Gina Bean!

Check out these awesome cupcakes my sisters made for me.  They’re Cookie Monsters!  With cookies!!! I’m about to go enjoy the last one I brought home with me

Tomorrow, the hair will be gone.  So tonight, for the first time in I don’t know how long, I actually fixed my hair instead of just half blow-drying it (enough to get my bangs sort of the way I want them). I’m excited and nervous.  And I’m sure I’ll miss it at first, but it’ll [...]

What do you think?  Maybe about half an inch or so longer than that past my chin?  I won’t be coloring my hair, of course.  Last time I did that, five years ago, I immediately regretted it because my hair was so dry and prone to split ends.  And I’m too cheap and lazy to [...]

I had a nice short day at work with Dr. Naifeh as our new attending.  She’s pretty speedy. I had a yummy lunch with Evan. I had a fun time hanging out with my mom and sisters. Then I had a great time playing LOTRO.  My little hobbit’s level 50 now!  Yay!  I got a [...]

A bit early in the year to see some tornadoes already.  We sent our students home after Kimberly finished teaching them about cyanotic heart disease and then wrapped up all our work to head out too.  I tried to text my family but only heard back from Michelle…I’m not sure whether to blame my family [...]

We didn’t have noon conference at work today, so we didn’t have free lunch either.  All Kimberly and I had to do was say this and Dr. Adler (who is freakin’ awesome) made herself even more awesome by offering to take us out to lunch.  So we all drove out to Iron Star in Azif’s [...]

I’ve been wanting to get some boots that would help me get through the yucky, muddy median that lies between the parking lot and the hospital at work and hadn’t had much luck.  My sisters and I went to Westie’s for their after-Christmas sale and I didn’t find what I was looking for, and Zappo’s [...]

I am not a naturally graceful person (I know this surprises you since I hide it so well), so the thought of walking around on the icy rain that’s fallen today scares me quite a bit.  The thought of driving on it in my torque-y, tiny car scares me quite a lot.  So I was [...]

What started out on call as a mildly irritated and scratchy throat has now become a full on URI, complete with congestion, runny nose, coughing, and increased irritability. Thank goodness Evan is so unflappable and patient with me. In other news, I need to go back to posting pics on my entries.  The latest ones [...]

I went to the store today to buy some more rice since we’re all out and found out that the 25lb bag at Cao Nguyen is much heavier than I though it would be (or I’m much weaker than I realized).  I was on the phone with my mom when I tried to lift it [...]

This has been a lot harder to keep up with than I expected, especially with call (like today).  Some days I have a lot I want to type about about and have to keep myself to one post, and other days I struggle to think of something to say that won’t bore everyone to death.  [...]

I’m short (5’3″) but I’d be really tall for a hobbit! I get to bum around all day and not really work if I don’t want to. I’d get to go to hobbit parties outside all the time with excellent food and drinks for everyone. I’d get gifts at the parties I go to! It [...]

When I was on call with Elisa before going on Christmas vacation, she told me about another yarn store in the city called Sealed with a Kiss.  It claims to be one of the largest and finest yarn stores in the US, so I think I’ll have to check it out and see how it [...]

Sitting around in the lounge this morning to get check-out for the day, I answered several phone calls from other residents saying they’d be late because the roads were bad outside.  I had no idea how cold/wet/icy things were since I’d been stuck in the hospital almost 24 hours, so I started having visions of [...]

My new attending on Peds Heme/Onc is…interesting.  He’s an older guy, the type who talks slowly and deliberately but is rather dry and quick-witted.  He says a lot of things that I think people would be surprised to hear from him (well, from anyone really) if they didn’t already know him.  He’s sharp, funny, and [...]