was gonna narrate patient encounters here today, but i spent so much time writing them in my clinic notes that i don't want to write them again. some day!...

getting off septa today there was a crowd exiting the door and a crowd entering. one woman was being a little pushy on her way in; therefore the man behind her taps her on the shoulder and politely suggests, "how about we let these people off before getting on?"
then the woman snaps, "how about YOU NEVER EVER TOUCH ME AGAIN?!!"
another woman to the side bursts into laughter.

i felt bad for the man trying to harness a sliver of courtesy in a courtesy-less (and hostile) environment.

i also felt bad for the first woman for being so angry. it must suck to have a temper that's so easily set off like that.

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one time in grade 7, our homeroom teacher snapped at a classmate. another classmate muttered, "i wonder who shoved a porcupine up HER ass this morning."
amusingly, instead of getting more angry, my teacher couldn't help but laugh. while we were being completely serious and thought we were mature, my teacher still thought that 12 year-olds were "cute", and it entertained her that something like that came out of one of our mouths.

world[view]s collide

comfortable vs. poor
asian vs. non
college town bubble vs. urban
young vs. young with kids
professional school vs. street schooled
victim vs. victim
frustrated vs. frustrated
all these things christian paradigm vs. all your things christian paradigm
sigh vs. sigh

can't help but judge the world
even though i know i shouldn't.

heat wave

forgot how to speak spanish for the first half of today.
took my bp after lunch - it was 91/45. time to eat more salt!

little 5 y.o. Z came today with a toothache. he sat through lots a long appointment, thanks to his medications.

19 y.o. N came this morning from his group home, reports is in a program to overcome a marijuana habit. he'll be able to return to PR to his 2 y.o. daughter once he comes clean. reading between the lines - there's prolly some wack stuff lacing his joints coz plain mj probably wouldn't be that harmful.

thumbs down

today saw pt on the street at lunch time. we exchanged these words:

pt: i need pain medications.
me: you have an appointment this afternoon!
pt: yes, i'll see you there!
me: see you soon! bye!

despite our convo, 3 hours later he/she forgot to come.

anyway, kids, don't do drugs. it causes memory loss.

thumbs up

so many cute girls came today:
rainbow
violet
scarlet
adriana
brenda
maellis

they all were tiny, wide-eyed, have fun brushing their teeth, have chipmunk voices, very gregarious, and love stickers.

it's time to go back to spanish school

latin men are hella flirty.

pt this afternoon likes me. like, really likes me.
but he also likes our front desk chachas. (short for muchachas).
like, he really likes our front desk chachas.

jajaja.

anyway, this chacho (short for muchacho) was about to leave.
i think i'm pretty good at foreign language acquisition because i'm able to contextualize and fill in the blanks.
however, today was not my day.

this is what i heard:

me: don't eat a lot of sugar
pt: i want to get all my dental work done.
me: the important thing is to brush, floss and watch your diet.
pt: what kinds of foods should i eat?
me: all kinds of foods are fine.
pt: is mexican food okay?
me: huh? i guess. yeah that's cool.

after chacho left, my assistant kinda had a feeling that i misunderstood everything and then told me this is really what he said/heard:

me: don't eat a lot of sugar
pt: when i get all my dental work done i'm going to take you out to dinner. and i'm telling you in advance so that you don't back out on me.
[i was probably thinking about how to say my next sentence in spanish during this time]
me: the important thing is to brush, floss and watch your diet.
pt: what kinds of foods do you like?
me: all kinds of foods are fine.
pt: so you like mexican food?
me: huh? yeah that's cool.

oopsies.
anyway, i'm a little skeptical that he won't get all his dental work done soon coz he's got a lot of cavities. maybe he'll forget about this convo by then.

jajaja.

it's good to have translators!