So after leaving CA Adventures, we headed over to Disneyland. We wanted to take a picture in front where the train is and there was no line so we asked the photographer if he could take some jumpy pictures for us. We kept asking the guy to retake the pictures because there was always one of us that was on the ground lol. Our first ride ended up being Buzz Lightyear which I hadn't gone on in a really long time 'cause I basically suck at it. I mean shooting a laser that I can barely see (as you all know, my vision is fantastic *sarcasm*), in the dark is not exactly easy lol. But Tony showed me his little trick hehe and I ended up scoring my highest score on that ride ever! *pats self on back* hahaha. Here's a collage I made of the progression of my Buzz Lightyear scores lol. As you can see, I am pretty horrible lol.
After that, we headed over to Space Mountain. We ended up sitting in rows 5 and 6 which I thought was really enjoyable for me lol. I was actually able to keep my eyes open for the whole ride and not screaming the whole time lol.
After Space Mountain I was pretty much starving 'cause I didn't really eat much besides some Lay's BBQ chips and a churro so we headed to Gyu-Kaku. It was pretty good. This was my first time at a Gyu-Kaku on the mainland (hehehe :)). But yeah, I still think Gyu-Kaku is a little bit on the expensive side.
day 9: inTENTs
Started the day off by going to this place in Culver City called Grand Casino Bakery to try their empanadas (I almost spelled it empandas hahaha). They were pretty darn good especially when you combine it with this pesto-ish sauce (Friends reference: Phoebe: Is your pesto the besto? hehe). I also got this custard pastry. Boy that was delicious. It was funny 'cause I think I scarfed the whole thing down before anyone else even started eating so when everyone was asking if anyone wanted to try their food, I was trying to look as invisible as possible 'cause I obviously had nothing to contribute lol.
After that we went to Westside Pavillion to watch Black Swan. Man, that movie was really creepy and intense lol. I loved the music though since I've always loved ballet. I think afterwards we were all pretty exhausted from all the action. There was one part in the movie (I wont mention it since some of you probably haven't seen it and I don't want to ruin it) where we all jumped back in our seats and it was just so funny 'cause our reactions were so genuine haha. And it's one of those scenes where you're like "ok... something's going to happen.... HERE!" and then nothing happens and you just keep saying that until you're like "hmm.. maybe nothing's going to happen after all..." and then BAM! Hit by a bus!
After the movie we headed back to Alfred's place and played some more Wii Party which is super fun! Then we got hungry and headed to Honey's Kettle Fried Chicken which was freakin' delicious! The skin was sooo good. Their biscuits tasted like Church's except not as crunchy. I was literally exploding from stuffage after we were finished.
It was around 8 when I started driving home and once I got home I realized that I hadn't updated all weekend! lol. Whoops! Mah bad haha. I really need to utilize the email posts more often. I just feel like I'm so much more prone to spelling and grammatical errors when I'm typing on the phone and it's definitely a pet peeve of mine to see errors (even though I'm a bit of a hypocrit 'cause I hate proofreading so most of my posts probably have tons of errors).
day 10: common ground
I think I'm finally breaking the ice with my co-workers :). One of my co-workers was wearing a Mickey tie today and so we got to talking about Disneyland. Apparently him and his partner have annual passes to Disneyland too! And he was telling me about their trip to Disneyworld and how he bought this meal plan thing for $600 where you would get 3 meals a day and you can pretty much eat anywhere in the park. I had no idea they even had meal plans haha. Reminds me of my UCLA days... time to go to Puzzles to hoard drinks haha.
My preceptor and I haven't really gone over the HIV/AIDS regimens yet but I still felt like a complete idiot when this situation presented itself. He was explaining to me that a certain regimen for a patient was not very smart because one of the drugs was unnecessary so I was trying to see which two were in the same class. So I found out there were 2 NRTI's so I'm like "Is it because there's two NRTI's?" and he's like "There's always two NRTI's..." BOOM! Knowledge bomb! lol. So basically the regimen that the person was on had 3 NRTI's plus some other stuff.
Another question that I got asked today was: What's Saphris? I wasn't sure if I was allowed to use my phone at work so I usually use my Tarascon. Turns out Saphris is not even in Tarascon! :O. So I quickly asked if I could use my phone to look the information up. And I say quickly because my preceptor likes to say, "When I'm done QA-ing this prescription, I want you to tell me what Saphris is." So I'm basically like scrounging to find out the answers sometimes lol. Well, FYI it's a pretty new atypical antipsychotic drug (which I totally should have known because I had my psych rotation like 2 months ago :/).
Anyways, the traffic on the drive home was pretty bad and I hate how dark it is when I leave :(. I got home and caught up on my Kendra (teehee :)) and watched Kindergarten Cop 'cause I've never watched it before. The kids in the movie are so adorable!! But oh man there were some parts of the dialogue that were so bad lol.
day 11: time management
So I'm actually writing this post in my car as I sit outside RiteAid (at 8am in the morning) lol. It really surprises me that there's not that much traffic on the 710 freeway. I figured that I can get here in 40 minutes no matter what time I leave my house so I've been getting up a little later. I used to get up at 5:15 but now I'm getting up at 6:30 and I still manage to get here early enough to either take a nap or do other things (like blogging haha). I think I'm super awake today because I took a Sudafed and a Claritin. I've been super congested with a runny and stuffy nose so I wanted to take some before I got into work. I hate being sick and working in the pharmacy because I think people pretty much expect you to be healthy and so they kind of look at you like you should be staying at home.
A question that my preceptor asked me today was to look up Lysteda (tranexamic acid). Interestingly it's FDA approved indication is Heavy Menstrual Bleeding. Just FYI!
Alrighties guys, I've got to go make my stupid drug charts now lol so that's all for now!
wowzas. sounds like you're learning a lot on your rotation. making me j!
ReplyDeleteit's a lot of randomness haha. hopefully some of it will come up on the boards!
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