Dreams
I was at a party with A. It was in an old mansion full of breakable vases and dried flowers. There were hundreds of older people I had never seen, making me think that I went to this party with her... that it was maybe a family get-together. We were in the ballroom when I finally decided it was about time for me to tell her my secret. I asked her to hold my hand, I closed my eyes, and I began to levitate to the ceiling bringing her up with me. We realized that there was actually a false ceiling and that above the one we could see was a room full of old papers and other various treasures.
Now maybe I have been playing my Nintendo DS too much.
you know you work somewhere strange...
...when you can utter the sentence "My fingers smell like pig lungs" and no one looks at you weird.
Why I love Dr. Love
OK what isn't to love about his name first off... but this morning he came in and told me I look really skinny, that all the baby weight looks like it is long gone. I love you Dr. Love.
Inappropriate coworker quote
Once a week I would have to deal with this person, he was a creepy guy that had pustules on his neck.
"When I die I want you to be one of my pallbearers, and I want you in a bikini. That's my dieing wish."
i wanna sex you up
Want to know how to easily seduce me? Clean the whole house without me asking... your clothes would be torn off before I finished entering the door.
And the sea was brown
Yesterday was one of those days where there are not enough words in the English language to describe the shear horror of it. The nasty putrid stench that was yesterday will haunt me for years if not my entire life. Yesterday at work we had... can I even say it? We had major plumbing issues. Not just any type of plumbing issues but nasty, stinky, crap up to your ankles, sewage backup and what I really mean to say is there was crap ALL OVER.
As I was taking out a brain we noticed that the drain in the middle of the floor was burping up brown nasty water. Plumber was called. More brown nasty water flowing from drain, followed by another call to the plumber indicating the emergent need of their services. Oh if we only knew what was happening outside of the autopsy room in our bathroom, storage room, offices, and hallway.
The plumber arrived and I popped my head out of the autopsy room motioning to the problem. He however motioned me to the problem he found on arrival. Crap water everywhere, a river of it.
Hours of cleanup attempts. Every person in the hospital came here to discuss what needed to be done. No one else in our department would help us... and one person in particular lied and said that he was too swamped (although was seen lumbering thru the halls) to help us for even two seconds. We spent the whole day looking for puddles, picking up dripping boxes, finding hidden treasures. And now... this place smells like ass.
coworker quote
"No, I just keep tonguing around the hole."
chris quote
"I would make out with a crab if I could get its meat."
My little cupid
In preparation for the holiday of love Finn picked out adorable goggle eyed animal Valentines. He loved them at first sight so of course we let him take them to school. First thing his girlfriend did this morning was peel off the eyes and throw them on the floor where another child picked it up and attempted to eat it. Maybe I didn't completely think thru the eyes-made-for-choking-toddler's part of the Valentine. Oops my bad.
Mmmmm plastic
Maybe just maybe licking the plastic wrap on the Costco pack of toilet paper gets a bit annoying... and maybe doing it for an hour is excessive. COME ON already cat I know you have a plastic fetish but cut it out!
My start in pathology
When I was younger my neighbor K and I would play across the street in the woods for hours. Our biggest hope was to find a crime that needed to be solved, preferably a murder. We wanted to witness the dumping of a body and our keen detective skills would lead us to the perpetrators. I know that we never fully thought out the ramifications of this... the possible scaring of seeing such a thing, the chance of being caught and killed... the small things.
This interest, morbid curiosity, whatever you would like to call it has always been a part of my life. Unfortunately there is not one job that encompasses all the things I am interested in. If only Quincy and Crossing Jordan were actual jobs and not the combination of dozens. I did figure out in school that I am really interested in Forensic Anthropology (an epiphany during my senior year). Nearly finished with my degree I was able to work with a PhD student on a few independent research projects... at least getting a taste on how to age and sex pelvic remains. I knew then that was what I really wanted to do; however I was lacking the energy to go back to school.
With a promising (useless) Anthropology degree in my pocket I found myself pushed into the job market, and what I wanted to do was autopsies. After a less than informative meeting with a career counselor who told me it would be impossible to work in pathology without a higher degree I decided to contact UWMC and ask if I could watch one in hopes of finding out if that was something I really wanted to try and do.
After calling for a few days there was finally one for me to watch. I sprinted from my apartment to the hospital and found the morgue, which was on the second floor. I didn't eat breakfast; I was so extremely excited I thought I might explode. To make a long story short I was offered a job beginning part time and then full time a few months later... now going on a little over 6 years.
Eventually I will go back to school. But for now I take out brains, eviscerate, and teach residents how to dissect organs. Now who couldn't use skills like that?
Tired
Spent this past weekend in LA visiting with friends and family. Had a good time even though Finn has decided to enter his terrible twos which begun with a constant scream on the plane from Sea-Tac to LAX. Not really a scream, more of a satanic baby screech that only a toddler who is forced to sit in his seat can give. Aside from the flight Finn was in a great mood, however he decided he no longer wants to take naps or sleep at night. This has made for one really tired mommy and daddy. I was able to stay awake for an evening out with the hubby for my birthday... but I am so exhausted today I'm not sure I will be able to stay awake during our multiple autopsies.