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Earlier today I was checking out some of my favorite blogs and was quite amused to find that Steve Runner has chosen mine for his blog of the week. Given my total inexperience with blogging, I find this both funny and flattering, and also slightly intimidating. I can’t really imagine anyone other than my friends being interested in this blog. And even then, I suspect the only people who read this semi-regularly are my husband and my parents. Who knows, perhaps this is the start of my life of fame!
On another note, I have finished my first week of residency! So far, I really like it. Of course, my feelings are probably slightly influenced by the fact that I’m on a very chill rotation with lots of healthy patients and happy parents. Not to mention a great attending and great nurses, who are all very willing to teach me (thank goodness!). I don’t think it’s really sunk in yet that I will be doing this for the next 3 years. I still feel like any minute now it will be time to go back to medical school.
I’m very sad that pretty much all of my med school friends have moved away. I really miss them. Hopefully we can keep in touch by phone and email, but our schedules will make it pretty tough to actually get together. It would be so nice if we were all in the same city to offer support during this crazy time.
A brief note about my running. I’ve officially started training for the World Wide Half Marathon Challenge. It’s funny, after the Boston Marathon, I was really looking forward to just being able to run without being in training for anything, but over the past few months, I’ve found that I really miss being in training. So, I’m quite excited to start this program. This week I ran the suggested base of 3, 4, 4 (fartlek), 3, 6 for a total of 20 miles.
Maturity
Tufts graduation was this past weekend so I am now officially an MD. Crazy. See how mature it has made me:
I figure a little immaturity will help me in my future as a pediatrician. For example, I am currently addicted to Lego Star Wars II. It is wicked awesome. Check it out:
Perhaps this will allow me to better relate to my patients?? I’m blaming my husband. He’s the one who bought the silly XBox 360. Not too mention our giant TV:
Ha! I managed to sneak in another picture of Spenser!
Anyway, graduation was excellent. Eddie’s mom came up, and I had a great time meeting all my friends’ families. There was, of course, lots of eating and drinking.
To continue this theme, Eddie and I are heading down to good old Mississippi tomorrow to visit his parents. Our visits down there definitely tend to revolve around food. We already have many meals planned. 🙂 Should be a lot of fun, although I am rather wary of the heat. Eddie and I are running a 4 mile race Friday evening. It takes place in the Memphis Zoo! Given my obsession with animals, I think this will be totally awesome.
Speaking of zoos, Eddie played hooky the other day and we went to the Stone Zoo and then had a very nice picnic by the lake. The zoo was pretty small, but we had a great time. As you may have guessed, we spent a lot of time admiring the big cats. Too bad the zoo wouldn’t let us bring Spenser. I’m sure he would like to meet his relatives.
Speaking of large cats, check out this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Cgg0txuzWM.
Okay, need to go pack!
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