cars) and the scooter completely broke down on Monday. Uh-oh. He was freaking out because he now prefers to study at the school and without his precious scooter, how would he get to school? My suggestion: drive the car (duh). We have money, it's not like we're destitute, and we're able to afford parking for a couple days. Then, get the scooter an appointment at the dealership, and get it fixed! Brilliant, huh?
He didn't think so.
"Well, the parking lot is such a long walk from the school, and I have to leave for home when it's dark...Plus the parking is $4 per day!! PLUS, the dealership is always super overpriced and I can maybe fix it myself!" (Can you feel the sarcasm oozing out of my writing?) So, he ended up trying to drive the scooter that can now only drive 20 MPH to school and it stopped working on the way home. He spent so much time trying to figure out what was wrong, and we even tipped the scooter over to pour the gasoline into a vase (much to my chagrin, as the gas was spilling all over the grass) to see if the type of gas he had put in was the problem. Finally, he purchased a brand new battery for it and it worked.
Hallelujah. My husband turned into a crazy person the few days his scooter was broken and I didn't like it. I'm sure this is what he thinks of me when I'm on my period... "What a crazy lady!"
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Studying
The MedStud is in his second year of medical school. He is currently learning about Pharmacology and is really having a good time! It's so nice for me as well, because helping him study helps me remember certain things about medications and how they work in the body.
That is one very thing positive about medical school, that you as the wife/SO learn so much! It's great!
The MedStud goes to school every day from at least 0800 to 1200, and sometimes has extra classes in the afternoon and preceptorship every other Monday. He is precepting at an Internal Medicine doctor's office which specializes in diabetes. It's been so educational for him and insightful on the awful disease that diabetes is. After school and preceptorships, he studies basically the rest of the night. With second year comes studying and preparing for the first boards. These are killer, and although I don't understand them completely right now, I know they're super hard. It's a full time job! There is no way we would be able to survive if I wasn't working. That's one thing I stress to everyone considering this route - you need to have a source of income. True, you can take out all the loans that the government offers and get scholarships, but with capitalizing interest and the lovely government plan that just came out, all graduate students are required to pay their interest back much sooner than they were before. If you don't want a mountain of debt hanging over you, have some stream of income.
That is one very thing positive about medical school, that you as the wife/SO learn so much! It's great!
The MedStud goes to school every day from at least 0800 to 1200, and sometimes has extra classes in the afternoon and preceptorship every other Monday. He is precepting at an Internal Medicine doctor's office which specializes in diabetes. It's been so educational for him and insightful on the awful disease that diabetes is. After school and preceptorships, he studies basically the rest of the night. With second year comes studying and preparing for the first boards. These are killer, and although I don't understand them completely right now, I know they're super hard. It's a full time job! There is no way we would be able to survive if I wasn't working. That's one thing I stress to everyone considering this route - you need to have a source of income. True, you can take out all the loans that the government offers and get scholarships, but with capitalizing interest and the lovely government plan that just came out, all graduate students are required to pay their interest back much sooner than they were before. If you don't want a mountain of debt hanging over you, have some stream of income.
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