And So It Begins

"When I look back on all the crap I learned in high school, it's a wonder I can think at all" Simon and Garfunkel, Kodachrome.

Here I am in Pittsburgh getting ready to start my masters program in 10 days. It was a long road getting here, but it will be over before I know it. That isn't really easy to say considering I haven't started yet. I expect it to be tough, but I also expect to have a lot of fun along the way.

The Anesthesia office called today to let me know about a seminar on Tuesday evening, sponsored by Baxter Healthcare. Over the years I have attended several functions sponsored by Baxter, and they always put on a first rate event.

Getting around Pittsburgh on the Harley is much easier than in the truck. I drove straight to a parking spot next to the Victoria Bldg. It was free!

I am going to work for the Vital Staffing Pool at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center(UPMC). Probably just 1 or 2 shifts per pay period, but it will be nice to know that all of our money is not headed in one direction, OUT. Today I had to go and get my 6th of 7 TB skin tests for the year. Travel nursing does have one or 2 draw backs. I also had to pee in a cup again (for the 4th time this year). I will be working in the thoracic, trauma, and surgical ICU's. It should be fun. No really.