The past few weeks..

The past few weeks have been insanely busy. With the move, several exams, time at the hospital, patient care plans, practices, and a mid-week gig in San Francisco, I can hardly make time for Ugly Betty. Although, let's face it, I make the time.

Of course, with the turbulent times, I also made time for the three different debates. Like many others, I was baffled by Palin's idiocy. Had I known that all it took to be a U.S. Vice Presidential candidate was a pair of fancy shmancy specks, an accent, and a stupid wink, I would have moved to Europe years ago.




Also, on a pretty random note, I went to the bathroom this morning after breakfast, and when I walked back to the living room......the light by the door was switched on. Nobody was at my apartment except for me. I thought for a second, "Did I turn that on, and not even realize it," but I was nowhere near the door the entire morning. Then I thought, "OH GEEZ! Did someone break in, and is that person hiding right now?" I walked around holding a screwdriver while checking every room and closet. I don't know what I would've done with that screwdriver had I actually discovered an intruder. In conclusion, I think Casper paid me a friendly visit. Energy wasting, random scarer, Casper. Thanks for bumping up my PG&E bill, guy.

Kauai, Maternity Rotation, and Moving

A lot's been going on the past few weeks, as evidenced by lack of blogging lately. I went to Kauai for a few days, I started my maternity rotation, and I'm getting ready to move into a new apartment.

1.) Kauai:

It was the most relaxing vacation I've ever had. It was absolutely beautiful. We spent quite a bit of time snorkeling. We got to see a bunch of sea turtles in their natural habitats, a monk seal, several different types of fish, and an eel. We spent some time kayaking, saw a cheesy luau, hung out on a hammock, saw a beautiful sunset, and ate way too much awesome food.






2.) Maternity Rotation:

I am IN LOVE with this rotation. There are cute little babies everywhere, and the patients, for once, are generally happy. I've seen two births so far. It's just about the greatest rotation so far!

3.) Moving:

I HATE moving! I've had to move every 1-2 years, and it gets worse every time. Although, I am a little excited to move to a new complex. There'll be a pool, jacuzzi, gym, communal office, and every apartment has its own assigned garage. We've already started planning out where the furniture will go!

Here's what the model looked like..

OOo-LYMPICS!

OoO-LYMPICS!! OooO-DRAMA! OooO-Awesome! Who knew that I was going to be THIS interested in the Olympics this year? I haven't been this excited about the Olympics since that girl broke her foot in the women's gymnastics team event, and still did a second vault to win it for the team! For some reason, a win isn't as spectacular without an injury. Phelps wins? Big deal! Phelps wins while swimming with 3 functional limbs? FANTASTIC! Here is my break down so far:

1) China is f-ing intimidating:

It took all but 30 seconds for me, and probably the entire nation, to realize that in the event of war, China could totally kick our asses.

Yeah, those are people. And yes, they're just there to drum. 2008 men just drumming. It's like China saying, "Yeah, we have 2008 drummers. If we wanted to we could bring out 400 million, your entire population, to drum and we'd still have several million more left to kick your asses if need be." It's a little unsettling.

2) China is FANCY:

Granted, I haven't witnessed that many Olympic opening ceremonies, but China's opening event had to have been the most beautiful, high-tech, and impressive one to date. In a span of a few hours China reminded the world:

• a. "We have the man power!"
• b. "We invented fireworks, bitches!"
• c. "We can make HUGE l.e.d screens."
• d. "We can do some amazing crap."
  

3) In your FRENCH FACES!!

Last night, the French were officially moded! They failed to smash the U.S. team in the 4 x 1oo, and after talking all that trash, I couldn't blame them for looking so sad. We SMOSHED them! HAHAH! It was awesome!

4) Stupid People!

I caught a glimpse of the TODAY show before going to work this morning. They were filming in Beijing, and they had people screaming in the background as they do when they're in their New York studios. Some people in the background were asked where they'd just come from, and lady replied, "We just came from watching the Men's Butterfly, and _______ won!"

Thanks a lot for ruining THAT for me, lady! It doesn't air until about 11 pm here. Freaken idiot.

It's Not Me, It's You

There has never been a line so overused in a break up than the infamous, "It's not you, it's me." Dan and I had a conversation about the validity of this statement because, let's face it, most of the time the person saying it really means it the other way around. It's the "nice" way of breaking up with someone. It's like saying, "You're great. I'm the asshole that's changed so you shouldn't feel badly about this break up situation."

The reality of it is, the person doing the break up doesn't actually feel that way. I looked back at the few moments I used that line, and I never meant it. I just didn't want to say, "You're too short, and I thought I'd be fine with it, but I guess I'm not." Perhaps the better way to phrase the cliche is, "You haven't changed, but I just realized that I can't deal with that," or, "You haven't changed, and I'm bored now." It might not be as nice, but you know it's the truth.

If, for some miracle, you've actually used this line and meant it, please enlighten me.

Other classic break up lines:

1. “You deserve someone better.”
2. “I just need some time to find out what I want.”
3. “I need some time to experiment and find out who I am.”

Where'd it go?

Birthdays used to be exciting. In my younger years, birthdays almost always meant I would get money to buy Sanrio pens and other junk I already had too much of. Coincidentally, have you seen how slutty Hello Kitty looks lately? I know it's random, but what the heck? Dress a little more age appropriate, Hello Kitty.

Anyway...Years later, birthdays meant being able to drive, getting to watch rated R movies without parental supervision, getting to go to a club, or lawfully drinking alcohol. After 21, it became harder to look forward to birthdays. I thought, "OK, when I turn 25, I'll get to rent a car by myself, and my car insurance rate will drop," but when that time came I was sadly mistaken. I guess insurance rates only go down for men, and I haven't needed to rent a car since I already have one.

I've been probing my brain for something awesome to associate with 27, cause let's face it, it's only 3 years away from 3o, and I gotta look forward to something exciting to replace my anxiety. After some thought, I have decided to go skydiving. I've always wanted to go, and it's exciting! Yes people, 27 is the year you go skydiving. It's official.

• 16: Get to drive
• 17: Get to watch rated R movies
• 18: Get to go clubbing
• 21: Get to drink
• 25: Get to rent a car
• 27: Get to go skydiving

I'll say that 28 will be the year I get to swim with the sharks, 29 is the year I get a scuba diving license and actually use it, and 30...well, I'll have to put more thought into that. 30 is a big deal.