Let The Good Times Roll

I finished my last ER overnight shift (for a while, at least)! YES! Even though I have to work Labor Day, have to work 6 days straight, and only have one day off this week, I am trying to be positive. Plus my man is back from Sweden. I was really starting to miss him, so I'm happy. Plus I watched more of my new favorite show---Californication! I highly recommend it. Rent it real quick before the new season starts later this month on Showtime. There's not much catching up to do, so it's an easy watch...again, it's highly recommended. Plus, later this month, my very close friend Anthony is getting married AND later this year another very close friend, Koh, is getting married! I have yet to meet their wives to be and I look forward to it. I was just thinking about how after this year I may have the chance to have a life again...and it's something to look forward to. I want to be back to my old self. I have so much to do: ideas I need to follow through on, "self improvement projects" as I call them, exercise, travel, films to watch, people and pets to spend time with, art projects, cleaning, tattoos to get (I'm considering getting a tat at this place), bad TV to watch....so much I want to do. It's these things that keep me going when times get rough at work. Another very close friend, Jennifer, is in town visiting. She's in medical school down in Grand Cayman. Sadly our schedules didn't vibe and we couldn't meet up and I really want to see her. Hopefully soon, though...in the meantime I keep telling myself to keep truckin' along to get to the end of this internship to become that supervet I really want to be...

When Bad Gets Worse...Then Better Again

I had a bad day...a 14 hour type day where I felt like no matter how I tried, I could not leave the damn hospital. I finally leave, and I'm tired, pissed that I didn't get home an hour earlier, and then I finally reach the parking lot of my building, only to find that someone decided to park their car in my parking spot (an assigned parking spot that we pay for). So I was LIVID to say the least. I go and tell the doorman and I am furious. I proceed to leave a nasty, but profanity-free note on the windshield of the offender's car and the doorman promised to ticket him/her. Because the super is the only one allowed to get cars towed, it wouldn't be towed until morning when he's in the office. So I go up to the apartment and see my little Gustaf, and I am reminded that all is well in the world. I shower, then go check on the car and find that whoever it was left. And hopefully they got the point. I started watching the first two episodes of the Showtime TV show "Californication". I like it so far: sex, drugs, self loathing in L.A., and sarcasm. I stumbled upon this show because it stars David Duchovny, star of the X Files!

Oversleeping and Indulging?

I took today off; for the first time I've had an "extended" weekend (3 days in a row). I really needed it. I ended up oversleeping, which I don't really like to do, but my sleeping buddy Gustaf was all for it. He's such a sweetie! I watched some X Files, too. I really want to catch that National Geographic show called "Locked Up Abroad", but I have yet to find it on. The new season starts Monday September 8th! A favorite of mine is "Kitchen Nightmares" on Fox. Maybe when Marcus and I move back into the boroughs I'll indulge in my ivy league snootiness by joining the Cornell Club. It's exclusive: just for Cornelians, as "we" are called (ha ha),l their family, and associated organizations. Pretty funny, but they do have a restaurant, fitness center, and hotel...ooh and all the Cornell related events! (Wouldn't go to those, though).

Themes on ER

So I've noticed a trend: every night on ER there's a theme! One night it was neurological issues, the other night it was ocular issues, and last night was foreign body ingestion with vomiting....oh ya. Well, last night was a long one, and I'm so happy it's over. Because today is the start of my "weekend". Today my family is coming over. So I have to come up with a quick meal...and I'm so tired, I can't cook, nor do I have any food here...so I'm going to order a basil, tomato sauce, and mozzarella pizza from Joanne's Gourmet Pizza, which is apparently a pretty good pizza shop. Then tonight I may get some grocery shopping done and watch a little X Files.

Le Cube and Upcoming Events

Well, back to overnights I go. Augh. So I tried to sleep in late today. Marcus is going to the motherland---Sweden---today. We're going to miss him. But the funny thing is that with this overnight schedule, we literally don't see each other for 3 days straight sometimes! So he's going to hang out with family and friends in Stockholm and his hometown, Sundsvall. Beautiful country, highly recommend visiting it (in the summer). Anyway, we recently said goodbye to our coffee machine, the Tassimo. We loved it, but it was time to move onto better things when it finally broke down. It was a pod system meaning it made a cup at a time, and it was super easy in terms of clean up. Well now we have the Nespresso Le Cube. Also a pod system, easy cleanup. It's a great machine. Would highly recommend it, but it only makes espresso (no americanos) so if that's an issue for you and you can't deal with straight espressos or cappuccinos, this is not the system for you. Anyway, I'm going to try to watch a little more of X Files Season 1. In a few days me and Stephen are heading back to the crazy Korean day spa, Spa Castle and I am so excited! My parents are also stopping by on Sunday, so that'll be fun. My mom still hasn't seen our new place.

