Post Vacation Post

Yes, you heard right... even as a resident I managed to squeeze in a vacation.  B and I left with his family the day after graduation for Florida.  So, to begin, some graduation photos.

K graduated... my little sister is all grown up :-)

Of course B was graduating and I am SO super proud of how awesome he is :-)

The graduating class of 2012 -- all 880 of them

Proud papa... as close as he gets to smiling :-P

A somewhat disgruntled but also very proud mom and stepdad






Graduation was fun and a little stressful but it was all good because once the festivities were over B and I got to go to Orlando, FL for a much deserved childhood dream vacation.





We spent 3 days at Universal Studios and 3 days at Disney.  It was super busy but super super fun.

Below are some photos from the awesomeness that ensued.

Hogsmeade :-)












Ollivander's where I got my very own wand!

THE CASTLE!!!

This was the coolest ride in the history of the universe.  The line was interactive and inside the castle and it was just exactly how I thought it should/would be :-)  I am such a wiz-nerd

They did a good job with details

B's shirt says "Thing 1" and his sister was Thing 2, brother - Thing 3, and his parents got shirts that said mother/father of all things... then to top it off we found one for me that says "I'm with Thing 1" -- we took a photo, it may appear on a Christmas card :-)

Finally, some photos from a really cool Beauty and the Beast show we saw at Disney :-)

We had such a great time over the past 9 days or so that I really don't want to go back to reality tomorrow... BUT I will survive :-)  Only 6 weeks left of my PGY1 residency... where has the time gone?

Ok that's all for now kids.  Happy Weekend-end and hope you all have a fantastic start the the week tomorrow!

goodnight

another one bites the dust

oh the plurality of this title... so I got through GLPRC unscathed.  I did have to wait until the last day to present but I made it and now it is over.  I officially just have my teaching portfolio and my manuscript left as far as big projects go and neither of those require presenting anything so that is AWESOME :-)

In other news... since it is the last day of the month I have also finished my another rotation.  My time in the NICU is now complete.  AND!!! I only have 2 more rotations left in my PGY1... how crazy is that?!?!

I have a bunch of stuff to do before starting my PGY2... I have a large To Do list going right now.  I am a little stressed out that I'll be offsite for much of next month but at least I get to go on vacation so that is a plus.

Anyway, life is pretty good right now.  I am enjoying the last couple of months with B and I both here before I move and just soaking it all up.  It is hard to believe that this year has gone so fast.

That's all for now.

goodnight

stressed

I hate the GLPRC.  If you don't know what this is, it is a big conference where all the pharmacy residents in this area go to present their research projects.  I hate my research project.  I hate that we had so many unforseen bumps in the road.  I hate that I don't really have any awesome findings... or any findings really.  I hate that I have to give a presentation.  I hate that the slides are due on my birthday.  Yeah, I just am not pleased.

In other news, I went to find an apartment yesterday.  It was a lot more stressful than I anticipated and I'm not really sure how I am going to manage doubling my housing budget next year when I'm not making any more money really... but I guess we'll just see how it goes.  I think I'm also just really stressed about moving away from B.  I mean, this year we have been apart a lot but there is something different about going and putting a deposit on a place that I know only I am moving into.  I think I'm just really nervous about moving away without any of my people.  On the plus side, I will be close to a couple who live out there that I really enjoy and I got to see them this weekend and they were really supportive of the area that I was moving to and said that it should be a really fun area.  So that is a good thing.  And the apartment will be re-done on the inside right before I move in with new laminate/engineered flooring in the main living area and new stainless steel appliances as well as new higher end counter tops and cabinets AND the biggest bonus is that there is a W/D in the apartment.  So I mean, I'm excited in some ways but I am just nervous too.

Now I need to get some more work done on my stupid presentation.  grr.

likely to be the longest 4 weeks

So I went to NWIN this weekend b/c the time has come for B to go off to his last rotation in NM... ug.  We had a lot of fun going to see the Hunger Games and watching Game of Thrones but it was not fun dropping him off at the airport... He has safely arrived though and that at least makes me feel better.

Also B and his mom put together a care package type thing with little presents for everyday while he's gone so that is pretty fun :-)  And of course my birthday presents are here from him and his parents and I'm not allowed to open them until my birthday... I feel like this is a trend.  Last year I had the present from his mom for like a month...

