Happy belated Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving was my holiday to work, which is great because it means I get Christmas off. The day of wasn't too bad. I got free lunch for working the holiday, and after work I went to my coresident's apartment. She had cooked for her boyfriend, his brother, and another of the pharmacists from work that we hang out with, so I was able to enjoy some good Thanksgiving food. We finished the night out with a game of Scrabble. The night before Thanksgiving my Bible study had a fun night due to the number of people who were out of town. We played Just Dance 3 on the Wii and it was awesome. Even the guys really got into it and danced their hearts out to "Let's Go to the Mall."
I have a week left of my cardiology rotation, and I'm really enjoying it. I realize that I might just like the CICU because it's my first critical care rotation, but I know I'd like to do more rotations in cardiology. I'm not totally sure where I'll be next month but it looks like I'll be in administration. I don't think it will be easy, but it will be a nice break from our traditional clinical rotations. I've been spending a lot of time following my patients and working on projects, but I know that if I can just make it through these 2 years of residency then I can find the job that I've been looking forward to since I start working in a peds hospital in pharmacy school.
Speaking of doing a second year of residency, I head to New Orleans a week from today for the Midyear Clinical Meeting. It's the meeting I went to last year in Anaheim to meet residency programs. This year I'll be looking for 2nd year programs in pediatrics as well as recruiting for residents at my current program. I'm still undecided if I'm going to stay here or leave for my second year, but I'm glad I have the opportunity to look into other programs at this meeting. This is a great program so I only want to leave if I can find a place where I would get an added experience to prepare me for my career.
Last weekend was the Philadelphia marathon, and I volunteered at a water stop. It wasn't as fun as actually running the race, but it was great being involved in the run in some way. There is definite strategy involved in handing out water at a race, especially to the fast runners. I haven't been running as much as I'd like to, but hopefully I can get back at it soon.
Stay tuned next time for updates from my trip to New Orleans!
Thanks for the update. I am praying for your trip to New Orleans as I think it will help guide your decision making for next year. It's kind of like that song, "Should I stay or should I go?" Tee hee. (Is that a song on Just Dance 3?) Less than a month until Christmas - woo hoo! I am very excited to see you and cook for you and run with you and hear all your stories and...you get the idea. I love you!
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