The Peanut Chronicles

Thursday, March 02, 2006

Wow… today I got my fourth blood draw in two weeks. I had an intern do it too. He asked if it was ok first. I guess some people feel uneasy. Considering I am interning at a hospital I always try to give the interns a chance. However, after last week in labor and delivery, I think I’ll pass on those interns.

Anyway, he couldn’t find a vein. Not surprising though, these are my whacked out veins. I am used to it.

Tomorrow I go to get yet another NST. fun fun fun. Fly Girl is coming with because she wants to see the Nut before she leaves for Hungry for a month. Bear wants to hire her as a Nanny when she gets back. sounds ok to me.

Momma C was trying to warn me that when she gave birth to her 4th child (out of five) her BP jumped in the final weeks too and NEVER went back to normal. I know this is just a warning and sharing of stories etc but it’s enough to freak a girl out. Now she is hypertensive at age 35. Eeekkk.

I got an email from the VA today with…. Wait for it… a possible fellowship upon graduation. Niiiiiice. I had turned in my resume yesterday at the field fair and just chatted with the lady. The email was nice to get. They aren’t hiring anyone now but there is a paid fellowship starting in the low 50s. With health care I might add. Plus this gives me more access to governmental jobs. So she knows I am preggers and is going to submit my resume in June when the interviews begin but I was “the most qualified candidate with a diverse resume” that she had spoken with.

And now we do the happy dance.

I was trying to hide the whole Peanut thing under a big black jacket last night at the fair. Didn’t work really. Ran into Prof. Bubbles. She rubbed my belly, which was cool because Bubbles is one of my favorite Profs. Then I ran into E, the head of the SW department. She stopped, looked at me while I was answering baby questions to classmates and said, “I didn’t know you were pregnant!” My first thought in my head was, “Funny, I didn’t know that you knew my name.” I still think she doesn’t. She’s a little out of it.

While I was walking by Prof. M’s table she called out to me, rather loudly, “no baby yet?” So much for keeping it, or attempting to keep it, a secret. Technically, no can discriminate against me for being preggers but still.

Biggest lead? Aside from the VA? General Hospital city case management. They saw that I was already at the affiliated hospital to them and starred my résumé. Yea!!!

My new favorite song is In the Sun by Michael Stipe. Maybe it’s because in the past two months I know three people and two cats that have died. (The cats count!! They were 22 and 18 years old!!!) It’s really a beautiful song but only available on iTunes. Hurricane Katrina relief.