Graduation

Well, today was the Residency Graduation. It was at the zoo. It was a pretty nice little celebration actually. I got in trouble from the food server nazi manning the children's buffet. I didn't like the chicken on the adult buffet so I went over to the kid's line to get the chicken fingers they had and the lady said, somewhat rudely, "this is food for the children and there's chicken in the adult buffet." And so as I was taking chicken fingers, I said, "yeah, I know, but I don't like the chicken for adults." So she then said, "Um, Okay then..." again with a rude tone. Hee hee hee. Another resident also got in trouble for taking fruit from the kid's buffet. Anyway, I got a certificate stating that I successfully completed the PGY-1 year (intern year) and a gag gift bag with stuff an R2 needs from the graduating seniors. It had a whistle to keep the new interns in line, bubbles, a sunglasses clip (since I'll be able to be out in the sun more), and stickers. Oh and a pill box with jelly beans - "medicine" to keep us sane. Then we roasted the seniors. Everyone laughed at my jokes so I was pretty happy with the job I did. Chris did a good job roasting Mark.

Well, I did quite a bit of shopping when Melissa and Tori were here so no more shopping until I pay off that bill. So far our grand total is $3700 (roughly) and that doesn't include Tori's spending total yet and she probably spent the most of the 3 of us so the total may hit $6000. We thought of planning a trip to Mall of America for nonstop shopping in 2007 or 2008 but I may have to start saving now for that one. I'm trying to convince them to go to Canada on our next trip. I would suggest Mexico but I can't imagine Tori enjoying that. She may starve since she's more picky than me when it comes to food. At least Canada is almost like the US. I had lots of fun with them and there's lots of pictures to look through. Melissa was able to recover the corrupted photos on her card so as soon as she sends that, I may give a try at making an iphoto album that Apple can put together.

Ho hum. Tomorrow I'm on call for a 24 hr stretch. I guess I'll figure out which topic to do a presentation on. My newest study routine is to create a powerpoint presentation on the topic I'm studying since it forces me to read slowly and carefully and to clarify any questions I have. I wonder if my pregnant patient who's at 39 wks will come in soon. I go to bed each night wondering if I'll be paged to come in and deliver her. She's really nice so I hope I won't miss her delivery. I'm 0 for 2 for my continuity patients so far and I already know I'll miss one of my teen pregnant patients. I may be able to do her delivery if my schedule on Peds allows it. Well, time for bed