The B Wing

School is drawing nearer and suddenly I've got too many things to do in too little time. I had my bike tuned up and have taken it out on the Burke-Gilman a couple of times to make sure I remember how to ride. I bought a Nalgene bottle for my coffee (pink) and another for the water I'll schlep to school each day (green). I upgraded my cell plan and replaced my phone so that I can cancel my land line. And so on.

The other day I ran over to the Health Sciences building to pick up my scrubs. As I tried on a couple sizes, the Stores guy commiserated about the weird purple color ("you'll look like Barney"), but said that he heard from other students that we would only wear the scrubs for our clinicals at Childrens. I'm not sure what I'm more concerned about; wearing the purple scrubs each week or not wearing them on a clinical rotation. It's not like I'm less likely to get vomited or bled upon at Harborview or the U than at Childrens. It was exciting to be at Health Sciences again - there were people! In the halls! Waiting for the bus! Eating at the snack bar! I have definitely ruled out working alone at home again any time in the near future.

In other excited-to-go-back-to-school news, I bought my first textbook the other day and paged through "Fundamental Nursing Skills" before I went to bed. Hmm, chapter on venipuncture...chapter on changing a dressing...chapter on removing impacted stool from the rectum using your fingers. Aaaagh! I sincerely hope that the lab class that utilizes the textbook will take a more theoretical view. I heard one of the former students mention that they practiced brushing their classmates teeth. That's fine and all, but I sure hope that I don't have to be practice for most of the stuff described in that textbook.