Adventures in Iola Part II

A beautiful snowy day in Iola!  Actually not so beautiful, a little more on the stark and desolate side.  When does this thing called summer happen again?  Anyway...  We had a full day of clinic today.  My preceptor sees lots of peds patients, so I got to drool all over several babies.  I wish I was drooling on my own kid, or that she was drooling on me, but I'll get to see her soon enough.  I also got to remove another mole today as well as an ingrown toenail.  Pretty sweet.  And because it was so snowy, I wore my super-cute pink polka-dot boots to clinic instead of my super-ugly-yet-comfortable doctor shoes.  They were surprisingly comfortable.  I might have to wear them on a more regular basis.

Clinic finished up around 5:00 and I headed to Sonic for a burger.  I usually don't let myself eat greasy burgers with greasy bacon and mayonaise, but I'm 100 miles away from my sweet peanut and I decided that a little comfort food was in order.  So what does one do after dinner on a Monday night in Iola?  Why, go to Walmart of course!  I'm a little embarassed to say that it wasn't my first trip to the Iola branch.  Tonight I bought some Reese's Puffs cereal and some Ghirardelli dark chocolate.  60% Cacao - that's what it says.  Since when are we keeping track of the percentages?  And what do they mean, anyway?  There was one that was 90%, and I must admit, I was a little intimidated.  If anyone is a little more savvy as to what this phenomenon is all about, please enlighten me.  Thank you.

So now I'm back at the house.  I'm convinced that my preceptor is trying to turn me into a drinker.  She's always offering me hard cider or wine.... and I'm always accepting.  Now that I'm a little tipsy I'm going to take a nice little bath in the nice big tub.  I've got to be good and clean for our 12 hour ER shift tomorrow. 

More to come.....