I Dream of Amoebas
Off to bed with visions of fluorescing amoebas in my head...
Yes, it's strange, but true. I've started my second Microbiology rotation, which includes parasitology and mycology. Yesterday we learned and performed the Crypto/Giardia screen, so when it came time for me to fall asleep, I swear all I could see "in my head" were little green glowing Cryptosporidium and Giardia. By the way, those two happen to be the most common parasites we see here in Wisconsin.
Anyhow, once I finally did drift off to sleep, I had yet another lab dream. In this dream, I had gone to the doctor (who knows why) and he told me that my glucose level was 100 mg/dL and he needed to put me on insulin immediately. Naturally, the proper dream response was for me to start explaining in great detail (and very passionately) why he was absolutely WRONG! I can only hope that such a wealth of knowledge is so easily accessible when I'm sitting in front of the computer taking my board exams.
With 11 weeks left until graduation, our class is starting to show signs of fatigue. We seem to be recycling a cold over and over again. There are some days when I just want to crawl in bed as soon as I get home! My strategy has been to take one entire weekend day off each week. It seems to be working so far. I keep trying to get to bed at a reasonable time, but that doesn't seem to work. Then there are nights when I get so wound up thinking about everything I can't get to sleep at all--that's when I seem to have crazy lab dreams.
The internship is a long haul, but I've made it this far! I'm guessing the rest will fly by. I can only imagine the sense of relief I will feel when it's all over. That's a feeling I like to daydream about...