Sunday, June 26, 2005
Catch-up
So it's been quite a while since my last blog....busy times at the hospital. My 1st year is almost over. It went by so quickly, it's practically a blur. I do feel like more of a doctor now. A lot of my diagnostic and medical management skills come more quickly now. I still have a lot to learn. Mostly critical care stuff; ICU topics and management. In fact, I'm getting bombarded with ICU training: out of my next 10 months, 5 of them are going to be in the ICU. I anticipate it being quite difficult, but it's supposed to be the best type of training. Immersion in the most difficult circumstances. See things at their worst and how you need to react. Not only with the speed of your reaction, but your smarts, too. Being able to make a life-saving diagnosis in minutes, probably even in seconds. It sounds both exciting and scary. We'll see how I am 10 months from now.
So the Pistons put up a good fight. They took a very good Spurs team to a 7th game. Still disappointed in the loss. Need a better bench, especially at guard. Look for Delfino to get better this year or for Joe D to pick up a guard in the draft or off-season.
Took a trip out east about a month ago. See the link for some pictures from New York and Atlantic City. Hung out with Mandy for about 5 days, which is always nice. Went to her friends' wedding, which was a very intimate event in their backyard. Ceremony took all of 15 minutes with a justice of the peace. Reception was in their house with close family and friends. It was very sweet. They have been together for over 8 years, so the ceremony was practically a formality. Then I went down for a weekend in New York City to see a bunch of fraternity brothers I hadn't seen in a long time. Great times. Reliving some good and forgettable moments. Even though we've all moved on to our separate lives, it's amazing that we could all still get back together and be stupid around each other and hang out like old times. And it's great to catch up with all of them. Makes me wish for those days in college, days of very few responsibilities and a world full of opportunities.
Mandy was in town this past weekend. I'm excited for her. She was here for an interview with an engineering company. I'm sure she's a great candidate and would do well at the job. I'm just excited that she's going to be moving to Detroit soon. We've been living in separate cities for 3 years now. It's felt like forever. Our times when we get to see each other are awesome and totally reinforces that I want to spend the rest of my life with her. But those moments these past few years have been too few and far between. I just hope I don't get on her nerves when she does move here.
Chris just left today. One of my friends since childhood. I don't have many friends that have lasted this long. Now, two of my closest friends are in southern California. Am I missing out on something? At least they're making it easy to visit them. Not only that, they're in southern California. And fortunately, I have a vacation during the dead of winter in January. He'll be missed. He was such a reliable friend, someone I could call for almost anything. He's been there for a lot of memorable moments. Plus, he's known me since the beginning, back in my big glasses days when we danced on Ann Arbor's Main Street for the ethnic festival. It's good to know that he's moving on to an area where he's going to have more opportunity. It's just sad whenever a friend moves away.
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So the Pistons put up a good fight. They took a very good Spurs team to a 7th game. Still disappointed in the loss. Need a better bench, especially at guard. Look for Delfino to get better this year or for Joe D to pick up a guard in the draft or off-season.
Took a trip out east about a month ago. See the link for some pictures from New York and Atlantic City. Hung out with Mandy for about 5 days, which is always nice. Went to her friends' wedding, which was a very intimate event in their backyard. Ceremony took all of 15 minutes with a justice of the peace. Reception was in their house with close family and friends. It was very sweet. They have been together for over 8 years, so the ceremony was practically a formality. Then I went down for a weekend in New York City to see a bunch of fraternity brothers I hadn't seen in a long time. Great times. Reliving some good and forgettable moments. Even though we've all moved on to our separate lives, it's amazing that we could all still get back together and be stupid around each other and hang out like old times. And it's great to catch up with all of them. Makes me wish for those days in college, days of very few responsibilities and a world full of opportunities.
Mandy was in town this past weekend. I'm excited for her. She was here for an interview with an engineering company. I'm sure she's a great candidate and would do well at the job. I'm just excited that she's going to be moving to Detroit soon. We've been living in separate cities for 3 years now. It's felt like forever. Our times when we get to see each other are awesome and totally reinforces that I want to spend the rest of my life with her. But those moments these past few years have been too few and far between. I just hope I don't get on her nerves when she does move here.
Chris just left today. One of my friends since childhood. I don't have many friends that have lasted this long. Now, two of my closest friends are in southern California. Am I missing out on something? At least they're making it easy to visit them. Not only that, they're in southern California. And fortunately, I have a vacation during the dead of winter in January. He'll be missed. He was such a reliable friend, someone I could call for almost anything. He's been there for a lot of memorable moments. Plus, he's known me since the beginning, back in my big glasses days when we danced on Ann Arbor's Main Street for the ethnic festival. It's good to know that he's moving on to an area where he's going to have more opportunity. It's just sad whenever a friend moves away.
