porphyrin | I'd Forgotten...

...how busy call can be.

I was anticipating a slow call; bad move. I should never have brought the latest F&SF with me. Nor should I have brought board review books, or stories that need revision.

Because the more stuff I bring to prepare for a slow night, the busier it is. Currently, I've finished one H&P and six sets of admit orders.

Five H&P's to go, and I just hope I keep them all straight in my mind. But on the plus side, I phoned up Lydy, out of the blue. Here's conversation + subtext-- or my side of it, anyway.

"Hi, Lydy! This is Stella!" (Yeah, you know, the total stranger who's calling you out of the blue and who geeked at you for a good hour in Uncle Hugo's about 3 weeks ago...)

"I was wondering if you'd like to go to the Noodle House with me for lunch tomorrow, my treat." (Fuck, it's called the Noodles & Company Restaurant, and it sounds like I'm asking her out on a date. Bwah, Stella, can you get any CREEPIER??)

"Okay, superlative! I'll swing by and get you around 11:45-- uh, I'm going to be stinky and post-call. You won't mind that will you? I mean, uh. We're going to the noodle house, so you probably won't be able to smell me..."

At which point my brain promptly shut down and a good thing too. I think my lips kept flapping for, oh, a good few minutes longer. Blargh. I also think it's because Lydy's so supremely cool and easy to talk to, and just plain fun. Like the rest of her family-- and Mike & I'd love to get to know them all better.

Of course, THEY probably have dozens of oodles of friends around here anyway, and don't need one more whack-job family with a demanding toddler taking up their time...