Phlebotomy
we learned how to draw blood today. wow, what an experience... very stressful. first, there was a volunteer and a professor/doctor demonstrated it on the volunteer but made a mistake and ended up with blood pooling and dripping down his arm. eek. that part really made me nervous - if an experienced person does that, what am i supposed to expect?? on top of that, there was that rumor that last year, someone hit someone's nerve while drawing blood... anyways, it wasn't nearly so bad as I thought - to my group: sorry if I was a nervous wreck. i remember right before b stuck a needle in my arm, h was trying to tell me something funny and i was like, "haha-haha-haha" very nervously. sorry h. :) i don't even remember what she said. :D i nearly passed out at a previous needle experience (it was a very looong three years ago) and so i was a wee nervous. sorry to my partner!!! i felt so guilty cuz i stuck her twice. right before i slid the needle in, i had this panic-doubt attack - 'is that the vein? is that a tendon? is there blood in there?' aside from the guilt, it went fine. it passed over quickly.

it's harder to be objective and think through steps more clearly when it's someone you know, i think. that's my excuse. we all accomplished our goal - we all drew blood successfully without hurting anyone irreversibly. wow my standards are low.

class from 9 am til 5 pm tomorrow. man, it's still summer for the rest of the world, except for this hot corner of the countryside.

i'm going to nyc at the end of august!!! i'm so excited to even be there. i'm expecting the sex and the city new york. i've touched four continents, but i'm excited about the east coast. thank God Jen got into Columbia. ;)