You know you're a resident when...

You know you're a surgical resident when:

• You wear your pager like it's the hottest new fashion accessory
• You have a geriatric bedtime
• You dream about colostomy bags and cheering when a patient passes poo for the first time
• You think about having lunch while examining a big, gaping foul-smelling wound
• You joke with your favorite old lady while wiping green stool off her stomach
• A 70-hour work week is considered light
• You can identify your patients by the smell outside the rooms
• The dirty bedding in the call room doesn't matter because you're so tired you'd lay down anywhere
• Putting in a chest tube is the highlight of your day
• Your frequency of showering declines
• You start chewing gum in the morning instead of brushing your teeth because it's faster
• Coffee is your lifeblood
• You wear the same scrubs for 48 hours

Despite spending 90 hours in the hospital this week, I have finished a quilt! I'm off this weekend, so hopefully there will be pictures to come:)