Going back to work after a vacation is always an adjustment. Fortunately, my first two weeks were spent in a drug information rotation. During this rotation I worked on a few drug information projects and answered drug information questions. It was a pretty good way to ease back into residency mode. This week I finished my first week of training as a clinical pharmacist on call. Basically, if the physicians or staff pharmacists reach a pharmacy question they can't answer, then they page the clinical pharmacist on call. A couple of days were pretty slow with calls but there were a few crazy days. It's definitely been a challenge, and I hope I can improve as I continue to train the next two weeks. Once I'm trained, I will be the clinical pharmacist on call instead of my usual job in the inpatient pharmacy.
I am working this weekend, but I had 2 great weekends prior to starting to work weekends again. I have been a big fan of the musician/singer Ingrid Michaelson for a long time, and I've been talking to my friend Susan about going to a concert. We decided on Thursday to check online to see when her upcoming concerts would be in our area and saw that she had a concert in Rochester, NY that Saturday. On a whim, we decided to go and invited my cousin Hannah who is living here for a 6-month fellowship. The three of us hit the road to Rochester and after a fun dinner of tapas went to a great show by Ingrid. She is so funny and a great performer. We stayed in the Hyatt Regency for $60 (thank you Priceline.com) in Rochester. On our way home we stopped in Syracuse and biked in this tram thing around Lake Obanaga. For dinner we stopped for pizza and ice cream in the town Susan grew up in. It was a really fun weekend with some fun ladies!
Last weekend I took the train (so much easier than flying) to Baltimore to hang out with my friend Elijah. On Saturday we got lunch with my friend Sara who did the pharmacy residency at the hospital I worked at in KC and walked around the harbor. Elijah is German, so that night we headed to the Maryland State Fairgrounds for the annual German festival. It was a culture experience with German food, beer, dancing, music, and even the Jegermeister girls were there. The next day I attended high mass for the first time and we went to Camden Yards for an Orioles game. They won and we saw the record broken for the most strikeouts by a Taiwanese-born pitcher (12, btw). For dinner we had Turkish food for the first time, although we kind of played it safe by getting pizza-type things. Another fun weekend and benefit to living where all of the cities are close together!
Next weekend is supposed to be a bonding weekend with my new coresidents. Should be fun!
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