Hillary versus Obama

Just kidding.

So It's been 11 days since Lent. I gave up all sweets and all chips. Without dieting, I have already lost 3 pounds! I only cheated once, and it was when I grabbed a peppermint candy after lecture one day, forgetting that I'd given up all sweets. What I did give up was the constant snacking on garbage that I do all day at work. Most of it is hunger driven because the only thing really good the hospital gives us is plenty of cookies and chips. Then there's the drug rep who brings us little miniature candy bars. Between all this, I figured out I'm eating an extra 900 calories a day. Yikes. Well. That's over. Who knew that just cutting out needless snacking could result in weight loss? So simple, yet so challenging.

Caution!

When working in the MRI room, make sure you take off all metal objects! They will either 1. get sucked into the machine or, 2. break. Last week I forgot to take off my watch and it promptly quit working, frozen in the exact time that I walked into the room. Strangely enough, it miraculously started working again a week later.

Can anyone explain this to me?

Out of the frying pan and into the fryer...

I was soooo happy to be finished with my trauma ICU rotation. As it turns out, I just traded in one nightmare for another. I had my second day of kids' anesthesia and it's really crazy. Kids are scary. They turn on you for no reason. Like today. My second case is cruisin' along and all of a sudden the baby became hypoxic and turned this awful grey color. We called a cardiologist to come in and do a quick enchocardiogram, but it yielded no information.

I got home and realized this is the first time in 2 months I've gotten home while it's still daylight, so I went on (what used to be) my daily 3 mile walk. While walking, a bird flew over and pooped on me.

Uh, God? Did I do something to upset you?