Five more alphabets

So that's me BSc(Hons) , MB ChB, MRCPCH
Passing the exam was a bit of an anticlimax. It was a relief rather than a triumph, a bit like "achieving" the medical career equivalent of a delayed puberty.
The good thing, I guess, is I can now talk about (and think about) all the other things I've always wanted to do, like research. (and collecting more Alphabets) Went to see the Training Adviser about this and he basically said what can only be summed up as "you're on your own, kid." So I've got to go on a hunt for a suitable supervisor and project and lab. (i.e. lots of emails, PubMed-ing people etc). While trying to transfer my clinical training down to London at the same time. (more emails to Deanery people and CV sprucing and 'workplace assessment' chasing). While also working completely crazy shifts. (was on from 16:00 to midnight yesterday, and there was still one patient waiting to be seen when I left at 00:30)
And what of family life? It's pretty non-existent as it is - and we are actually living at the same address at the moment (which will all change in August). The problem is that there isn't enough time for all that one wants to do in life. Came across this account of the life of Rita Levi-Montalcini in Nature News today - highly inspirational. But she never married or had children.