Continued from Part 1...
13:04 - On my way down from the 16th floor, where our student lounge is, I decided to go to the bathroom. My problem: most of the hospital is closed for the weekend. I knew I couldn't get to the one bathroom on the 16th floor so I tried the 15th. No luck there; the normal one was locked and the weird secret one I found the other week was missing the trashcan that propped the door open. So I tried the 14th floor, which turns out to house the dialysis center. I was briefly excited, given that dialysis is a nearly daily medical necessity, but it seems that even that unit has scheduled Sundays off. Bathrooms locked. I finally found a place to pee in the second bathroom down the hall of the pulmonary function clinic.
It's crazy how empty this hospital is. The main bank of five elevators is normally a nightmare to snag a ride on. This afternoon, all five elevators were empty and awaiting passengers on the first floor.
14:50 - As I sink further into the abyss of boredom, I find myself pondering that it's interesting to be in one of the few fields where you are paid to wait for something to happen. Police, firefighters, EMTs, and certain types of doctors all fall into this category. Even when there's nothing going on, you need those people to be waiting. I'm not sure why you need me waiting...
At 14:00, the next resident came on board, so we did a brief sign-out again. Not much to report. The oncoming resident is in mourning because of the Michigan football game yesterday. Adding to her pain is that she "stayed up" to 5pm to watch it. Hospital schedules are weird.
To be continued...
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