love my classes this quarter.
made genograms for meditation. collected family information and presented to the group. made me realize how difficult people have it.
a medical student who once majored visual art and lived as a carpenter lost his 4 yo to a kidney disease. having psychologically dysfunctional gene in the family including himself, he turned his gravitated energy to change his life in a positive direction via starting all over as a med student.
another student from romania grew up as an unwanted child. despite her parents not wanting children, romania had a period of time which banned contraception thus her, and another six years after. going through her parents' divorce and supporting the family as a care taker, yet she managed to be the first in the family to finish high school and build her career through med school, masters, and nursing school.
a girl from utah, going through her parents' divorce. growing up with an alcoholic step father being threatened of not being able to see her father if she does not mow the hill of lawn.
i do not know how people mange, how they do not break, how so many are so sublime 승화.
shadowed w at swedish, was amazing. it was like being in grey's anatomy only better, out the drama and solid reality. patients coming in for years of general care. delivering two of the three siblings, knowing each by name, noticing their growth and maturity. working overtime and being okay. caring for the nurse who hasn't gone home in two days. treating patients and team, both like family. work like as if she is dancing, constant and comfortable, confident and gratified - amazing and beautiful. like watching a real life film, unpredictable yet ordinary, every day patients who are unique and special in own ways.
spent hours @ the cadaver lab. remembering the first visit of nausea and headache after the 30 minute mark. the squeamish gut feeling presented with a frown. though such still intact, hours flew focused on learning and memorizing, rather than the potentially grim - focus was where it needed to be and it was great, proud. left the lab, sat on bus, realized the smell of preservative from my hair. reached home, made frozen lasagna dinner then starbucks venti to library. this is my life, the one i wanted.
좋은 생각만하기, 말 적게 조심.
so disappointing.
went hiking, lost phone while photoing in the soak rain - died. laptop also crushed from virus at library. revived but soul gone. nothing left of me - of digitized me. ipad here to comfort my soul.
parents arriving to seattle today, about now. family dinner in Issaquah with chocolate cake, written happy birthday for two. exam in fifteen minutes, readiness just enough. fatigue level rather stable. eyes tired but manageable, wishing home about now needing weekend starts thursday morning. morphing energy into strength via ab tight stretch and yawn.
realized today i cannot name a favorite book. life goal found.
heavy dependence on coffee, despite the advice on risk of decaf, cannot. wishing the day over yet it ha only begun. wishing a day only be a day of one goal. 하루에 한 가지만 하고싶다, 하루에 하나만. 과하다고 불리는 여유 욕심, 자유 부제 아쉬움.
일생 금전적 걱정 없이 생활해 온 나는 화초였구나. 부족이 무엇인지, 자급자족조차 나만의 성과가 아니었음을 - 알았지만서도 그 의미를 이제야 슬쩍 느낀다. 이러한 것이 생활의 흔한 컴플레인임을 너무나 모르며 지냈다. 그것이 복이었지만 아쉬움으로도 남는다, 배부른 소리.