Adventures with Dr. Lady Cutie Troublemaker

Today I decide from amongst the 20+ sites that have been presented to us over the past week. There are three rotation periods, each lasting about 10 weeks. For each rotation period, I have one major rotation (22-24 hours), one minor rotation (8-12 hours) and then add-ons, which are basically placements that are smaller than minors. Most people do a major, a minor, and one or two add-ons for each rotation period. For the first two rotation periods, the city schools are my major placement, and for the last rotation period, the schools are my minor. I am allowed to do any of the rotations, even though some are very adult-focused and medical (working with veterans with spinal cord injuries, for example).

Today, we all sit down together and decide who goes where for the whole year! I’m going to try and stick to things that are a little less comfy and things that I will use in my career. I am walking in with general ideas, but nothing I must do. I figure the training director will have some opinions about what I should do, and that other people’s needs will make it all much clearer. Man! BIG DAY!

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Blogger has been totally fucked, and there were three entries I did last night that I thought were lost forever, but then the resuraced this morning. I reposted the first of the three.

Today I went to 17 presentations! 17 different agencies in the consortium where I could work. I am completely overwhelmed, and on Friday, I have to say where I want to work. I have to decide the entire year on Friday! No pressure!

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It was just exhausting! I can’t even say why. Just tons and tons of information about lots and lots of people, agencies, buildings, and procedures. The downtown medical area here is really confusing. Lots of agencies in lots of buildings, moving all the time, and in each building are several different programs funded by multiple sources, and they are moving all the time. And in the middle of it all is a the massive 1,900-bed Baptist hospital, which was abandoned 5 years ago. It’s where Elvis died. I think an abandoned hospital seems kinda creepy. That must be bad feng shui or something. If I believed in ghosts, I’d say they were in there. For the next week, it’s presentations by all the consortium agencies, one after the other. We get these presentations to decide on minor rotations AND to learn where our fellow interns will be working. We need to have some context so we know what they are talking about in supervision. I don’t know when I’ll be less exhausted. It might get a little quieter here in the coming weeks. Hard to say at this point. Gotta be back there at 8am.

Oh, and I absolutely am living in the coolest place of anyone! Atleast I think so. Many of the other interns have a 20-45 minute commute. I’m right down the street, 10 minutes away. AND I’m in the groovy part of town. I’m not saying. I’m just saying.

Questions to ponder: When will I have time to see all the gigs I want to see? Will I have the energy to go out ever again?! Only time will tell.

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It really couldn’t be any earlier in the morning than it is. I didn’t close my eyes until about 1am, despite really, really trying! Switching to a new structured schedule is never easy, and I often find it takes a few days of just getting up early to make the front end (the going-to-sleep part) happen at the right time.

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I start my internship in the morning! Eek! I haven’t seen clients in such a long time. I almost feel like I’ve forgotten what to do! I know it will all come back to me, but I have the anxiety of a person who hasn’t yet experienced that reemergence. Not to sound too goofy, but I hope they like me!

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