I am loving my rotation this month. Kind of surprising...since it's one of those 80 hour/week in the hospital rotations. I'm the senior resident on the "Family Medicine" team, which is a group of family medicine residents on the pediatrics wards. They are AWESOME. It's so much fun. And I also get to do overnight heme-onc (blood disorder/cancer) call, which I love. All in all a great gig, although I'm no good at staying up for 30 hours in a row and actually keeping my head together.
I admitted a 13 year old sickle cell anemia patient overnight, who was super adorable. The following interaction ensued:
Me: You are really delightful.
Patient: What's that?
Me (admittedly feeling a pressing need to give her some vocabulary flashcards): It basically just means that you are totally awesome.
Patient: Oh! (big grin) So are you!
I freakin' love pediatrics.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Sunday, April 3, 2011
April showers bring May flowers.
...or April snow in this case. Sigh. We're nearing record lows here in SLC, and spring just can't come soon enough for me. I'm coming off eight really nice weeks from a residency schedule perspective and getting ready for four weeks on the wards. I kind of love it, though...so I'm excited. Then after this upcoming month I have six more nice weeks, then 2.5 weeks of night float then done! I cannot believe that residency is almost over. I accepted a job at a community health center that I will begin in September. I'm excited and terrified about it. Will I really be ready?
With the new job will come a sizeable pay raise...which is kind of crazy to me. I'm solidly middle class now, but I have so much student debt that I pretty much live paycheck to paycheck anyway. I entertained the idea of stepping up to a 2 bedroom apartment, but I think I'll stay put for now and save some money. I also need to get more disciplined about tithing to my church...and on a fun note, I promised myself that I would buy a car with all wheel drive if I stayed in Utah. My little Altima slides around like crazy in the snow, and it's almost 11 years old...so I figure it's not too frivolous to buy another car. I'm probably going to be completely unoriginal and get a Subaru Outback, which is the official car of Utah. Seriously, I bet there's legislation or something.
I go through periods of being really restless about still being single and times of being content. Right now, I'm feeling quite peaceful about the whole thing and can even imagine a really amazing and satisfying life without a husband. Am I actually letting go of my Disney princess, white picket fence fantasy life (of course, substituting "Disney princess" for very tiny but full of love budget conscious wedding and "white picket fence" for small eco-friendly urban dwelling)? Not entirely...I think I'll always be a dreamer, but maybe I'm finally growing up just a little bit. Maybe.
Ooooh...I visited a different church today. I've been going to an essentially nondenominational and very young church for the past couple of years, but I've never really felt at home there. Part of it is the theology (which is totally orthodox but just a bit different from what I believe), partly the liturgy (or lack thereof), and mostly just me. I'm just a Methodist girl at heart, and I visited the Methodist church today. I almost instantly felt at home...and challenged to really live out my faith. A very selfish, isolated version of me has been showing up to life these past couple of years, but I really hope that will change.
And finally, I'll end with a song from Glee. I know that a lot of people haven't loved the show this season...and perhaps it hasn't lived up to the magic of the first few episodes...but the episode before the hiatus was lovely. And the "Warblers" have been a fun addition...tons of really talented guys. I've been a fan of Darren Criss's for awhile (he writes his own music among other things), and Telly Leung is just awesome. (FYI: Telly, who plays Wes, one of the Warblers, is going to be in a new musical that looks SO good...I'm totally going to try to get to NYC next year to see it.) Oh, right, the song. The Warblers are covering Keane's "Somewhere Only We Know" and it's...breathtaking. Some hard-core Keane fans might disagree, but I love Keane (Somewhere Only We Know was played on repeat during various angst-ridden periods of medical school) AND the Glee version.
Oh, and my friend Danielle and I are going to see the Glee concert in Las Vegas. Which pretty much makes me a high school girl. No surprises there.
With the new job will come a sizeable pay raise...which is kind of crazy to me. I'm solidly middle class now, but I have so much student debt that I pretty much live paycheck to paycheck anyway. I entertained the idea of stepping up to a 2 bedroom apartment, but I think I'll stay put for now and save some money. I also need to get more disciplined about tithing to my church...and on a fun note, I promised myself that I would buy a car with all wheel drive if I stayed in Utah. My little Altima slides around like crazy in the snow, and it's almost 11 years old...so I figure it's not too frivolous to buy another car. I'm probably going to be completely unoriginal and get a Subaru Outback, which is the official car of Utah. Seriously, I bet there's legislation or something.
I go through periods of being really restless about still being single and times of being content. Right now, I'm feeling quite peaceful about the whole thing and can even imagine a really amazing and satisfying life without a husband. Am I actually letting go of my Disney princess, white picket fence fantasy life (of course, substituting "Disney princess" for very tiny but full of love budget conscious wedding and "white picket fence" for small eco-friendly urban dwelling)? Not entirely...I think I'll always be a dreamer, but maybe I'm finally growing up just a little bit. Maybe.
Ooooh...I visited a different church today. I've been going to an essentially nondenominational and very young church for the past couple of years, but I've never really felt at home there. Part of it is the theology (which is totally orthodox but just a bit different from what I believe), partly the liturgy (or lack thereof), and mostly just me. I'm just a Methodist girl at heart, and I visited the Methodist church today. I almost instantly felt at home...and challenged to really live out my faith. A very selfish, isolated version of me has been showing up to life these past couple of years, but I really hope that will change.
And finally, I'll end with a song from Glee. I know that a lot of people haven't loved the show this season...and perhaps it hasn't lived up to the magic of the first few episodes...but the episode before the hiatus was lovely. And the "Warblers" have been a fun addition...tons of really talented guys. I've been a fan of Darren Criss's for awhile (he writes his own music among other things), and Telly Leung is just awesome. (FYI: Telly, who plays Wes, one of the Warblers, is going to be in a new musical that looks SO good...I'm totally going to try to get to NYC next year to see it.) Oh, right, the song. The Warblers are covering Keane's "Somewhere Only We Know" and it's...breathtaking. Some hard-core Keane fans might disagree, but I love Keane (Somewhere Only We Know was played on repeat during various angst-ridden periods of medical school) AND the Glee version.
Oh, and my friend Danielle and I are going to see the Glee concert in Las Vegas. Which pretty much makes me a high school girl. No surprises there.
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