Christmas was...a first. It was Adam and my first Christmas together without the rest of the family. It probably would have been much better if 1-I wasn't working the night shift, and 2-I didn't have a wisdom tooth removed on the 23rd. I have never had a tooth pulled before. It was terrible! The dentist was very nice, but it's so terrifying holding your mouth open and having someone yank a tooth out of your freaking mandible while wide awake. I should have taken a vicodin before the procedure, as well as after. It was also probably a poor idea to have a tooth pulled at 10 AM and then go to work at 8PM that night to work a 12 hour shift. Luckily no emergencies.
Adam and I did start what I hope will be a new Christmas tradition: pancakes and bacon and mimosas (!) on Christmas morning. Then we both opened our presents and I went to sleep. Adam's big present came early-I flew our good friend Chris (his best man) down to Florida for a visit. Even though I was on nights, I stayed awake for most of a day to go to the beach.
Work has been fun-I have a bunch of pretty cool medicine cases right now (that all look like they will actually survive), and have been more or less rocking the surgery cases. One of our surgeons has been out of town, so I've been fielding a lot of his phone calls from owners and it's been strenuous. I spend a lot lot lot of time talking to owners about their horses. Seriously, on the more critical cases I update owners twice a day and referring vets once a day. At one point this week I had 6 in-hospital patients (not including outpatients and farm calls). At a minimum of ten minutes for each call , that's over two hours of conversation. I cannot remember when a human physician has ever called to check on me for anything. Anyone else?
In other news, here's an interesting tool I found on the Nature Conservancy website. It calculates your CO2 emissions and compares them to the emissions of the average American household. Check it out: http://www.nature.org/initiatives/climatechange/calculator/?src=l12
It then tells you about carbon offsets, and how you can help. I used to do a lot for the Nature Conservancy when I was a student at Frostburg and it was very rewarding. The Nature Conservancy has preserved land across America-in the Appalachians I did a lot of tree planting and removal of invasive species. It was super fun and I highly recommend it. To my republican friends: this is a nature organization without a huge political slant. I would also like to point out that the Sierra Club was started by John Muir and republican Teddy Roosevelt. Conservation doesn't have to be political.
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