When it rains, it pours

I went home yesterday because I had a doctor’s appointment today at the hospital. Anyways, another revelation is that being a medical student has its perks. Basically, I got to do a mini-observership while I was there. The attending doc showed me this fancy high-tech ultrasound thing that tests for liver damage. It was pretty amazing because it’s the only one in the entire country! Yeesh, I might be the only med student to have seen this thing thus far. Craziness. He also gave me a mini-lecture on some other stuff which was pretty cool, and he showed me some nice percussing techniques (essentially knocking on patient’s chest/stomach to listen for differences in sound quality – it’s pretty much an art to determine what’s normal or not). Pretty sweet, considering I went in as a patient, but came out learning some new stuff. Yay for day not wasted!

Anyhow, my appointment was actually at the hospital I work at in the summer. So I was slightly weary about seeing my boss or any of the attendings from the unit. I didn’t want to explain why I was there, or introduce them to my mom, or have them see me because maybe someone had a tiny crush on one of the docs there (yea, yea story of my life) etc, etc. So my mother and I were waiting for the shuttle bus to take us back, and well, let’s just say life likes to play tricks with you:

Stuff’s Mom
“So how come you’re not hiding your face anymore? Aren’t you scared you’ll see Dr. BossMan?”
Stuff
“No, no… Dr. BossMan never takes the shuttle. He always drives to the other hospital.”
Stuff’s Mom
“Drive? Weird.”
Stuff
“Yeah, I dunno.
[bus arrives so Stuff & Mom get on bus]
Stuff
[happily sitting when suddenly spots Dr. Charming]
“Gah!”
Stuff’s Mom
“What?”
Stuff
“It’s Dr. Charming. OMG, he’s getting onto the bus. Hide me, hide me.”
Stuff’s Mom
“Uh, oookaaaay. Which one is he?”
Stuff
[hiding face in shame]
“Don’t look!”
Dr. Charming
[sits directly BEHIND Stuff ]
Stuff to self
[teeth clenched in terror]

Awkward…

Yes, so I managed to not make eye contact or have him notice me. Or maybe could it be, that he's already forgotten me?? (puppy eyes start watering, and slight whimpering sound can be heard)

So after all this I had to catch my train back to school. Problem, I was late. Very late. Like the train was actually going to pull away from the platform when I just managed to make it. I was running. No, correction I was sprinting like I was in the 100-m dash. That’s one way to become tachycardic.

On the plus side, I managed to get myself a new pair of running shoes today to replace my sad dilapidated ones. They lived a good life.