Snow night?

It's supposed to snow tonight. Anywhere from 1-6", I've heard. I'll believe it when I see it.

Tomorrow is supposed to be my day off from work (1 day off each week, averaged over 4 weeks, remember?). I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to be able to sleep in, just this once. I mean, I normally don't work very long days this month -- if my team isn't on call, I'm usually in around 7, and out by 2 or so (today it was 1), and I'm not working very strenuously while I'm there. Actually, I take that back; we THINK a lot on medicine, as opposed to surgery, where we are doing things a lot. I prefer doing, which is why I chose Ob/Gyn, but both are tiring in long doses. Anyway, like I was saying, I don't work very long or very hard, but I still have to wake up early, and that's the part I don't like. So a morning off tomorrow would be divine. Small problem: my one and only patient is a 74-year-old guy who has a big thing in his lung. The top differential is tuberculosis vs. malignancy. Unfortunately, we've ruled out tuberculosis. They took a biopsy of the mass on Friday, and the pathology was supposed to be back today, but it wasn't. It will be back tomorrow. I've been taking care of this guy for almost a whole week now, and when I say I've been taking care of him, I mean it; I'm being a true acting intern for this case. He is my patient, really and truly. So I really want to be there tomorrow morning to find out the biopsy results and tell him and his family. I think they'll appreciate that it's coming from me. And that means no sleeping in. ARGH. On the bright side, I guess I'm really dedicated to my profession...?

I took part in a brain wave study this afternoon, for a professor in the Birth Defects department for a study about the origins of dyslexia. They took an EEG of me while I read different words, some jumbled and some not. I got $10, but the real reason I did the study is because they're going to give me a copy of my EEG. My very own! Yes, I'm a dork.

Happy Chinese New Year! Here's my ox-related story for the day: During one part of the EEG study, I was supposed to push a button if the word I saw was an animal. So, don't push the button if the screen says, "ftea," don't push the button if the screen says, "couch," do push the button if the screen says, "cats". What did I push the button for? "Beef." Yikes. I hope they don't ding me for that one, but believe me, I'm totally ready to defend it!