Gina Bean!

I finished reading A Game of Thrones in about a week and now am well into the 2nd book in the series, A Clash of Kings.  I’ve somehow managed to study, work out, AND read every day since this rotation started and it’s been awesome.  So…is this what I have to look forward to in 54 days?  Having time to *gasp* do fun stuff alongside the responsible stuff???  I can’t wait!

My sisters were both surprisingly free this afternoon, so they both came over after work today for some dinner, shopping, and Futurama.  Of course, there was lots of wedding and reception talk as well.  I can’t believe we’re heading to Mexico in just  2 weeks!!!

I’d already picked out a bunch of stuff online at Bed, Bath, and Beyond for our registry, but Evan and I went to the store today to add towels and such (I wanted to make sure they were soft first).  The trip took waaaaaaaaaaaay longer than I expected.  The girl working there wanted me to pick out plates, silverware, drinkware, napkin, napkin holders, placemats, etc, FIRST THING so we could set everything up and make sure it looked good together.  The intentions were nice, but we really wanted to just be left alone to pick out some stuff on our own.  I wormed my way out of it by saying we didn’t have much time today, and hopefully we’ll have someone a little less pushy next time we go.

I’m already nearly done with the first book.  At the rate I’m going (since I have to split my reading time between studying and fun), I should have finished the 4 books currently available before the 5th book comes out in July.  Then I’m stuck waiting for the next ones in the series!  It’s like Harry Potter all over again…

No more NICU ever.  EVER!  Back to sleeping in and hanging out, then studying and getting some sun before heading south to Mexico for some sun without any studying.  Woohoo!!!

The shiba inu puppy cam is back and Moira is once again in danger of getting a little sister…  Luckily Evan’s here to talk some sense into me.

Only 34 more hours at work, to be exact, until I’m free to relax and enjoy!  Not getting to work with Gottipati for the full two weeks he’s on service is the only thing about this that makes me sad I’m almost done (forever) with the NICU.  He’s been wonderful.

Evan, Jasmine, Rachna, and I met up with Michelle downtown today to have some dinner at the Festival of the Arts and take a look around.  Unfortunately, as Jasmine pointed out, each time we try to take a brown person with us to a fair it gets far too windy.  Rachna and Jasmine both lost some of their food and Jasmine had powdered sugar blown all over herself from our funnel cake.  It was still fun though, and the night was topped off by just hanging out and relaxing at Rachna’s before we all admitted to being old and calling it a night.

I think we’re going to attempt the Renaissance Faire in Muskogee next week…perhaps with more than one brown person.  Hopefully we won’t all get swept away…

We’ve been watching Game of Thrones on HBO and Evan keeps telling me how much better the book is, so I downloaded the first in the series of books by George R.R. Martin last night.  And reading is basically all I’ve done today.  Read, run errands, read, eat dinner, read.  It’s been a wonderful day.

Evan and I will be spending my day off tomorrow taking care of a bunch of errands (oil change, post office, grocery shopping, etc) that we’ve put off for way too long.  We’re completely out of food at home so I think Evan just had oatmeal for lunch today.

Having an attending who truly cares about residents and our education and well-being makes a big difference.  Having an attending who’ll fight with the other attendings in his department for us tells me my last week in the NICU (ever) will be good, and quite possibly even enjoyable, instead of just tolerable.

I’m truly jealous of the dog’s lifestyle.  Lay around, sunbathe, nap, play, and eat.  Why can’t life be that simple for us too?