@mommatofour_ A tip me and my mom picked up in therapy- her asking "would you like sympathy or solutions?" was HUGE when I was that age because it let us both step back and figure out if I just needed to bitch about something or if I wanted help, and it saved us SO many fights.
1/ After residency at Mass General Hospital, I reported to Atlanta to meet my fellow CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service Officers.
I have never felt so intimidated by my peers
The best and the brightest, they were star clinicians, had served in disaster zones; MD/PhDs and MSF.
@liveinwife Kids are *awful* to each other, and they mirror what they hear at home. I had similar issues being bullied as a little kid and it left a long mark on my self esteem. 100% full mama bear deserved. I hope your meeting went well today!
@h_lalahart @SUHUEE And like.. of course her abstract has big words. It's a *thesis*. They're huge pieces of niche academia.
That's so exciting you're almost at the end of your degree!
@SandyFrizzle THANK YOU. I've been a hater of this trend for years and have always been told I'm being dramatic. If someone ever uses my headstone for content I'm haunting them so hard.
@SPuro88 Rule I was told was don't wear something you can't get rid of in under five seconds. A bat headband is AWESOME for the kiddo who needs cheering up after tripping and maybe needs a few stitches, but can be tossed and stown if not appropriate.
@Wall_cares @SuiGeneris24601 NOT to cover for horrific docs (because there are plenty) but as with most things in medicine shit rolls downhill. One of my hosp's admin is pretty much outright not allowing docs to prescribe certain shit- like every single time they put in x painkiller, it gets flagged and held
@aliciaandrz Total budget was under $15 and our roommate loved it. Pizza dough is also super easy and costs pennies to make, so pizza parties are also a cheap and fun way to celebrate. Congratulations on your incredible achievement ๐ฅณ
@aliciaandrz College kid budget birthday celebration- got a few packages of balloons from walmart ($1 a pkg) and made a few different boxes of walmart cake mix into cupcakes with store-bought frosting we whipped to stretch further. Put some fun music and jumped around and laughed.