no matter what

When I go to safeway, I spend 60 dollars, +/- 5. It's amazing because I don't try to do that. I can get 5 items or 15, and they are always, total, 60 dollars. I want to enter an olympics where I shop for things that add up to exactly sixty dollars, and then sleep for more than 12 hours. I would win ALL THE PRIZES.

today

my patient looked at me when i walked in the room and said "thank goodness you are always here." haha. that just about made my day. it's true that when she had a "gout attack" (probably false alarm) at 4am in the morning, i'm the one that came running. the unique part about being a medical student is that you usually do have the time to be the person that's always around. if it's a small thing, it's right up my alley.

when another of my patients left, she gave me a hug, and i was surprised because getting her well had been a long, slightly antagonistic struggle. but i think she realized we were in it together? aww.

but think how much more adorable that moment would have been if she was a small child??? like one time on peds when i was leaving the room and the parent said "marie says you get an A+." ADORBS. haha. we'll see what i end up choosing, medicine or pediatrics. but at least all adults don't hate me.

PS - lady number one - the one who's glad i'm always around to take her crazy complaints (ie, "They're only feeding me THREE MEALS A DAY here!!!!!) also thanked the entire team as a whole for diuresing her, telling us that she "looked like a straight piglet when i came in here, hooves and all. straight piglet." sure, sure. that's what we do. turn piglets back into humans?

i can't believe how upset i am about this

How does Houston not get a space shuttle? I can't even begin to comprehend. Every astronaut that has ever been in a space shuttle has lived in Houston, Texas. I just cannot even believe it. I hear it's basically a personal diss to our state for being Republican and therefore useless to our President. Well, maybe he forgets that there are Democrats in our state too. Or maybe he just forgot that Mission Control is in Houston; that the International Space Station is run from Houston; that we train our astronaut corps in Houston; and that it's Houston that brings the astronauts home safely.

I don't think LA or New York deserves this in the least. Where's the history and the context that would make the exhibit truly unique? It's in Houston. Sorry if you don't like the color of our state, Mr. President. But you could at least respect the Johnson Space Center for its invaluble role in promoting human space flight.

"Obviously, I am extremely disappointed that NASA did not select Houston to house one of the retired shuttle orbiters, despite the fact that the space shuttle program's history is inextricably linked to Johnson Space Center. Throughout its 30-year history, the program has been managed in Houston, each mission has been controlled by the talented professionals at Mission Control, and astronauts who have flown on shuttles have been trained and lived in the community. NASA's current human space flight mission, the International Space Station, was completed using the shuttle fleet and is also managed at Johnson Space Center. It is unthinkable that the home of human space flight would not represent the ideal home for a retired orbiter. I specifically asked NASA Administrator Bolden to follow the law, which stipulates priority should be given to communities with strong historical ties to NASA, and in particular the shuttle program."

-- U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas)

"We are heartbroken to learn of the decision that the space shuttle will not be allowed to return home to Houston. Home is where the heart is, and Houston has served as the heart of the space shuttle program since its inception nearly four decades ago. All the astronauts lost were Houston residents. We again share a collective loss as a result of the political decision to send the space shuttle elsewhere. We had prayed that the incredible sacrifices this community has endured would have allowed the shuttle's legacy to continue here. Although we disagree with this decision, we will persevere in our support of space exploration, just as we have done in the past."

-- Evelyn Husband Thompson, Jonathan Clark, Sandy Anderson, Lorna Onizuka, Cheryl McNair, family members of the Columbia and Challenger astronauts