Anyway... on the PGY2 front... I emailed my friends and they are going to get my info to some of their friends in the real estate business so I can get some help with finding a studio for next year.  I had some good conversations with B's mom this weekend about how really even though I have to go away next year we can still focus on getting a place for "us" here for next year. It was surprisingly comforting to think about it that way... B and I were really excited about moving in together and feeling like we were starting a new phase and we can still do that this just throws a little curve in the road.

So, enough of that for now.  Here's to hoping that the next 4 weeks go quickly and I can get everything done that I need to do... GLRC is coming up and I have a presentation to put together... I also have a couple of other big-ish things due this week on Thursday so I think I'm going to be quite busy.  Despite that I have been a complete loser today and the only productive thing I've done is laundry and minimal grocery shopping.  Whatevs though -- I am just trying to enjoy the rest of my weekend and then tomorrow can start the crap-fest that will likely be this week.  Hooray! :-P

Ok, goodnight kids.

so it is emailed so it is done.

Match day - a day that will live in infamy...

Ok maybe not... BUT, it was a BIG day for all of us waiting to figure out what we'll be doing for the next year or so.

So, to begin -- I am going to be a  PGY2 critical care resident at a very large and very well known academic medical center which I will not name in the attempt to keep things a little anonymous.  I am professionally very happy b/c I really loved the program and the people were really awesome and I know I will get a very different experience than I had during my PGY1.  There are way more residents overall and the whole place is just giant... I am excited to have this new adventure in pharmacy excellence.

On the less exciting side is that this means that B and I will be apart for another year and have to do the weekend commute back and forth... and I know it's just a year but it is still frustrating... In addition, this means that I won't be close to my sister either who has decided to stay near our fabulous university... I have really enjoyed living close to her over the last several years and I will miss being able to just get together with her... Also, all my friends are here... so even though we don't all hang out that often I will miss being able to just decide to go to dinner or whatever...

Mostly I'm excited but I'm also a little nervous.  I really think though that professionally this is going to be what is best for me.  When it all came down to it I knew that I could get equally great training at all the places I ranked and there is no denying that staying in the same city with B played a part... I would never choose to be away from him.  Nevertheless, the match has done its thing and I am happy to have the privilege to train in such an awesome program.

So, that's all for now I think...

goodnight

T minus 36 hours

In a mere 36 hours I should know where I'll be doing my PGY2... unless of course I don't match anywhere in which case I cry and then try to decide about scrambling vs. getting a job vs. moving to a remote tropical island and becoming a bartender and letting my hair go into dreadlocks...  all valid options I think :-)

Anyway I can't write any more about this without feeling crazy.  I'll post when I know what's up.

goodnight

update

So Friday was day 12/12 and also the last day for manipulation of rank lists... that means that somewhere out there there is a computer crunching the rank lists of every candidate and program and matching us... for the next 10 days... seriously?  Why should that take so long for a computer?  I will never understand that...  Anyway, I'm trying not to think about it b/c at this point it is all over and I cannot impact anything by worrying about it.

In the mean time -- I had my lecture last Tuesday and I felt like that went pretty well.  Now I have basically completed everything for my teaching certificate except for writing my teaching philosophy... that is harder than I thought it would be.  I have exactly 12 more patients to look at and for my data collection and I would be doing it now but my computer decided to stop letting me access work systems from home... so that sucks.  Tomorrow though I will finish.  Probably this means that I will have to stay at work really late.  That doesn't make me happy but it must be done.

So the other thing about tomorrow -- I'll start rounding with the ID team.  That I think will be a good thing.  I have been learning a lot with topic discussions and peripherally following the patients but I am excited to be on rounds again and actually see my patients.  So hopefully that will help keep me distracted from the match stuff until the 21st.

In other news - I am starting my 12 day stretch again tomorrow b/c I traded a weekend with J so that I can go to NWIN on my normal weekend to work and see Hunger Games with B before he has to leave for NM... that is going to be a very long month.  I have some thoughts about how it will be depending on where I end up next year but I'll save that for after I know.  Suffice it to say I am not terribly excited about starting 12 in a row again but actually it will only be 11 in a row b/c I'm taking PTO on Friday the 23rd so I get an extra day with B since he has to leave for NM on Saturday.  Hey, how about that?! :-)

Ok, I need to go find some dinner that isn't cereal since I've already had that for two meals today...

night kids