Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Of working till dusk and wrinkly clothes

Yesterday I spent 12 hours at the hospital. Working.

I left home at half six, arrived at work and punched in at about 7 and only punched out at 7 that evening.

It's been three days in a row when I have driven home in my OT clothes, simply because after finishing our cases, I just couldn't be bothered to change back into my work clothes. I now have a feet high heap of OT clothes on the floor of my bedroom.

Don't get me wrong, I love being in the OT. There's just something about the sensation of the suture needle piercing the skin and seeing your knot opposing the wound that just relaxes me. I love the crisp feel of the scrub and the quiet sigh of the sterile cloth that we drape on the patients. I'm weird, I know. I blame it on my star sign; I'm an Aquarian and we're supposed to be weird.

But, my household have suffered as a result of me coming home late everyday. Two basketful of clothes are waiting to be ironed and hung. Don't even get me started on my bathroom floor! Tsk. I can't even imagine people with kids coping without help. By the time I get home, usually near dusk, I'm already too exhausted and my feet are sore from standing so much while doing the cases. At least I have the liberty of not cooking dinner if I don't feel like eating and there aren't kids to bathe and feed.

So, if I am already so exhausted just working in a small district hospital with specialists, tell me how am I supposed to cope with joining a Masters programme?

and THAT is something that I will ramble on later when I have the energy to do so.

1 comment:

papaya said...

Take care sis..

N pulangkan baju OT tersebut kepada Radicare untuk dibasuh.. Nanti diorang charge berjuta2 kat kerajaan atas kehilangan linen mereka di hospital :)