Once again, I'm focusing on the work-life balance and have had some great conversations, dinners, and moments with the old friends I have been catching up with, new ones I have made, and even guys I have been dating. So as usual, life is good and really, the more I am back in the hospital the more I realize it. I have some mighty big privileges and probably owe somebody out there for giving them to me. hahahaha.
ANYWAY, I went on an ambulance ride-along today as part of my ED rotation and had some thoughts and lessons I would like to remember. Our team was called in for a "mentally altered guy." Well, we arrived on scene but after a work up we realized this guy was a diabetic who had too much insulin lately and was extremely hypoglycemic. Probably not an obvious symptom of having low sugar is altered mental status. So this guy that was being judged by everyone around him became completely lucid after we injected him with some sugar. I couldn't help but compare this time with when I have judged strangers on the street for being different. Maybe it's their actions, their looks, their anything that makes them seem "crazy" or "ghetto." But seriously, I'm a bit of a firm believer that most people, not all, are basically made up of their environment, their support, and what resources they have had. Shoot, I don't know how I would have turned out if I have been less lucky in life's lottery.
So I don't want to stand on my soap box for too long, but I think you get the point. There are shitty people because there are shitty situations. If you're judging then you're probably lucky enough to have something they don't. I'm saying this more as a reminder to myself than to put anyone else down because well, I understand not understanding. Uh if that makes sense. OH, I also want to note that it's okay to be scared of people and things that are different - we gotta be safe! But the hard part is separating our fear and judgement (if that is possible). Even harder is to not put our fears on people who don't deserve it aka negative stereotyping. Ehhhhhh, now I'm just rambling and trying to sound way more mature and knowledgeable than I really am.
To break up this internal lecture in my head let's put up some fun pictures of what I've been up to. If you can't tell, I've been all about family time since coming back to the states.
Guess what? I gots me a nephew!
And a niece with the chubbiest cheeks ever!
I've been enjoying a lot of beautiful SF summer days in Dolores park lately
My mentor throws some amazing BBQ dinners!
Chilling with my mom and aunties after consuming way too many oysters
My co-worker is apparently the best baker ever. All of this was from scratch!
I toted my mom to a graduation and Berkeley reunion get together. She was impressed by how cool my friends are I think. Shoot, good people find good company right? ;)
We're not too shiny consider it was 106 degrees!!!
Did my second bay to breakers with some friends...
We decided later that our theme was "magical creatures + slut" (slut aka eddie not pictured...FOR GOOD REASON)
cousins holding hands!
beaming parents. :)
My awesome cousin being her normal self...crazy beautiful
Nothing like a trip to Napa! (especially when you're not driving..hehe)
I got to see my mentor's son turn 1! woot woot
And the Hanoi team at GGB. Ummm, it was extremely foggy and the bridge was non-existent in our pictures. But you get the point...showing the VN crew my neck of the woods is pretty epic!
