Where is rotation 8???

A month or two ago I discovered that my 8th rotation (my elective - dermatology) was no longer on my schedule...it was just blank. I received an email from the staff asking me what I would like my new elective to be ("and by the way," they asked, "why haven't you seen many pediatric cases?")

I responded that I STILL wanted dermatology, but seeing that I have seen almost no children on my rotations (I don't know why...you tell me!) that I would be ok with my elective being derm OR peds. How flexible is that?

Well, the response I got was "it will be difficult to get you either of those areas this late in the game."

WTF?

Either way, its now been well over a month since that email exchange and there is still no information for rotation 8.

I'm starting to get a little nervous.

PS - my family practice rotation is making me dumber. Is that normal?

Jen