One thing that really puts me out of my comfort zone is going somewhere new by myself. This happened twice tonight. Once I've been somewhere once before I'm fine, even alone, but the first time is the most disconcerting. I get thoughts about what if I'm in the wrong place and all that. Of course, I'll try to work it out myself as best as I can. As well, I have my stupid male ego that doesn't like asking for directions. I'll ask once, but I won't re-ask someone.
The first one happened at work. A nurse from ward MB1 rang looking for the x-rays for a patient who was going into surgery. The doctor in question needed them in pre-op in 10 minutes: somewhere I had no idea how to get to. No one else (that was left) in radiation oncology knew either, so I went to the main hospital's reception and asked them.
The guy there gave me directions to the day surgery pre-op which was not where I wanted to be. I'd wasted about 10 mins at this time so I was getting worried that I'd get in trouble if I wasn't there quick smart. The nurses at day surgery told me some complicated method to get where I wanted. Some of the landmarks sounded familiar and I didn't want to ask to clarify (silly, silly) so I quickly went on my way.
After some aimless wandering around, and not finding theatre or pre-op I decided to follow signs to the patient's ward. Luckily, they hadn't left yet so I just gave the films to the nurse in charge of the patient. Although I did get a reprimanding about taking so long (it was probably about 20 minutes all up).
It was an exciting adventure though, but wouldn't have been so urgent if someone had told us earlier. It's hard to remember how much of a maze a hospital can be if you're not familiar with it.
The second wasn't so bad. I had my CT simulation prac at the Mater hospital which I'd not been to before. I recall looking at a map once of where the radiation oncology was there, so I was pretty confident. When I was walking there I had a little bit of anxiety which faded when I got there, and vanished when I confirmed I was actually there at the right time as well.
The prac went well; I got to use fluoroscopy! We didn't play with the CT machine today, which isn't that bad since I've had plenty of practice when on clinical.
“First off for Margaret: "Hi I'm Hammond and I'm making a voice post". And Rae wanted me to say "Red Leather, Yellow Leather" 10 times fast, but I... am not gonna do that; once can suffice. Yeah so Kelly, Adam and I are having proper dinner tonight. We've got wine and everything. So, we're making zucchini slice and a quiche. Kelly won't eat the quiche because of bacon and Adam won't eat the zucchini slice 'cause it's got zucchini. I win 'cause I can have both [Adam laughs in the background]. And then we've got deep dish apple crumble pie for desert and that we really exciting and we'll probably have food for about 3 days afterwards as well.”
Ahh!! So itchy! I'm guessing my dermatographia's back again (for reals). It started the same as last time i.e. on my hips. Then through the night my feet got itchy, and now my head is insanely itchy as well as my feet. Of course, all with the tell tale sign of light scratching anywhere raising the skin and remaining pigmented for about 10 minutes. I still don't think I could get bored of writing stuff on me... But yeah, going to get some antihistamines as soon as I've had a shower. The itchiness is driving me insane!
Last night I went to dinner with my Grandparents (Granny and Grandad i.e. Dad's parents for those of you playing at home) who were in town briefly on their way back to Perth. It was quite a pleasant dinner and it was nice to see them. It's probably the last time they'll be visiting over this way, so I might not see them for a long time unless I got and see them (and presumably the rest of the family) over in W.A. sometime before I leave the country.
I'm going to mow the lawn this afternoon because I bought a lawn mower with my tax return. Now I'm a real man, or something. It certainly feels manly to own a shiny red loud thing with whirring blades.
My hair has been black for a while and I've been meaning to do something about it. My original plan was to get it cut to leave black tips so it looks cool when it grows out. I somewhat stuck to the plan, but went for something new for me. I have a fringe... thing! There have been mixed opinions, but I like it. ( Decide for yourself ).
Tonight at work, I learnt to close. This is good because apparently I need to do it by myself next time. Eek. Rostering and stuff is screwed at the moment due to the Chermside centre and stuff opening and staff being shuffled around.
