Thirtysomething

Poor Guy

You know I've been whining about getting up early to go to the gym or staying late at work to teach self-defense. Right. So I look at Ron's schedule and realize I have nothing to complain about.

Yesterday morning, after working since 4p.m. the day before, Ron jumps in his car and heads to Jersey to do the whole fingerprinting and criminal background check thing to fullfill the mandatory requirement of ensuring that he's not leading a secret life as a drug lord who filters heroin to his patients. Do you think that you can just walk up to the counter, get fingerprinted and then leave? Have you ever been to the N.J. DMV? Or DMV? Yeah, nothing is simple as it relates to paperwork and processes, so Ron spent about 4 hours in New Jersey yesterday, and that was after working all night.

He took a nap, I woke him up when I got home from work and he did his best to be a normal, functioning human who is capable of carrying on conversation. Today he has to be at work at 4p.m. again, but not before taking an exam from 8 a.m. to 4p.m. Because really, what you want to do right before working a 16 hour shift is take an 8 hour exam. Who the fuck came up with that schedule?

The poor thing is so tired, a kind of cumulative tired derived from not getting enough sleep for almost 3 weeks and working long hours. This is why they have an 80 work week for medical residents. The problem is that they don't count exams, lectures, presentations, clinic, meetings or anything else that requires them to be in the hospital as part of "work". Idiots.

Anyway, you know when you're really, really proud of someone other than yourself that you just want to beam your pride into a great big hug that envelopes him? That's how I feel about him.

And to further prove that's he's a functioning human, we're going to the Travel Show tomorrow morning after he's done with work at 9 a.m. only to return home so he can sleep for a couple of hours before going back to work tomorrow night.

posted by DJ Heavy D @ 6:52 AM