July 1.

In medicine, July 1 is D-Day. That’s the day the new interns, fresh from medical school, arrive for their first day. And I shall be here for their first night.

I remember paging about Tylenol on my first night on call as an intern. A was my senior, and he never batted an eye. I could have loved him then. But for now, all I can feel is dread. I was never supposed to go into medicine, I tell myself, I was meant to be a novelist. It’s too late now. The Martians are coming.

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