I know I’m in this new state of mind where I introduce myself and i be proactive about the new people I’m meeting, but I can already tell this dude Z--- is going to be a problem. It’s classic man-who-thinks-he’s-funny syndrome. I fear the balance is way off right now... three men and only one woman, E----. I’m sure it’s going to be fine..... It’ll be fine, of course. It’s just funny how you can’t really foresee some stuff like this. It’s all good though.

C------- seeming a little anxious. He was like, 'how has the block been so far'....... Oh god ....... Y--- saying there was a baby who died on our team right before we got here..... It was a baby always coding, 'talk of the town,' really, 'always'? 'Well, I don’t know about always..... I coded him once..... And he had stenotrophomonis (sp??!?!?)' 'that’s kinda crazy' lol this is just the casual dialogue. And the bounce of C-------’s leg.

Tu eres mi amigo! Tu eres mi amigo!

Maybe I should go visit my patient and see how she’s been doing. I could easily go check on her, and that can be a new thing for C-------. I can establish myself as the authority on her. It does seem like I’ll just be following this one baby again today, the v------ one, and I only refer to her as that because I am trying to keep PHI out of the equation here. But yeah, maybe it’s a good time to go check on her? Let’s try it out here... maybe.

The only thing getting in my way is the fact that Z--- is now there, sort of in the way. But it’s fine, it’ll be fine. Maybe i’ll just wait for the next natural event boundary.

E---- speaking. She’s funny. She’s funny in the way that doesn’t need to be funny, while these other two men are a little too much, I’d say. A little too much. So far. Soooo far. Again. So far. And I know I’m looking forward to meeting C------- and getting to know him and stuff like that......

Y--- has two weeks left. Oh my god. Who the fuck is going to be left for me when the final week comes around? It’s going to be me, myself, and I.... That’s good. Oh wow, that actually feels like a little relief there. It feels like a relief to know that I’m here and i’ll still be here the whole time, and I’ll even be here when it’s over to celebrate the great success. I’ll be here! I’ll be here.

It’ll be a funny week when, uh... oh, I just realized i have three mondays here left after this. Not that that really matters. It’s just a little fun little thing. And then..... I was gonna say it’ll be a funny week when i start it on nick you and then transition on Wednesday, presumably, to the psych thing. I’ll be rotating over there. It’ll be great. But hey, man, we’re still in single digits of september. It’s only single digits, so don’t worry about it just yet.

They’re talking about the cardiology rotation, seemingly. The punchline was that some of the residents didn’t have any of the 'dot phrases,' as in when you’re writing a note and you can fill it in with predetermined bits of text. Dot phrases. Not my circus. So it seems like C------- is something like the ringleader of vibes. And then Z--- kind of yes-ands him each time. Like C-------- starts singing a little ditty, and then Z--- sings the next line and stuff.... That’s the vibe so far. I think it’s clearly, clearly a different kind of vibe today. And it’s funny. It’s a little funny.

Not going to conference, everyone seems to agree. But E---- says today it might be possible to go. Is that the thing that happens on zoom? I guess I could go to it, if anyone, but am I really that interested in that?

Okay. It seems like now might be the time for seeing the patient. Let’s see her, then. Shall we go see her? I wonder if I could get away with not presenting her on rounds today to give C------- a chance. Otherwise I’ll have to ask C------- to print out the handoff for me.

I should introduce myself to Z---, too, at some point here. Yes, now could be the opportunity. Let’s see about it, shall we? Go see, yes, yes, sure. Let’s go see about it. Right here for a second now, and then go see my patient.