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Post by SpringSummers on Feb 12, 2010 20:58:49 GMT -5
Holy crap, there's been a mass shooting at UA Huntsville. They've got the campus on lockdown.  OMG!! Keep us posted. What a terrible thing. So sorry, Monnie. Sounds like they've arrested the person responsible and any further threat is gone, so that is good. But what a horror. I'm sure the community is reeling. |
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Post by Spaced Out Looney on Feb 12, 2010 21:08:46 GMT -5
Thanks for the supportive comments, y'all. I kind of wish that today had been work day for the gardening club, because hauling junk around and stabbing the ground with a shovel would have been very therapeutic. As it is, we have one scheduled for Sunday, but weather.com hasn't decided how much snow there's going to be, so it's unclear as to whether it's going to be canceled and when exactly the project is going to get up off the ground.  I had dinner with some of my classmates in the Health Equity Club and we had a really good discussion about how to save the world the future of our club and brainstormed significant, relevant, feasible ideas we can implement for affecting positive change in the health of our community in the coming year, so I'm feeling a little better now. I get to give H1N1 vaccines at the basketball game tomorrow (real doctor stuff, yay!!!), so that's also cool. |
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Post by SpringSummers on Feb 12, 2010 21:44:06 GMT -5
Sorry you're feeling down. Know that this sort of thing - the need to keep smiling when you don't feel like it, essentially - is needed in any profession which involves public contact, from working the counter at McDonalds to examining exasperating patients as a doctor. You've got to remain professional (and control your words and behavior) in all but the most exceptional of circumstances. You can't achieve this without a way to let off the steam that builds up - and that's what you're going to have to find in your life: Safe, constructive ways to let off steam. (Or yes, "screwed up" is exactly where you'll end up.) The S'cubie board is one way to vent. Getting a counselor to listen to you vent is another way. Physical activity works for some people. Vacations are important. I have confidence that you will figure it out, and find the balance you need. Yes, but there's that paradoxical combination of intimacy and distance that you don't see in every profession. I mean, medicine isn't the only profession that's like that, but it is a little unique among the public service industries. Mmmmm . . . lemme think how to clear up what I mean. . . the need to maintain professionalism despite extreme pressure to behave in less than professional ways isn't unique to doctoring. Though I can see where the source of that pressure, and also the frequency of having to deal with it, would be both extreme and unique. So your thoughts on how to deal have to take that into account. I mean, if you're waiting tables and several times a week you deal with huge abusive assholes that you can't kill or even yell at, you might deal with it by having a friend you regularly call and vent with. If you're a doctor and you're dealing with this several times an hour, at a screaming-high pitch because you're talking about a person's life and health, not just how well-done their steak is, then you're going to have to be more aggressive and creative and consistent about finding ways to deal with it all. You're very smart to be recognizing these things, and thinking about them. I think it really increases your odds of surviving all this with sanity intact.  |
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Post by Squeemonster on Feb 12, 2010 23:28:37 GMT -5
OMG!! Keep us posted. What a terrible thing. So sorry, Monnie. Sounds like they've arrested the person responsible and any further threat is gone, so that is good. But what a horror. I'm sure the community is reeling. Yeah, this was all a huge shock around here. What's even worse is that it was one week ago that a 14 year old shot and killed a fellow student at a junior high school close to where I work. Turns out, that one was gang-related. What the hell is going on around here?! Rumor has it that the shooter at UAH was a professor who was denied tenure, so when they told her of the denial at the faculty meeting she pulled her gun out and started shooting. She was a professor for my nephew's best friend, and he had just had a class with her two hours before she opened fire. Scary, horrific stuff. |
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Post by Spaced Out Looney on Feb 13, 2010 8:04:02 GMT -5
Snow started coming down pretty hard as I got to school just now. I wonder if the basketball game/H1N1 injections are still on for tonight.
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Feb 13, 2010 8:50:15 GMT -5
 Just passing through. Then over to Ikea for some neat glass cabinets that are on sale today only. |
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Post by Queen E on Feb 13, 2010 10:41:27 GMT -5
Thanks, everybody, for your supportive good wishes yesterday. The paper went pretty well; my mouth went completely dry, but I got through it, and there was a good discussion afterwards.
And please know, all S'cubies who are struggling with painful things: You're in my thoughts and am here if you need me.
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Post by Julia, wrought iron-y on Feb 13, 2010 10:57:59 GMT -5
Thanks, everybody, for your supportive good wishes yesterday. The paper went pretty well; my mouth went completely dry, but I got through it, and there was a good discussion afterwards. And please know, all S'cubies who are struggling with painful things: You're in my thoughts and am here if you need me. You defended again yesterday? How did I miss that? (Possibly by crawling into my own belly-button over Franklin's health problems?) Julia, purblind with worry, still. |
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Post by Karen on Feb 13, 2010 12:01:12 GMT -5
Thanks, everybody, for your supportive good wishes yesterday. The paper went pretty well; my mouth went completely dry, but I got through it, and there was a good discussion afterwards. And please know, all S'cubies who are struggling with painful things: You're in my thoughts and am here if you need me. You defended again yesterday? How did I miss that? (Possibly by crawling into my own belly-button over Franklin's health problems?) Julia, purblind with worry, still.  Nick is home, but it'll be non-stop work on the computer and phone until he leaves again on Monday. Hoping to drag him away for a couple hours tonight for his BD dinner, tho. |
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Post by leftylady on Feb 13, 2010 12:52:24 GMT -5
Have not been around much - super busy at work til 7:30-8pm and snow and then tiiirrrred......
