Attitude changes everything...

I had fun at clinical this week. Maybe it was that I had something to do or it could have been that I decided to be positive about this experience. It was probably a combination of both, but bottomline is that I enjoyed myself. I felt like I was contributing to the team and they took the projects I've been working on and applied the changes I recommended. That was exciting. And the 12 hours I was supposed to be there flew by. What a change from last week. I still wouldn't want to do this all the time but I can handle it for the next couple of weeks.

Also accomplished at OHSU today, I figured out how to get to all the buildings without going outside. From the Kohler pavillion to the South hospital to the Sam Jackson plaza to the North Hospital. If you've ever spent any time at OHSU you should know what a feat that it is. For example: the main (ground) floor in the South Hospital is the 9th floor, and going across the sky bridge to the Sam Jackson Plaza you come out on the 4th floor.

I got pretty lucky on my way to clinical this morning. I take the streetcar to my clinical because parking at the hospital is ridiculous ($18/day). Right after I got off at my stop to take the tram up the hill I hear the the streetcar lost power and was out of service. I was pretty jazzed that I wasn't going to be late or stranded on the track somewhere. It made me think that "timing is everything!"