First of many.

I have my first of four exams tomorrow morning.
It's a three hour exam on the cardiovascular and respiratory system. You'd think - that'd be like:
Heart pumps blood to keep us alive, heart stops pumping blood, we die = bad.
Lungs breath in air, air keeps us alive, so if lungs stop working, we die = bad.

I wish it was really that simple.
There's embryology, physiology, histology, pathology and pathophysiology.
There's an ABCD (and sometimes E) mnemonic which applies to post MI management, hypertension management. I'm pretty sure it could also apply to congestive heart failure, angina treatment and Aboriginal Health Care.

EEEE no longer reminds me of someone going down a really scary water ride, but instead reminds me of the way of dealing with confrontational parents.

And finally, parents that don't vaccinate their kids are stupid.
Herd immunity doesn't work if all the parents think the other parents will immunise their kids.
You can't expect other parents to vaccinate their kids, and take those risks, just so you don't have to with your kids.

I need to sleep now. This time in 3 days, I should be very drunk at one of the many pubs, bars, clubs in the gold coast and thinking merry thoughts about shopping trips later this week and the ideal place to vomit.