My life at the moment
Aug. 24th, 2009 08:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
polychrome_penWell, it's been some time since I last updated. I've been meaning to post about the start of my Rotations for some time, but just haven't gotten around to it. Laziness, your name is Justin.
I'm currently on my second week of six at the Nuclear Pharmacy, where I help out making radioactive drugs for cancer treatment or medical imaging purposes. It's definitely an interesting field, but I can't really see myself going into it as my profession. There's no patient contact and you work behind lead and tungsten shielding all the time. It actually made me miss CVS. Imagine that.
But I've gotten to do some really neat things already, like irradiate a patient's white blood cells so they can be reinjected and then travel to the site of an infection, thereby "lighting up" a previously unknown site of infection during imaging. Cool stuff. But again, working behind leaded glass is annoying. And going to work at 1 AM sometimes kind of sucks.
I also found a place to live up in Sacramento. I've got two rooms in a house about 15-20 minutes from where I work. One bedroom, the other functioning as an office. I even bought a little cheap bookcase at Target so that I can bring part of my library with me, which makes me feel a little more "at home."
Which is kind of the problem - the first week I got a little homesick. Definitely unexpected. I've always liked my quiet/alone time to watch stuff or read, but I think it was with the knowledge that my parents would be home later. Not talking to anyone outside of work threw me, that's for sure. I've been on my phone more in the last week than the last several months! It's amazing how you feel like calling anyone and everyone!
I haven't decided what to bring (or if I will at all) of my toy collection, but a few pieces might be nice. Probably nothing expensive like the Pullips, but figurines would go nicely.
On an unrelated note, if you haven't seen Ponyo yet and are an animation fan, you're really missing out. I also saw Ponyo last week, and it wassurprise, surprise another Miyazaki masterpiece.
But bedtime now! Tomorrow after work I promised myself I'd start studying for my first upcoming quiz during our bi-weekly Conferences (where we get together with everyone else doing Rotations in our geographical region), and need the sleep.
I'm currently on my second week of six at the Nuclear Pharmacy, where I help out making radioactive drugs for cancer treatment or medical imaging purposes. It's definitely an interesting field, but I can't really see myself going into it as my profession. There's no patient contact and you work behind lead and tungsten shielding all the time. It actually made me miss CVS. Imagine that.
But I've gotten to do some really neat things already, like irradiate a patient's white blood cells so they can be reinjected and then travel to the site of an infection, thereby "lighting up" a previously unknown site of infection during imaging. Cool stuff. But again, working behind leaded glass is annoying. And going to work at 1 AM sometimes kind of sucks.
I also found a place to live up in Sacramento. I've got two rooms in a house about 15-20 minutes from where I work. One bedroom, the other functioning as an office. I even bought a little cheap bookcase at Target so that I can bring part of my library with me, which makes me feel a little more "at home."
Which is kind of the problem - the first week I got a little homesick. Definitely unexpected. I've always liked my quiet/alone time to watch stuff or read, but I think it was with the knowledge that my parents would be home later. Not talking to anyone outside of work threw me, that's for sure. I've been on my phone more in the last week than the last several months! It's amazing how you feel like calling anyone and everyone!
I haven't decided what to bring (or if I will at all) of my toy collection, but a few pieces might be nice. Probably nothing expensive like the Pullips, but figurines would go nicely.
On an unrelated note, if you haven't seen Ponyo yet and are an animation fan, you're really missing out. I also saw Ponyo last week, and it was
But bedtime now! Tomorrow after work I promised myself I'd start studying for my first upcoming quiz during our bi-weekly Conferences (where we get together with everyone else doing Rotations in our geographical region), and need the sleep.
