one down, one to go

I took the MPJE (law exam) last Friday and was prepared to wait the full 7 business days for scores to be available... I went home for the weekend on Saturday and just left my computer so I wouldn't be tempted to check for the scores... I got back on Monday afternoon and lasted about 2 hours before I checked... I decided I would only check once per 24 hours so I waited until the next day after noon and I got on the NABP website and -- low and behold, the scores were up -- I passed!!!  So, now I need to study a little for the NAPLEX next Friday and hopefully that one goes as well or better :-)  one step closer to being a real live licensed pharmacist

goodnight

most recent excitement and upcoming terror

As you can see to the right, I have been made official... I can enter the employee parking area, I can look totally legit when walking around... basically, I am a bad-ass :-) Additionally, I am an advocate of patient safety which makes me kind of feel like a super hero... like I should be ever-vigilantly looking out for possible falling patients and medication misadventures... I will need to wear a cape I think.

ok, enough of the frivolity... my career as a pharmacy resident could be over before it begins if I can't pass the MPJE on Friday... for anyone not "in the know" that is the big ass law exam that I am required to pass before I can become licensed... Now, some of you may be asking "but I thought the NAPLEX was your big test"... and in that you are correct.  The NAPLEX is a test over my actual pharmacy knowledge... like, what I spent the past 6 years learning... this little evil devil beast of an MPJE is only the laws, both federal and state, which I of course only got 1 semester of in college followed by a 4 hour review a couple of weeks ago... now I am painstakingly going over the 80 pg packet that the review provided me in an attempt to learn enough to pass...  now I must give you the disclaimer - I do know enough law to practice... of this I am sure.  What I am not so sure of is if I know enough law to be able to perform well on a test written by lawyer types.  They are obviously evil and will almost definitely write verbose, confusing questions that make me question even my most basic abilities such as reading.

SO, back to the studying I go... I officially have less than 48 hours until test time.

Fingers crossed folks

you know what I hate?

two lane drivethrus at the pharmacy.  seriously, how freaking illogical is that?

1. Only one person can be rung up in drivethru at a time
2. Communication through the drivethru is via a loudspeaker in the lane, therefore, while yelling at the incompetent, deaf, imbecile in lane 2, the person in lane one gets a free non-hipaa approved listen to all the other patient's issues
3. Many stores only have 1 technician/intern and the double drivethru misleadingly makes patients think that their drivethru wait won't be that long b/c, hey, even though there's 2 cars in lane 1, there aren't ANY in lane 2...

The drivethru is idiotic in a pharmacy anyway but the double drivethru is just plain cruel.  Everytime I send the little basket/tube out I want to throw a stick of dynamite in it so it can be out of service for awhile.

Additionally, for anyone out there who may use the drivethru, please understand, it is a driveTHRU... that means you do not get to sit there and wait for your prescription(s).  Also, if you have new insurance or have never filled with us or you plan on getting boxes of albuterol or some other large item or english is not your first language or you are deaf -- for the love of God and all that is holy, come in the freaking store!  I hate the drivethru.  Isn't your healthcare more important to you than a big mac?  I truly hope so.

That is all for now.  The double drivethru drove me to pursue a residency :-)  Not really, but I sure am glad that hospitals haven't found a way to offer drivethru services - can you imagine?  Yeah, I'll have the gastric bypass special number 7... and can you throw in breast implants too while you're at it?  Yeah I'd like to have that in the drivethru, I'll be there in 20 minutes, thanks...

Ok, goodnight

something pretty and something else

Is this not one of the more lovely things you've ever seen?  I took this picture when B and I were in Florida (Key West specifically)... We were in the Hemmingway home.  This has nothing to do with pharmacy or being a resident or anything but I found it on my computer and thought it needed to have a home on my blog.  I really want a painting of this picture actually... maybe someday.  I see it small - maybe 4x6 or 5x7 in a much larger matte and framed and maybe in a bathroom... yeah...

This on the other hand -- not so beautiful... but just as real... maybe more real actually.  And, this is probably the biggest thing on my mind right now... I need to take this test within the next 2 months or so... it was really freaking expensive.  I would really hate to fail it and have to pay to take it again.  It would be really embarrassing.  Let's not think about that.

I think that's enough blogging... I really need to go to bed.

goodnight