Being called doctor - and every time I look for one, I see people looking at me. Then I'm like..."Right...I have a vague recollection that something like that may have happened." Lol.
I've just completed two months of community medicine - traipsing about in Aam's car with the two other complete goof balls (hmmm....that doesn't sound right). Coming in late for work because none of us could get that 9th hole in mini golf and making Pots in a cultural anthropology exhibition aka Dakshin Chitra. Why is Pots capitalized? Weird.
'Twas the night before Christmas and not even a mouse....right. Okay.
Anyways, CM was all daylight, fun and constant quest for a cup of Chai before work. Work 3 hours - attend weddings and engagements in the evenings. Rather like making the pre-retirement rounds. And whats with everyone getting engaged or married anyway? We're only 22! God help us.
Now of course, is the Emergency Room. The ER. A strange place filled with stranger people and dramatic events.
My meals are a palindrome - dosa for breakfast at 7pm, dosa for dinner at 8 am, sleep for lunch. Not sure which I enjoy more.
Waiting to go to work now - its dark again.
Go into the ER, and its like being sucked into a vortex you're never quite a part of. I spin around, just as disoriented, but never quite catch the rhythm. Except of course when I'm shoving tubes down peoples throats or sticking needles in their vessels. I get a strange feeling of satisfaction - like I am finally learning something valuable. But of course, the past 4.5 years are rather blank. I look back and don't really see very much.
8 am off-duty times are certainly the best. This morning there was a nice breeze and quite a bit of sunlight. When I finally went to bed, I felt like I was on vacation. Sleeping in the daytime and all.
Time has become a plaything of the psyche. I suddenly feel the need to sleep much more though really, I'm only awake for about 14 hours a day now.
You'll see when you come to it.
And the worst part is - when I'm hungry, I don't know what meal I'm eating.
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