We did not have class today due to the prediction of winter nastiness. It was great to have a snow day, but I felt bad because the storm didn't pan out to be as bad as it was supposed to be. To assuage my guilt, I got ahead on some schoolwork.

We have a series of videos on CD-ROM that supplement our reading assignments. They are really nerdy, with an overly dramatic soundtrack and a mildly hypnotic narrator. But they are also pretty helpful in allowing us to visualize the procedures we will be doing.

The first time I watched them, I assumed they wouldn't show much. Then all of a sudden a penis was being washed, and the reality of my new career set in. The patients in the videos do not seem like real patients, but they almost have to be, based on the horrible procedures they have done to them. And I wonder if they got paid on a sliding scale based on how invasive/awful the procedures are. Like maybe Unconscious Tooth Brush Guy got $50, Penis Wash Guy $150, and NG Tube Guy $275. I hope Urinary Catheter Woman got paid a shit ton.