so sleepy.

so, it's about 5 after 9 pm. and i'm so tired i can barely see. i dont know what i'm going to do when i actually have a rotation in which my hours exceed 7 or 8... one in which i am actually working for more than just the first hour. since i only see patients on my own at the hospital and pretty much just job shadow the rest of the day, i'm slightly less than stressed on the job. but i still can't stay awake past 9:30 or so without hallucinating. must. listen. to. the. voices. it sounds like they're saying "go to SLEEP!" so i will. in a minute.

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a good friend of mine, tara (we went to undergrad together, where she was a year under me, and now we go to med school together where she is a year over me - she started a year early, i took a year off...) finally emailed me back today, and is actually in town this month doing a rotation at the SAME HOSPITAL we round at in the mornings! how fun. hopefully we'll be able to get together soon.

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i think i'm going to have to start strictly limiting my computer time in the afternoon. see, i get off work at about 3:30 (2:30 today... ), go to the gym, and usually get home around 5ish. then i turn on my laptop, sync my handheld (which enters my patient logs onto the portal system at the school), and read my email and check your sites for updates. this part of the afternoon takes me WAY TOO LONG! it must stop. then i jump in the shower, grab some dinner, try to do some reading (this usually actually ends up in a little tv time...), and then it's time for sleeping. i have no idea where the evening goes.

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i'll leave you with a few rules of the casa de karma:

1. the shower walls must be squeegeeed after each use. there is a little hook with a yellow squeegee hanging in my shower. i'm not kidding.

2. all toilet lids must remain in the down position unless in use. i rebel and leave mine open overnight. i'll show them!

3. all cardboard goes in the recycle container closest to the wall in the garage. all other recyclables must go in the container closest to the door.

4. the doors to the tv cabinet must be closed if the tv is not on.

5. the iron must be turned completely off BEFORE you unplug it from the wall. you must then immediately pour out any leftover water.

does anyone else get the impression that the people i'm living with are a skosh on the OCD side??