See that yesterday was a snow day for 49 out of 50 states (Hawaii did not participate in the assigned activity, tsk, tsk.)
Hope everyone is well, although I did see reports of a sick day here and there.....
leftylady
ps Karen, where did you get that photo of the lounging feline - a troglodyte for sure, no computers for that kitty!!
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Post by Sue on Feb 13, 2010 13:18:06 GMT -5
Thanks, everybody, for your supportive good wishes yesterday. The paper went pretty well; my mouth went completely dry, but I got through it, and there was a good discussion afterwards. And please know, all S'cubies who are struggling with painful things: You're in my thoughts and am here if you need me. You defended again yesterday? How did I miss that? (Possibly by crawling into my own belly-button over Franklin's health problems?) Julia, purblind with worry, still. Erin didn't do another thesis defense. She was presenting a paper on Dr. Horrible and Dollhouse. Hugs to you and vibes to Franklin. |
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Post by Rachael on Feb 13, 2010 13:35:40 GMT -5
Emily rolled over from her back to her front. I am both very pleased, and very worried about the non-baby-proofness of our house.  |
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Post by Julia, wrought iron-y on Feb 13, 2010 14:07:35 GMT -5
You defended again yesterday? How did I miss that? (Possibly by crawling into my own belly-button over Franklin's health problems?) Julia, purblind with worry, still. Erin didn't do another thesis defense. She was presenting a paper on Dr. Horrible and Dollhouse. Hugs to you and vibes to Franklin. Ah. I didn't realize Sam was off work yesterday, so it's not just that I'm checked out online, it's pretty general. Of course the fact that I'm living with a man who thinks coming to bed at (random time between 4am and 6:40am) is just fine, and that when he came to bed at 6:20 today I reached to turn the radio up a little and hit a (capped, safe) insulin sharp and thought I'd missed my night time insulin, which woke me up sufficiently to note that there were two sharps up, which means all I forgot was to put my sharps away, but the adrenalin rush was sufficient to wake me up ALL THE WAY, GOOD MORNING WORLD... bleaurgh. So my blood glucose numbers are running all up, down and sideways and most of the time I feel like I'm half-drunk from sleep deprivation even aside from the fretting over money/access issues/ home repair on no money whatsoever/communicating with family over need for support, et'c so on and also dealing with Himself coming home in a terrible mood because of work stuff I have no control over and no responsibility for and expecting me to just deal with his asshole behavior and be grateful when he eventually appologizes for it: no. Apologies are for mistakes. They don't work for choosing to be a jerk and pitching screaming fits at home over office stuff. Julia, and being told "I'm not mad at you" in the middle of that screaming fit when hey, I'm the only one here? Not something that raises the acceptability of asshole behavior. |
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Post by Anne, Old S'cubie Cat on Feb 13, 2010 14:38:29 GMT -5
A Certain Fluffycat decided at approximately 4AM that she was bored and wanted company. I was too cold, tired and annoyed to get out of bed and find the squirt bottle and the doorknob, so I laid there and listened to her until 5:30, which is official Cat Feeding Time. Now she's settled in the exact center of our bed. I've got news for her; after lunch, that bed is MINE. She can sleep in the den. Stupid cat.  I went out, had breakfast, brought home leftovers, went out again, ran errands. Julia, . S'assy Erinificus, I'm sure you were magnificent.  S'cubies in general,  . Lunch, nap, chores.  and I was just reminded that I still haven't taken my pain meds today.  PS When I got into the car and turned on the ignition, the radio, of course came on. There was this male voice nattering on about human blood and asking "are you afraid?". Oh  , I thought, Morning Edition is doing something about Twilight? Then a familiar voice said, "No. Actually I'm bored." I found out on the repeat that it was a piece about the Fair Use Doctrine, using Buffy vs Edward as an example. Heh. PPS Rachael, congratulations to Ms Emily on her great achievement. Good luck with the baby-proofing! |
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Post by Karen on Feb 13, 2010 15:44:08 GMT -5
Have not been around much - super busy at work til 7:30-8pm and snow and then tiiirrrred...... See that yesterday was a snow day for 49 out of 50 states (Hawaii did not participate in the assigned activity, tsk, tsk.) Hope everyone is well, although I did see reports of a sick day here and there..... leftylady ps Karen, where did you get that photo of the lounging feline - a troglodyte for sure, no computers for that kitty!! Hi Leftylady! Sorry about the long workdays. Hope that eases when the weather warms. Soon please. What's up with those Hawaiins. Too busy enjoying warm tropic breezes, or what. I got the kitty photo in an email, but one of the photos had the funpic website stamped on it, so it might be there somewhere. www.funpic.hu/en.index.phpOff to get cheesecake ingredients. |
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OMG!! Keep us posted.
