Gina Bean!

I spent a lot of my post-call haze today messing around online after I found Stormtrooper 365, a collection of Stormtrooper pictures over 365 days.  There are tons of cool pictures in there, but one was inspired by a different Flickr photographer who got this image that I fell in love with and just had [...]

John and I spent the whole day at the Special Care Daycare in north OKC, where typical and non-typical development kids are all mixed together and watched by many different teachers.  I’d been warned ahead of time by Adrienne that she got dirt all over her when she went outside to play with the kids, [...]

Happy birthday, Azif!  Hope you had as much fun at dinner as I did!

Less than 2 weeks left until my vacation starts, and I’m afraid I’ve already mentally checked out.

The PICU was not a fun place to be last night.  Thank goodness Dr. Henry came in to help Katherine and me because we could have very easily gotten overwhelmed.

Our normally aloof dog tends to only get affectionate with us when she’s scared or hurt.  Post vet visit, while the vacuum’s going, constipation (heh), stuff like that.  Evan found out today that she’s also scared of tornado weather and though she tried to be tough about it, she stayed close by his side all [...]

After careful consideration, I’ve decided that the best way to spend my time these next couple of months (on my development rotation and my research month, with some vacation thrown in for good measure) will be disassembling and reassembling the good ol’ Millennium Falcon.  The giant, 5000+ piece one.  In order to not destroy my [...]

Visiting our family friend in the hospital every day has resulted in me being somewhat overfed by his mom.  She thinks  the hospital food here is terrible so when she sees me visiting at dinner time, she won’t let me get away without eating at least a little home-cooked something.  (Lucky for me, I’m on [...]

Our TV died this weekend, leaving us without any background noise while we worked and hung out at home.  I initially panicked and called Samsung about it on Sunday; they said they’d have some local TV repair people call us the next day and that whatever was wrong with the TV wasn’t covered under warranty [...]

So after two days, I’ve decided that the Development and Behavioral Pediatrics really isn’t for me.  (Big surprise, I know.)  Seeing 1-3 patients a day isn’t really my style.  However, it is fun to spend time just playing with the kids while the adults do all the talking. In other news, my friend’s white count [...]

May the Fourth be with you. … Especially to a good family friend who was recently diagnosed with ALL.  Good luck buddy, and know that you’re in the best hands at our hospital!

Anna and Bryan’s new dog and Shaheen’s little puppy have both reminded me of something very important that I think people often gloss over when talking about new pets – how much money is spent on them in the beginning. When we first got Moira over two years ago (she’s getting old!), we probably fed [...]