Sorry Tania, I did end up finishing in time to come to the movies but it would have been close time-wise. I still would have come even though I don't care for Batman
Today I went with Adam to my old work (Optus) to sort us out a couple of iPhones. Sorted. The kerfuffle with securing a handset though is a little convoluted at the moment. So, we don't have them yet but have to wait until the ones allocated to us are delivered to the store (could be up to a week). I don't mind waiting though. ^.^
I've been thinking about a name for it. Because I've been watching Chobits recently I thought of "Chi" but since I'm getting a (sexy) black one it should be "Freya" which also has the Norse goddess connotations of sex and fertility and all that. My other thought was maybe "Zima", but that's if Adders will call his "Dita".
This means that my current phone is on the way out, which incidentally is one of the few things I never gave a name to. If anyone's interested in a Sony Ericsson K850i with a 1GB memory card on the cheap, let me know. I bought it outright 8 months ago so it'll work on all networks and is still an awesome phone. I won't even charge you for postage.
In somewhat iThing news. The headphones for my iPod, Anastomosis, aren't working despite my electrical tape-age. They're beautiful Sennheiser ones that still work, I just need to find someone that can fix the frayed wiring near the jack. It seems to be the way that most of my headphones go. I'm just not willing to part with this set yet.
I know I've been a bit negligent of the updating recently. In short:
Went to GoMA to see the Picasso exhibit because Jacky was in town on her way to Ireland. This meant I had to skip out on a fun day with Tania and Joe which will need to be rescheduled.
Finally got to see Prince Capsicum Caspian the other night. Seriously, this movie has been against me seeing it. Although it did give me somewhat strange dreams of slicing up people and babies with a sword on a battlefield. I don't know what was up with that. o.O
Ellen broke up with her boyfriend so she's living with us for the time being. I'm not sure if it's for good or just for the time being, but I don't mind Ellen and it makes the rent cheaper and we had a spare room anyway.
Got my mark back for Megavoltage Therapy: 89! This means I'm sitting on a 7 (High Distinction), just hope I can hold onto it for the other half of the subject (it's a 2-semester dealy).
Tonight, I plan to curl up with Crumpet and Izzy (if she'll oblige me) until such time as I need to collect Adders from work. Possibly poke at Support a bit and just enjoy having the house to myself.
After reading kamara's post calling for things for her to say over voice post, I realised I won't voice posting much anymore. The plan with my iPhone doesn't include international calls like my current one does (they're still quite cheap, just no longer included in the cap). Is there anything you've wanted to hear me say in my (botched) Aussie accent?†Give me a phrase or something I can read and I'll do it.
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Because it's the thing to do at the moment, here's where I'm at and where I want to be in Support. I don't have a time frame for my Support goals. I just do what I can, when I can.
Generally, I'm doing okay at it. I find time to hit the board most days of the week, but I'm sad this is going to change (again) when Uni goes back next week. Yes, I know RL > Support. Always. I feel I'm doing a lot better this time around; making sure that I'm taking it easy and doing what I can and not stressing about what I can't/don't have time to do.
The important thing for me is not to lament that I've been an I2 for 90% of the time I've been doing Support. I know it takes a bit of work to get up to Supporthelp level and I can't make the time investment that I want to. I'm chipping away at it though. I've got a bit of positive feedback which made me feel like I'm not doing this for nothing and people are noticing and <3.
The one category that matters most to me is Comms. I've always wanted to work hard in it, from back in the days where I would fight and scrape to get a couple of meagre touches. I like its little quirks and I feel it's a cat that I can master. I'd really like this to be where my first SH privs come from so I'm working harder at it than my other cats.
Gunk and Entries are the other cats that I focus on. I don't have time to take on more so I'd rather concentrate on a few. It used to be just Gunk and Comms for me until Entries split off and I got I2s I found I was doing more of the Entries than the Gunk so I stayed. Since my return, I re-earned my I2s in both cats so that reaffirmed that I know what I'm doing there. Some of the Webby stuff in Entries scares me, but I'm working on it.
I stay away from pretty much everything else on the Board, some (like Userpics) because I've got enough to work on at the moment (and it's difficult to get touches) and some (like Styles and Web) because I'd like to keep it as far away from me as possible. On a side note, I've tried to get Adders to try his hand at Styles especially (since he's good at that stuff) but it's not for him. Which is fine; I think you need to be a certain type of person that wants to do this sort of stuff.
If this has piqued anyone's interest to volunteer; try it! Have a read of the Support Guide first and off you go. We really, really could use some more volunteers.
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