the nebulous pronoun

Ok, what the heck is up with doctors in the hospital who are unable to differentiate between the he/she. This happens constantly and it drives me INSANE. Because imagine if I'm the patient and all of my doctors are sitting around referring to "he" and "him." WTF GUYS I AM TOTALLY A GIRL.

I think that it's probably because they are taking care of a ton of patients - it's usually the residents in a supervisory role that do this, though it does trickle down to the interns sometimes. It's hard to remember names/sexes so you usually start a conversation off like oh, "Sarah Adams, the girl with the 4 heads" and then by the end everyone's calling Sarah a he.

It drives me crazy. I always make a point to correct the pronoun if I join the convo, but that probs doesn't make me the most loved med student. OH WELL

for example

57.68 today at subway. NOT EVEN TRYING.

this gets you:
3 chobani yogurts
butter
6 eggs
quart of milk
hot dogs
wheat thins
bag of clementines
broccoli/carrots/snap peas stir fry veggies (not frozen)
5 assorted frozen meals
simply juice OJ + mango (soooo good)
2 L cherry coke
box of mike and eikes
shaving cream
foot cream (seriously, my right foot is like, molting.)

why is this my only true talent??

in other news, i may have found somewhere to live in SF. kkuang is checking into a place for me! if i can get that settled, i can start to worry about other things. i also cleaned today, and cleaning always makes me feel much better about my life in general. now it is time for more cleaning.

it's finally spring in baltimore and it really makes life more worth living for me. any winter feels like too much winter to me.

everything hits at once

There are too many things in my life that are about to happen, and they are paralyzing me. It's almost exactly like this blog post:

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/06/this-is-why-ill-never-be-adult.html

Technically, I'm not that busy right now. I just work from like 6:30am-7 or 8pm every day. That's pretty standard in med school, especially on a sub-i. But everything that's going to happen in June/July is freaking me out and wearing me down. I should be able to focus on the joy of taking care of babies again, and all I want to do is play on the internet and sleep. Mostly sleep, actually.

June:
-take step 2 CS
-get all my rec letters for meds/peds
-oh btw decide between meds and peds, which i am finding to be friggin difficult
-move out of my house
-say goodbye to bmore peeps
-spend quality time with brandon
-go to vegas
-go to houston, see parents, see grandparents, get cavities filled
-go see the final space shuttle launch??
-take step 2 CK (maybe, maybe in July)

July
-store my car somewhere? i dunno where. anyone need a car for a year? jk.
-go to bethesda for international doris duke orientation
-go to UCSF
-subset of this: MUST FIND PLACE TO LIVE. actually got a bunch of replies today to a craigslist post. should i live with a 35 year soprano with a bunny but no living room, or a family of 3 with a spare room? or in a weirdly ornate house but in a great location? also, why are they all so anal about having overnight visitors? it's not like i'm going to have a bunch of randos all night every night.
-maybe take step 2 CK here if i don't get around to it in June.

FREAK OUT.

unfortunately, i am just worrying about all of those things instead of doing the things i am supposed to be doing, like patient care, studying, cleaning, and packing so that June and July don't implode in my face. yup. wish me luck. and if i haven't called lately, i'm sorry, but i'm probably curled up in a corner somewhere hyperventilating. or sleeping.