'Kvetch'

06-29-07
I’ll call this entry: “Kvetch”

What do you say to a guy who doesn’t look ahead when he makes a left turn right in front of you, not yielding to you when you have the right of way, causing you to slam the brakes as hard as you can and realize that there is no way to prevent an accident.

… ugg…

I was pretty impressed by how I handled everything. I was a little irritated with this young men (who is actually a 2nd year medical student), but I stopped honking my horn I took a big breath, made sure I was not hurt, got out of the car and asked him if he was okay. Since he looked like he was going to cry, and I on the other hand was just cool as a cucumber, I took control and orchestrated everything until the cops came.

I treated this guy the way I would have liked someone to have treated me if it was the other way around. I did say to him—why didn’t you look? To which he said—“I didn’t see you coming” This accident was unnecessary. The only thing that just really annoyed me is that the first thing to come out of his mouth was not “are you okay?” but rather… “I’m very concerned about my car” (a Beamer (BMW for those who don’t know the terminology)). I just wanted to kick him.

Anyways, I’m okay, the guy is okay, his car is a little bent on the side and mine… had to be towed. I have no idea what kind of monetary damage “Bobby” sustained, but I called the insurance and now it is their job to figure it out and fix my car for me. In the meantime I am getting around in a neat little car from the rental place.

Well, I’m glad my car served me well in protecting me from bad injuries. Since no one was hurt I think that on my personal scale of importance, this is down at the bottom. It is just a little irritating, that’s all.

OK. No new flowers for this Friday night… the gorgeous Daisies are still flourishing and I don’t have the heart to throw them away. I’ll post a picture of the new flowers as soon as I get them.

I just finished my two weeks of elective pediatric rotation—I LOVED it!!! I enjoyed it better than I did surgery. It took me about 2 days to get used to the slower pace, but after that I was hooked once again. I am now certain as to what specialty I will be heading—obviously this can still change, but I truly love this field.

Whenever I worked with Dr. G he had a special “question” or “problem” or “interesting thing I think you’ll enjoy thinking about” … I loved those small sessions with him—he really made me think, and I worked hard to figure things out! For the first time ever, I felt like the information was in my brain just popping out when I needed it. That was great :o) Thank you Dr. G!!! Dr. K, Dr. I and Dr. C were just wonderful as well. I have learned so much from each and every one of them—there is so much information I still got to gain, and all of them were great teachers.

Oh—there was a 3rd year medical student in with me. Well… I’m technically still a 3rd year medical student, but I’m at the end of the year and she is at the beginning of the year. It brought back memories… :o) Experience makes such a big difference. I can’t wait to have a few more years under my belt! This student was excited and asked for my thoughts regarding how to approach 3rd year. It was nice to give her my opinions and suggestions.

Dad stopped at my place for a day! It completely makes my day when Dad comes to visit. We got a neat little futon at IKEA together. Last time I was at IKEA, it was with mom (buying my much needed dinning room table). This time we knew what we were getting, so it was a quick stop. We came home and started to build it. We finished it today (okay… Dad finished it today, I was at work). It’s tiny and adorable. Dad said it didn’t go well with the rest of the furniture, but, I still like it. I napped on it this afternoon—it’s not as good as my bed but better than the couch and definitely better than the inflatable bed.

That’s about it. I am studying for a test I have on Monday— I am doing many questions in preparation, but it’s a pain. It would have been so much nicer not to have to worry about this, but, I don’t have that luxury, so I shouldn’t even entertain that thought.

Last thing—the ‘furries’ are doing well—napping a lot, chasing one another and waking me up way too early to feed them…

Have a good weekend,

Reut