Rants, Recipes, and Running

As many of you know, I am in my psychiatric-mental health rotaiton right now. And I L-O-V-E it!!! However, I do find it to be a little emotionally draining at times. While at the same time, I feel quite fortunate for my situation because..... I could take the worst, god-awful, horrible, miserable day of my life -- and there are patients in this unit that would DREAM to live that day (in comparison to the one their living). I'm not homeless. I have a great family. Stability exists in my life. I don't hear voices when I wake up in the morning, there are no trees in my house telling me to boil dog-feces on the stove (yes, I spoke with a patient who heard these voices), I dont have a substance-abuse addiction -- and overall I feel pretty darn good about life. However....I have to share two creepy experiences that have happened in just 3 weeks of this rotation. My first day on the unit; we were informed there is a woman in a "severe state of mania". We we...

1. When you were a senior in high school, what career did you think you’d choose? Did you? Why or why not? I thought I was going to be a Music Educator. I wanted to major in Music Education, and then go on to get my masters and be a professor for trombone specifically. Why did I change my mind? -- I do not know! I think when I really evaluated myself, I realized my biggest interest was in health/medicine/etc. 2. What one thing about the “real world” did you find most surprising once you were on your own? The last 5 words of the question spells it out: "You were on your own.". It first hit me about 2 weeks after I moved to Tucson, and it was rough! For the first time in my life....I had no one to solve my problems for me, no one to cry to. It was a good learning experience. 3. Name 3 things you think your closest friends DON’T like about you. -I am way to much of a hermit ! For example: my spring break week? -- I did not speak face-to-face with a single person other tha...

Sometimes we just need a weekend getaway. I can't think of the last full day that Ryan & I truly had "together". It's been crazy. When we do seem to have a day together, a large chunk of it is spent studying. But we took an escape this weekend..... It was supposed to be in Puerto Penasco, Mexico. But some information we received caused to re-group and find a new destination: San Diego ! (Details on the planning of our trip to come later....) If I could....I would pack up my life and move to San Diego tomorrow. It is the most pleasant city on earth, that I have experienced. So here I will break down our trip...... Thursday: We hit the road at 6:30 am and were in San Diego by noon! It was the most beautiful drive. Amazing how each our of the trip had a slight change in scenery! Our first stop was the Ferry Landing of Coronado Island (the island we stayed on) We walked the pier, admired the boats of the marina, and stopped for lunch at a great restaura...