Monday, July 16, 2007

Circadia

I've been off for a week now. I have been going to bed at about 11:30 and getting up at about 8am. Wow. What the hell? I'm happy and content and had a great break with my wife. I cooked dinner tonight for everyone. What the hell is wrong with me?

8 comments:

  1. Amazing isn't. The trick is to hold on to that as long as you can before the rotating shift work chronic pain work excuse 3:00 am runny nose brings you down into the pit of dispair.

    Oh, sorry to be Debby Downer. Glad you had a great week 911.

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  2. I left out the word "it" after amazing. It makes more sense that way.

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  3. It's like an out of body experience, of sorts.

    I had most of last week off, too. Don't worry. 5 minutes after you step in the door of the ER, the old you will come screeching back into your body.

    It's almost painful how quickly the happiness fades. By 1 hour into your shift, it's a fond memory. 4 hours in, you can't remember that you were ever happy.

    Then the screaming drunks start coming in and you find yourself looking around for a 14 gauge Jelco to stab yourself in the neck with......

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  4. It's called 'having a life'. I understand some people arrange to have one full time, and plan their existance around that thing you call a 'family'. What a concept.

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  5. I heard that too Cardio queen, but I'm told it's only in the experimental stages right now.

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  6. Evidently, early results from the phase III "Life Instead of FluoxEtine" (LIFE) trials show that "having a life" corresponds with a dramatic decreased risk of major depressive disorder, suicide and possibly even AMI when comparied to placebo! This may be the best thing for the psychiatric world since SSRI's and ECT!

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  7. Isn't it wonderful to experience a week of normalcy and good times ?

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  8. Doc...you actually sound...well..."chipper". Never thought I'd use one of my dad's words, but there it is.

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