Mom is flying in tonight. I am really excited, because, lets face it, my mom is pretty cool and I never get to see her as often as I wish. I'm also a little nervous, because it'll be the first time she meets J and the baby. Not that I'm anticipating any problems because J is an amazing guy...but its more like all I want is for her to like him! Its ( Read more... )

Mom is flying in tonight. I am really excited, because, lets face it, my mom is pretty cool and I never get to see her as often as I wish. I'm also a little nervous, because it'll be the first time she meets J and the baby. Not that I'm anticipating any problems because J is an amazing guy...but its more like all I want is for her to like him! Its ( Read more... )

This was the highlight of my day yesterday ( Read more... )

I've been back to work for about 2 weeks now, and everyone has been super-nice. It seems that word travels fast, because the entire PM and R department (who I technically do not have any contact with this year) had heard, and I got cards from the chief residents of that department. People (residents) in IM keep on coming up to me and asking me how ( Read more... )

I did 3 things today that were out of the ordinary, at least for me. I guess you never know what you are capable of ( Read more... )

If this works, I will be so proud of myself.

The first picture is the view off of my back porch, and the rest various parts of my apt, with new bedroom furniture and new couch/chaise lounge. Just ignore the messy stuff. I'm an intern after all!


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Looking back over my previous few posts, Geez, All I talk about is work things. I'm going to try really hard to expand from here on out, be the well rounded individual we always hear about ( Read more... )

Funny patient story for the day, which may also be a testament to my new-intern-ness ( Read more... )

On one of my days off last weekend, I thought I'd go to the pool. It was a rare combination of a sunny day in pittsburgh and one that I was post call, so I felt I needed to take full advantage of the situation ( Read more... )

This past saturday was my most hellacious call yet. It required multiple trips to the residents lounge for sustinence, aka rice krispy treats. By the title, you can ascertain that there was not a whole lot of time for breathers, let alone any square meals... although.. rice krispy treats are rather square..hmmmm ( Read more... )