Update

My patient who I wrote about in December with the rare neuromuscular disorder has passed away. I will be forever grateful to him and to his partner for allowing me in to their home in December to spend some time caring for him and talking with them. It was an experience I will never forget for the rest of my life. I hope his loving partner and his family find peace and comfort very soon.

Martina 2007

The 2007 season has begun. My girl is having mixed success so far. She has played in two tournaments already this month as warm ups to the Australian Open which starts next week. The first one she made it to the final, and lost in a heartbreaking loss. She should have won that match. There really was no excuse. It was really close, but she should have won. To make it to the final, having barely dropped a set throughout the tournament, and then to lose the title?? I was sick. And then in the next tournament in Sydney (this week), she was ousted in the first round. This was another heartbreaking match...she lost the first set, and was about to lose the second, but fiercely clawed her way back to win the second set. And then in the third set, it was as if she wasn't even there. She had MANY opportunities to win, but squandered them. (She only converted like 3 of 16 break points, or something like that.) Her form is good, but she is getting nervous on big points, and seems to lose focus. It's going to be a long 10 months.

Spring Semester

The spring semester has started already. It's pediatrics and labor/delivery. To say I have very little interest in it would be to overstate my interest in it. I am bored to tears already. Hours and hours of lecture already on child abuse. It made me want to find a random child to abuse. And sadly, we're being spoken to like 18 month olds by the instructor. She is nice enough, but I think she only knows how to speak to people like she's speaking to a child she's about to vaccinate.

So, I'm not too happy. In other news, well, I'll make a separate post about that when I have time.

And with regard to the claymation story, it seems to have stalled. What a shame. I think it had potential. And yes, in response to several inquiries, Bridget did actually make those out of this Crayola clay-like stuff (it's not clay, it's not Play-Doh, it's something very similar but also very different) on New Year's Eve in the time span of like 20 minutes.

Estoy cansado. Me voy a la cama. (I am learning Spanish. Figure it out on your own.)

Bridget's Clay Creations