fast horses and beautiful women

Day 5 of senior week....
I'm already wishing I was still a fourth year, 5 weeks into residency!
I love it. But i do miss my friends, and all of our fundays.

Our day at Churchill Downs...

starting with lunch at Baxter Station, yum!

i already miss days like these :(
this is my gansta friend.
he's so hard core.
lol.

hope you're having fun in charlotte friend!

twin spires here we come :)

the intensity of thowing away money that's not yours...

thank goodness she's here in nky so we can suffer through residency together!

the beautiful women...

great lookin group thats for sure!

oh...and the fast semi fast horses...

lookin like trouble.

I wish i went to the track more, its so much fun! Too bad i'm an AWFUL gambler!
Really. I lost every race i bet on.
Maybe it's my irish luck.

newborn C {sneak peeks}

This is by far one of my favorites. Love a newborn in mama's arms.

Check out that smirk ;-)

Sleeping like a baybeeee....

i love it in b/w, great suggestion mama!

This little man seriously is soooo long! He'll be a basketball star for sure!

I think this would look awesome as a canvas!

I showed it to my niece and she just started giggling....

"thats baayyybeee feet!!!"

so precious.

that smirk...

also one of my favorites :)
sun bathin' baby booty haha

I was so impressed on how well this little guy held up his head...
for just a few days old, super impressive!

happy to report

 i think i need a utility belt, or maybe a fanny pack?

After a mighty long weekend of being on call and being completely exhausted...and nearly defeated...nearly :) I've had a great day today. Not sure why I feel that way because nothing in particular happened to make it that way. I did deliver 4 babies today, all of which were cutie pies. I also circumcised two little wee wees hahaha. I learned a lot today too, surgically speaking. I just felt a little more confident today i guess, which was definitely NOT the case over the weekend. So I guess what I'm trying to say is that, today was good. And I'll take good. I even got a compliment from an attending on my suturing skills which caught me off guard. Maybe he felt sorry for me because I'm the intern, but that's ok....I take that too :) I've heard the service i'm on right now is the most exhausting so the fact that i am surviving and not in tears [yet] is promising. On that note...I've had multiple nurses tell me they can make my four years an awesome experience or absolutely awful. What is that? What am I supposed to do with that information? Today i even asked the one that mentioned it if I was making a bad impression because I've heard it so much already....she said NO NO absolutely not. Just warning ya. Still...a little disturbing. Oh well...at least the nurses in triage felt comfortable enough with me to give me a "warning" to pass on to my fellow interns. Here's hoping that I don't get on any of their bad sides :)

Still waiting to see Eclipse....I know a certain hubby who is also waiting with bated breath to see it too! Must find time to go to the movies asap. Someone please tell me i'm not just building it up in head for a let down.

day one

Because i dont have time to call all of you and tell you how my first day of a real doctor went i'll just put it all here. I was actually able to sleep last night which was awesome because not all my fellow interns did. I don't know why but i wasnt really nervous. I think im kinda over that whole "nervous because you're afraid to fail" thing.....because honestly, it's inevitable. I can't know everything. I'm not google. [man wouldnt that be awesome if you were google? imagine all the knowledge you'd hold] but, man i've got a ton of reading to do.

So day 1 started at 3:30am....then 3:40...and finally up outta bed at 4:00am :) Its really not all that bad. I mean it does suck to be up that early but it wasnt awful, especially since i went to bed at 9pm...while my neighbors were mowing their lawn. Ps...if you text me after nine I'm not gonna answer. It's not that I dont like you....i just NEED sleep.

The day was split up nicely today with rounding/lectures/a surgery and finally check out. And...suprisingly the worst part of my day?? sitting in the traffic on 75 south as I was heading home. I think that's saying a lot. I was really really really worried when i interviewed here because i didnt think i'd "mesh well" [thank you for all those that appreciate the clueless reference] but I think the residents are all awesome and i heart all my chiefs they're great so far. Even though I felt COMPLETELY stupid at multiple points throughout the day, at least people really treat you like a doctor, like you matter. That could be a bad thing in a few weeks days when I'm ready to toss my pager(s) and phone in the trash! Bonus points for the fact that I got to eat breakfast and lunch and didnt feel like my bladder was gonna burst even once.

I'd love to stay and chat but I got a yummy dinner of grilled cheese and tater tots waiting for me and an amazing hubby that deserves a little attention :)

 until next time, here's hoping i'm surviving.....