Getting grumpier by the minute...

I really want to take a sledgehammer to our phones right now. I'm exhausted and feeling shitty, we're understaffed all week, and the phones just won't stop ringing. I'm beginning to hate everyone and everything that's getting in the way of me attempting to collect my fuzzy, useless thoughts into something resembling normal consciousness. Caffeine and analgesics just aren't cutting it any more. My brain feels like a sponge soaked in dirty dishwater. I have no attention span, and I keep losing focus in the middle of calls (which is pathetic, given that most last less than three minutes).

Augh! Fuck off and die, little blinking light!

My temper is definitely fraying. I really want to perpetrate some violence on a helpless pile of deadwood, but I don't have my axe anymore, and I doubt my body would cooperate at the moment anyway.

I'm really not fit for human company at the moment.

Fucking fibro. Fuck fuck fuckity fuck.

And I'm teaching tonight, too. I'd damn well better be in an improved mood by then, or I'm going to be a hell of an instructor.

On a positive note...

In the patient-instructing program we're currently working with the residents; basically evaluating their skill levels in breast/pelvic exams because no matter what their specialties, they'll all do stints in the ER, and such. This often means a decent amount of training and fine-tuning of their technique (some who studied in countries where gynecology is considered a specialty have never had training in it at all). Last night I happened to have two who were particularly well-prepared and excellent. One was especially startlingly good, and it turns out he'd trained with patient-instructors at his med school.

It's rewarding to see, first-hand, the kind of difference that makes.

Even grumpy, achy, and fuzzy-headed, it was a good session.

And my mood is starting to improve; the phones have slowed down some, and I'm not feeling 'on the edge of a hissy fit' any more.

Hey local folks...

Anyone up for silly movies at my house sometime this weekend? I'm thinking maybe Saturday afternoon.

bec76 is going to be in Chicago all weekend, and I'm working on finding (cheap/free) ways of entertaining myself. It occurs to me that I've been more anti-social than usual recently, and I should fix that.

Anyone who'd like is welcome to BYOB.

Note: my home is evil incarnate for folks with pet allergies, unfortunately.

Wow... X-Ray sex...

I'm thinking probably not worksafe.

Really fascinating and cool, though. At least if one happens to be a biogeek with a fascination with sexuality.

Now I'm tempted to try and find out how many other bizarre biogeek sex images are out there. Probably not a search to do from work, dammit. However, if you happen to know of some, post me links and make me happy.