Today's Addendum

Well, I just finished watching the first two episodes ever of the late, great show, the X Files. My goal is to re-watch the entire series over the next year or so. I love this show, the conspiracy, the sarcasm, the aliens, all of it. I named my blog in honor of it. If you've never seen this show, you should! If you need to catch up or need a summary, check this site out (also one of my preferred links on my blog). And the first movie was really good (although not necessary in my opinion). On the other hand, the last, most recent X Files movie, "X Files: I Want to Believe" was so bad that I wanted to walk out. What a mess. Today I also finished watching "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead". Very messed up, but good movie about a robbery gone very wrong. Oh, the photo? That's a photo of me and Seren from her visit yesterday.

24 and 16

I just got up from sleeping 16 hours! That's way too long. I never like sleeping that much. But the reason is because before those 16 hours, I had been awake for 24 hours straight. I got home Sunday morning from overnight ER and then Terry-a, Steve, Seren (their 4 month old), Lauren, and Nick came over to the Island to hang out for a bit. It was great to see them! The food was great: Marcus made a risotto dish, Terry-a made a coffee cake, and Lauren made some yummy brownies. Terry-a told us that she got the recipe from the Barefoot Contessa cooking show, which reminded me of that great Valentine's Day chocolate ganache cake I made based on a recipe from the same cook (see my blog archives for Valentine's day for the recipe!). Terry-a, Steve, and Seren will be going to Northern Italia for a month so Steve can do some research there, Lauren is getting ready to start her new school year (she's an elementary school teacher), and Nick is hard at work rebuilding their house (he is a carpenter extraordinaire). Seren has gotten very big, and we made great progress---she's not crying when I hold her and she's away from her mom! So that was a big step...Steve was inquiring about our carved wooden ibex trophy and I located the website we got it from in case he wanted more information. I brought up the Manwich commercial that always gets stuck in my head, but no one knew what I was talking about. So I've attached the link here to prove this thing exists!

How I Survived My First Overnight on ER

I am so tired...all I have to say is what the @#$@**@#$. Last night was the night of all animals with neurological problems and those who wanted to die. And even a tortoise came in. So how did I do it? Thank the Lord that my friend Gina was there...well she was supposed to leave at midnight, but ended up being so busy she worked 24 hours straight and left after me in the morning...that was pretty horrific for her, but really, I was so happy to have a friendly face to bounce my ideas off of. Now I'm awake again and in a few hours here we go again...augh.

Tornadoes, Billy Joel, Fountains, and Detox

WOAH it's been a LONG time since I blogged. Things have been crazy. Well, I've been busy, busy with work...some days are good, lots of days suck, and yesterday on ER I was tempted to cry. I really hope this time next year I won't feel this way and that the learning curve is a steep one. Anyway, Long Island seems to have crazy weather. A few days ago there was a tornado spotted off the beach, and today there's a tornado warning. Another disturbing factoid/observation about the Island---people here love Billy Joel. YUCK...I guess because he's from the Island himself. I went out and got Gustaf the Petmate Fresh Flow Pet Fountain. I've noticed that he has interest in sinks, and I really want him to drink more water...you may or may not know that male cats are at risk for developing urinary obstructions (hello emergency situation!) so you really need to make sure they're drinking enough water. Anyway, I hope he goes for it. Some cats prefer moving water. But I am also concerned that the fountain itself is making too much noise. Last night, after my sixteen hour workday, I got home and just felt really gross: I hadn't eaten all day, I haven't worked out regularly in weeks...no months, and I've been eating not so well either. I asked Marcus if I've gained weight since entering vet school and he said that indeed I have gained some. (We have an honesty agreement regarding this topic). So even though I fit into all my clothes, I can agree that I feel like I've lost definition, and that I'm feeling a lil' thick all over. So today I decided I needed to really, really try to eat better since I don't have time (for the next year) to work out. I really hate that I can't workout regularly...but absolutely I refuse to become a disguisting sloth!!! That's NOT going to happen!