8 weeks away

After one the the most physically exhausting weeks of the year for me, I decided to sleep in today until after 10. Of course we went to bed kind of late and I was severely lacking sleep/rest since Monday. I only got to see Lydia yesterday for 20 min or so. That was a bummer because I really enjoy my father-daughter time. I inherited tickets to a musical at the Springfield Little Theatre last night so we decided to get a sitter and go out as just a married couple. I was not all that excited to see a musical but it was actually very good and laced with talented youngsters. It was nice to spend some time with the wife and we hope to do some more of that when we get back to Texas. Speaking of that, we are 8 weeks away(hence the title) from moving out of this humble abode in Missouri. That seems very much within reach and I can't believe our time here is already coming to an end. That being said, it's not a moment too soon.

So I have just completed 4 weeks of a 6 week rotation in surgery. Fortunately my preceptor is on vacation all next week. Therefore I am taking the opportunity to complete a required 1 week rotation in palliative care/hospice. That means I will only have 3 more awful days of surgery until I finish this rotation. One thing I have learned is that I do not particularly care for working in surgery. This is the only field where as a PA, you really are more like an assistant. You are at the mercy of the surgeon you work with and I don't like it. I prefer to work autonomously and make the final decision on my patients. Of course my disdain probably has a lot to do with my current overinflated, arrogant, never wrong, sinless, only fellowship trained breast surgical oncologist in the region, curer of cancer surgeon that I have the pleasure of working with. He literally makes me laugh and sick all at the same time as I listen to his arrogance all day long. I will now bless you with a quote said in all seriousness during a surgery this past week. "I don't have a good feeling about these (lymph) nodes, I just hope that I'm wrong for once in my life." And boom..there you have it folks. Reminds me of a book titled "When People are Big and God is Small." Lord have mercy on me and forgive me for any arrogance that I feel inside and display outwardly as well.

I should now eat something(because I feel malnourished from the past week) and work on some school work. Really and truly I will probably play with Lydia for a while and then piddle around the house. Adios y vaya con Dios.