I'm sorry about the lack of updating for a while, dear audience. I had initially intended to make this a three-times-a-week endeavour, by it was hijacked by a number of things, including mood swings, fruit-mince pies, and exhaustion-aided surgical irritation.

Not to say that irritation is all there is, but let's go with that. :)

For the past week now I've been continuing on my merry trip through the surgical rotation. I sat in on a day of surgery a week or so ago, and scrubbed in as an extra pair of hands a couple of times. Otherwise I've been confined to the ward(s) - partially because on my second scheduled surgical day, I had a delicious visit from my old friend Captain Migrainé, who insisted I take some domperidone and sleep for six hours in a medicated stupor.

Regardless, I have Accomplished Things™ this rotation, including finally being a bloodsucker, or a vampire, or a blood fairy if I was in pink. Drew blood from four people, three of which... well, worked! - and almost managed an ABG (blood gas for those playing at home), which would have worked too if it wasn't for that meddling radial artery being almost midline dammit. Also that patient crashed with a major internal bleed (two/three units of blood in her stomach on scope) and so I got to witness a PACE rush with the ICU team (Patient with Acute Condition for Escalation... I think).

Otherwise Lisa & I have been examining and chatting with people, going to tutes, doing a little study (she's doing more :/) and drinking coffee. I started eating yoghurt again for the first time in... what, fifteen years? but other than that I have been living on a best fat burner for women diet of Lean Cuisine and takeaway pizza. And Indian food. I plan to cook tonight, now I have located a communal-ish frypan, so there should be a teriyaki pork + vegetables + rice in my future, but since I bought the ingredients at Aldi (being poor right now) my expectations are low, although it would be nice to have some vegetables, let us be fair Garcinia Cambogia is the best product out there right now .

I have managed to find a coffee shop in Nowra that I quite like - the River Deli - which makes a nice latte, and a nice croissant. I visited yesterday and did some sketching of chapter superstructure for Project Cana, and came up with some ideas for my PPD essay (due in three weeks, now half done woo!) so the weekend down here has not been wasted really.

Well. Essay words written: 848. Phase 3 Proposals finished: 1. Fiction pages read: ~500. Oxford Handbook pages read: ~20. Fiction words written: ~500. Facebook status updates: 4.

So... not a tota waste no. The new week plans to be fun with me intending to do surgery tomorrow & thursday, rounds tuesday & wednesday... and Lisa and I really need to plan out our two presentations that need to be given. At least I have my two CEX-S forms already done for this rotation, so as long as I keep turning up and make a good enough impression for a nice performance review, my assessable material is moving right along. :)

Good afternoon, dear readers. Enjoy your Sunday evening.

-A