Sunday, November 26, 2006

starting to make sense

After 24 years of life and have passing through my share of occupational aspirations I have recently come to a most gratifying conclusion: I wanna be a clinical medical librarian when I grow up! :o) Seriously! (yeah, that's the Grey's Anatomy talking!)

And speaking of completely unrealistic, yet addictive medical drama, which other profession would get me 'in the mix' of patient rounds and smart-sounding medical jargon WITHOUT actually being a doctor?! Heck, I might even get to wear scrubs, or even *gasp* a white coat just for good measure! (OK, maybe that's just wishful thinking.) Still, I'm enthralled by the possibilities...

From as far back as I can remember, I have always been fascinated with life and the human body but I never was able to target how best to use that fascination. Med school and lab research did NOT appeal to me for various reasons...and then God sent the FastTrack MLIS my way! :o)

Accompanying doctors, nurses or any other health professionals on patient visits to provide evidence-based medical literature will be my direct contribution to patient care in this capacity. After the thrills have worn off, the gravity of contributing to--or possibly, detracting from--the well-being of another human being weighs heavily on my conscience. In a profession dating back to the mid-twentieth century, I wonder how many M-and-M's (not the candy! I'm talking about the morbidity and mortality forum) contained cases that concluded "It was the librarian's fault"...? Sobering thought.

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Sunday, November 05, 2006

So THIS is the 'krunk librarian'

Virtually, of course... ;o)


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B*U*R*N*O*U*T

That's my official state of mind at the moment. I have been trucking through life without a decent rest for the last 8 months--and I NEED a break! Using up all my vacation time from work to spend with my granny during her last weeks on Earth was something that wouldn't hesitate to do all over again... but heading straight to grad school within 2 weeks of the funeral and working with no respite available until late November maybe wasn't such a good idea. And to have my job security threatened 2 weeks after getting my first [new] car?!?!! It seriously doesn't get ANY better than this!

I am glad that the break-neck summer pace is over, yet life and all it's "blessons" have decided to converge upon me with a rapid-fire pace and unforgiving intesity. I can see my week-long Thanksgiving vacation looming in the distance...I can also see my unfinished assignments and reading for school trailing behind me (by as much as 3 weeks!) And wait, it gets better--I've taken it upon myself to be a volunteer at the local hospital's medical library. Yes, it's official: I am about to tip-toe over my own breaking point...willingly, I might add.

So I look at it like this: either I will prove the cliche` and all of these trials and tribulations will actually make me stronger, or I'll have to scrape up thousands of dollars to repay the scholarship grant awarded to me for this degree AFTER being institutionalized for a nervous breakdown...

I do have a flair for the dramatic [art of writing] :o) but I honestly look at present sacrifice in light of future achivement potential. I'm setting myself up for an excellent career in librarianship while honing the life-skills to ensure success. Nothing worth having comes easily; and if my life's level of difficulty is any indication of what to expect, then I've got it MADE!

Now if only Thanksgiving would hurry-up and come......

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