Crazy Just Got Crazier

Crazy has just tipped the scales to outrageous people....the semester from hell has gone hellish to the 10 to the 6th power.

I wasn't totally loving my clinical rotation this time around but I was getting used to it. I was certainly learning things, just didn't care for the environment I guess. Well, I should have kept my mind thinking pleasant thoughts because karma has just bit me in the keister.

I went to clinical on Tuesday and was told by a slightly embarressed office manager that my preceptor is unexpectedly out for at least the next 30 days aka pretty much the rest of the semester aka I'm screwed.

Let's break it down:
Requirement: 225 clinical hours
Current total: 89
Allowance for working on project: 20
Allowance for conference: 8
Remaining hours needed:108
Weeks left to accomplish goal: 7

We are in crisis mode here...this could mean a total evaporation of my January break. I'm begging NP's that I work with to allow me to work with them so I don't fall totally behind schedule. I have something lined up for Monday afternoon and maybe, maybe all day Friday.

Could this suck anymore? I tried to do an exercise where I pretend that I'm somehow who sees the positive in things instead of being my realistic self. This exercise led me to thinking that the good thing about this is that we are in crunch type time frame right now with expectations of things that are due within the next week or so. With my not having clinical right now, I can totally focus on the class part of things and not be stressed about clinical. If I have to continue clinical into January, I can focus on that without having to worry about also attending class.

Then reality set back in....in the words of Wayne and Garth, this blows chunks.

And I'm not completely narcisstic, I did ask about my preceptor and was told that he was fine.