moonatoms

tagged by @effiestrinkets, thank you so much!

1. what’s your blog title from?

it's from a quote by the norwegian author jostein gaarder: “when we sense something, it is due to the movement of atoms in space. when i see the moon it is because moon atoms penetrate my eye.”

2. what movie have you watched most recently? what did you think of it?

i never, never watch movies (i don't really have the attention span for them) so i honestly don't really remember. oh wait. my friend and i decided to rewatch the return of the king when she visited me 1.5 months ago. so i guess that?

3. what are you looking forward to right now?

sleeping in my own bed on saturday and also cooking some healthy-ish meals. don't get me wrong, i love travelling and i love eating out but i do love the comforts of home and my gastrointestinal tract would like a little less fatty, fried and sugary foods.

also being back on my trapeze, i miss training!

4. if you could do anything at all today, what would it be?

i can't really think of anything. it's my last day in canada and we had a perfectly lovely evening involving a nice stroll by the water, delicious ramen and ice cream, so that was pretty ideal.

5. what’s your drink of choice? (coffee/tea order, alcohol of choice, pop, etc)

i don't drink coffee and my go to tea order is either a chai latte, a london fog (when available) or an english breakfast tea with milk and a bit of sugar.

unfortunately i do love a coke zero and a canada dry as far as sodas are concerned, but a nice apfelschorle really hits the spot on hot days, too.

as far as alcohol goes, i like a good dry rosé or a cider on a warm summer evening or some sort of fruity cocktail, bonus points if it has passion fruit in it.

6. what’s your hair routine like? anything special?

lol i am soooooo boring when it comes to doing stuff with my hair, i have no patience for it. my hair is a bit curly and i usually just have it cut into a bob and wait until it grows out to my shoulder and then do the same thing all over again.

i never style it, i don't even blow dry it, i just let it air dry. the most i will do with it is put it up in a ponytail for exercise/work (when seeing patients), but i literally take out the hair tie the second i get back to my desk at work because i actually hate the feeling of having my hair tied back so much.

i use shampoo? and conditioner? like that's really it.

7. what's your favourite way to travel? Is there a mode of travel you haven't done that you want to experience?

i think trains, because i can relax, even if travelling on the deutsche bahn is always a biiiit stressful. also biking! i really want to do more multi-day bike tours!

8. favourite month of the year and why?

hmmmm maybe may? late spring, it's usually already nice out but not yet too hot, multiple public holidays.

9. favourite time of day and why?

early mornings. i used to hate them but i am actually an early bird. i often go to the gym at 6am before work. i like waking up early and realizing i have time to lounge in bed, especially in the spring when the birds are chirping and it's already light out.

10. do you play or follow any sports? & elaborate on that?

the age-old discussion of whether aerial is considered a sports. if yes, then yes, if not, idk if supplemental strength training at the gym counts. i also like hiking (does that count?) and biking.

i used to follow biathlon but haven't really in the past few years. i don't really watch anything else tbh.

11. what kind of music is stuck in your head a lot lately?

whatever i'm currently doing a trapeze routine to. the last song i used was everywhere i go by sleeping at last. i have been considering doing a new act to unraveling by milck so i have been listening to that song on repeat lately, trying to suss out if it would work.

12. dishes or laundry?

laundry! i don't have a dishwasher but love to cook and i hate, hate doing the dishes so much. i don't actually mind doing laundry tbh.

13. what's something you learned recently?

in an effort to catch up on some reading i got distracted reading a case report and somewhat randomly read an article about bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis, which i have learned about in the past, but had forgotten a lot about already, on account of it being pretty rare.

14. if you could give a TED talk on anything, what would you talk about?

penguins. no, i am not joking. i did a penguin tour in new zealand once and knew so many random facts that the tour guide asked me if i also worked with penguins lol.

15. what’s a piece of advice you find yourself giving a lot?

"believe in yourself", maybe? i am very bad at that.

16. what's a piece of advice you would give to yourself five years ago?

p much all work related: don't stress so much about residency and the timeline. it will pass and what comes after will be better, just like everyone has said. you will make it through your icu rotation and your psych rotation will end up being a lot less bad than anticipated.

17. do you believe in luck and superstition? do you carry any lucky items or follow any lucky rules?

my first instinct is to say no, but i do have a few. like never using the q-word at work.

i also do follow some of the typical german rules/superstitions: you have to look someone in the eye while clinking glasses, it's bad luck to wish someone an early happy birthday,...

18. are you musical? play any instruments or sing? would you ever perform for an audience?

i played the recorder (soprano, alto, tenor and bass) for ten years and the flute for about eight. i also briefly played the violin and the cello (about one year each), so okay-ish? i haven't played an instrument in a few years though and i'd struggle to perform in front of an audience.

19. write, type, or speak?

speak or type. i have typical doctor's handwriting, it's unreadable. i actually used to get in trouble with the nurses because they sometimes could not read my orders (we used paper charts in the stroke unit i was working in).

20. what do you wish someone would ask you?

i spent like five minutes trying to think of something but could not. sorry.