1 down. 3 more to go.

Another rotation done. Yippee!!!! After 4 weeks of working 11-hour shifts, I am definitely glad to be done! This has been my best rotation so far, and not necessarily because I did better on this rotation, but it's more on what I learned and how I learned from this rotation. My preceptor has been the best preceptor I've had. She not only taught me pediatrics-related topics, but also taught me how to be a better pharmacist, by sharing with me tips and techniques that she was taught and teaching me good habits to cultivate in terms of working up patients. I wish I had had this rotation earlier in my residency program.

This is it!

Finally made up my mind on a blog theme last night after weeks! Sheesh...
I decided to move my pharmacy e-portfolio from Google sites to WordPress. With the number of themes available on WordPress, the selection process was long and drawn out as you can imagine. Anyway, it is up and running, and I've managed to post a few things on there as well in the past few days. It's still not complete. I still need to update the 'About Me' pages and that sort of stuff but at least it's there. Trying to make it a repository of everything pharmacy-related. Here's a link to it if interested.

Gilmore Girls marathon
Refresh yourself theme at Toastmasters
Coke and Pepsi
Quiznos sub beef and cheese
The color green
Cobalt Blue
Feeling the rustiness of my fingers when I played the piano
Drugs, chemo, stomach cancer, medications, IV antibiotics, Sinemet toxicity
Sunshine
New sheets
Brandi Carlile

Had a wonderful afternoon/early evening. Actually, today was an excellent day for me. I started my first day on a rotation today. My drive to the site was enjoyable -- not what I was expecting. It only took me 30 minutes to get to my destination. I tried to park on a residential street but was called out by a protective resident. I had to then move my car a few houses down. I decided to try my luck to see if my idea would be accepted. But no luck. She turned me down, citing that her 2 university daughters would need the parking space in front of her house. Oh well... I tried. I admitted defeat after that and proceeded to park on Boundary. I haven't quite decided yet whether to try my luck again tomorrow. I'm leaning towards not, and just sucking it up, and taking the hike everyday. I figured the exercise would be good for me, and I don't need to start until 9:45-10ish.

It was a pretty lax day. Lots of talking about clinical pharmacy, and about leadership. Tonight I have to write about my vision for rm.

I left at 10 minutes to 3. Drove to RCH to pick up a laptop. I was tempted to stay there longer than I needed to because I found street parking that still had 4.5 hours left in the meter. What luck! I didn't have any problems finding the office or getting in. I was in and out in 10 minutes. Sweet. Drove home. Stopped at IGA to pick up bread, chicken, bananas and soup. I got home and made chicken curry. After dinner, I flicked the fireplace on, pulled out a throw, and curled up on the couch and read for a couple of hours. I finished Schumann Proof. What a way to spend the evening...

Now it's off to work. I'll tackle emails and write that paper, and then off to bed.