Ever wonder what an average day is like for a Maternal-Fetal medicine fellow? I decided to keep a little log of my day today and post it on the blog. I decided that last night, and then I proceeded to have a day that is so odd (not bad.. just odd) that I"m wondering if I"m actually delusional or if all of these things are really happening. However, I didn"t change my day, because it didn"t seem like it would be true to my original intent. So.. enjoy.
5:15 am: First alarm. The exercise alarm. Decide not to exercise, and turn it off.
6:00 am: Second alarm. The real alarm. Snooze x 2.
6:20am: Awake to some commotion in my kitchen. Decide it"s probably just the cats. Roll over for a few minutes, hear animal screaming.
6:21 am: Arrive in kitchen to find the cats finishing killing a racoon. Yes that"s right. A racoon. A smallish racoon, but a racoon just the same. I always thought my cats were sweet, and kind of fat, and kind of lazy. I guess I forgot that they"re killers. And since when do housecats hunt in packs?
6:22 am: After deciding that this really was real, clean up racoon carcass. Brief moment of happiness when realizing that the cats rabies vaccinations are up to date.
6:30 am: Breakfast. Today it"s yogurt.
6:35am: Shower, get dressed, start the first 6 of the 18 pills a day I"m supposed to be taking right now.
7:00am: Leave for work.
7:30am: Arrive at the first hospital. A community hospital, to now be known as Random Community Hospital (or RCH) where I get paid to teach. A tidy moonlighting type gig that lasts for an hour in the morning a few times a month. Spend the next hour discussing patients at the residents" morning board signout rounds.
8:30am: Leave RCH for real job at Mothership Hospital (or MSH).
9:00 am: Arrive at MSH. Ponder going to grand rounds and realize that grand rounds is about global warming. They must have been desparate for speakers. Decide to skip.
9:20 am: Arive at the basic science lab I"m doing my project in. Chat with science geeks for a while.
10:00 am: Start a day long project isolating DNA bound to certain proteins.
11:30 am: Half hour incubation step in project. Work on paperwork and updating lab notebook.
12:15 pm: Second half hour incubation step. Eat lunch with science geeks.
1300: Third half hour incubation step. Continue quest to update lab notebook.
13:50: 3 hour incubation waiting period. Work on lab notebook more.
1400: Start 3 hour RNA isolation protocol.
1700: Start PCR to check the newly isolated RNA for DNA contamination.
1815: Finish DNA isolation.
1830: Medical student ob-gyn interest group mixer. Fun, conversation, all that.
2015: Mixer over. Stop at grocery store on the way home. Outside of grocery store is a man walking around with a live possum over his shoulder. Question my sanity.
2115: Call best friend to discuss very surreal day.
2135: Put groceries away. Wash dishes in sink. Make lunch for tomorrow, and get clothes laid out for the morning.
2215: Blogging!
2300 (estimated): Collapse into bed, read 15 minutes of "Middlesex" (I do at least 15 minutes of pleasure reading a day, every day unless I can"t keep my eyes open).
So, anyway, I guess that"s my day. Other than the rodent mischief, it"s a pretty normal day while I"m on a research month. I"ll be sure to do this again one day when I"m on a different service.
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