I love babies, and I love yarn (among many other things). Kyle always jokes about how I am addicted to both looking at pictures of babies belonging to friends and families on various blogs and looking at pictures of yarn craft, often at Etsy.com If I am to be honest, he isn't far off, so you can imagine my delight when I found this Etsy shop. Tiny babies wearing adorable knitted hats! When I showed Kyle he suggested that the pictures were my equivalent of a Speedball.
We had a fantastic CaRMs tour. I realized at the end of the trip that I had just completed an "in-law" tour as well, and it was wonderful also. I still have to get onto Kyle's computer so that I can put together some pictures of the adventure to post here. Despite our great time, returning from a tour of Canada in the winter to Vancouver with February sunshine and double-digit temperatures was enough to make me question why I have decided I need to get out of this city. The rain today is helping my mindset. Tomorrow is the deadline for Kyle and I to rank our program preferences, and then it is out of our hands. We will find out where we match to on March 9.
Yesterday was my last class of medical school, and even though there will be teaching involved in residency as well, I am considering it my last class of school - my first one being 21 and a half years ago. We get the next few days off to prepare for our OSCE (practical exams with standardized patients) this weekend, and then on Monday I start a vascular surgery rotation. I am experiencing anxiety about it almost entirely because I will have to be "on call" again. I haven't had to carry a pager, or try to sleep in a hospital bed, or work for 24+, or be up in the middle of the night feeling alone and not having the slightest idea how to answer the nurses/patient's question, since sometime last year. The thought of it makes quite frankly makes my stomach hurt. Even though I am not looking forward to it, I am glad that I have the opportunity to be on call one more time as a student. In July I will start a year full of hospital sleep-overs again, but then I will be the resident that the student calls when they don't know what to do.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Sunday, February 8, 2009
trains, planes and automobiles.
written February 6, 2009
This morning we are chug-a-lugging our way from Ottawa to Kingston, and I am pretty excited to be completing my travel trifecta of trains, planes, and automobiles. In general this trip has been pretty exciting – not only have I been able to see a lot of Canada that I haven’t seen before, I have had the chance to visit friends across the country and meet almost all of Kyle’s extended family. It is like being on a really fun holiday, with several interspersed (slightly more stressful) interview days that may determine the rest of my predictable life.
When I posted last we were on our way to St. John’s, Newfoundland. We stayed in a hotel there with Trish and got a taste of life on ‘the Rock.” Highlights included standing on Cape Spear – the most eastern point of land in North America (and possibly the coldest/windiest place I have ever been), and our impromptu cab tour of a place called ‘the Battery’ led by our cab driver who looked like he had walked off a postcard, and spoke with such an accent that we only understood about every third word. They are a friendly, simple bunch over there – and we are definitely foreigners. The interview day was extremely long, but very friendly.
St. John’s lived up to its expectation of being the most exotic stop on the tour, and Ottawa lived up to its expectation of feeling the most “Canadian.” We stayed almost a full week with Kyle’s Auntie Brenda and Uncle John (who took very good care of us), and got to visit with Kyle’s cousin Justin and his fiancée Becky, Grandpa Merritt, and friends Jen and Shannon and Shannon’s family. Most Canadian moment goes to eating Beaver Tails while skating on the Rideau Canal, but I also got a kick out of sitting in on a session in the House of Commons, listening to part of the budget debate. The interview day was not as long nor friendly. So far it takes the prize for best organization, and best lunch.
And now we are en route to Kingston to stay with the Parsons-Sheldrakes and meet new baby Ewan. My interview day at Queen’s is on Tuesday.
This morning we are chug-a-lugging our way from Ottawa to Kingston, and I am pretty excited to be completing my travel trifecta of trains, planes, and automobiles. In general this trip has been pretty exciting – not only have I been able to see a lot of Canada that I haven’t seen before, I have had the chance to visit friends across the country and meet almost all of Kyle’s extended family. It is like being on a really fun holiday, with several interspersed (slightly more stressful) interview days that may determine the rest of my predictable life.
When I posted last we were on our way to St. John’s, Newfoundland. We stayed in a hotel there with Trish and got a taste of life on ‘the Rock.” Highlights included standing on Cape Spear – the most eastern point of land in North America (and possibly the coldest/windiest place I have ever been), and our impromptu cab tour of a place called ‘the Battery’ led by our cab driver who looked like he had walked off a postcard, and spoke with such an accent that we only understood about every third word. They are a friendly, simple bunch over there – and we are definitely foreigners. The interview day was extremely long, but very friendly.
St. John’s lived up to its expectation of being the most exotic stop on the tour, and Ottawa lived up to its expectation of feeling the most “Canadian.” We stayed almost a full week with Kyle’s Auntie Brenda and Uncle John (who took very good care of us), and got to visit with Kyle’s cousin Justin and his fiancée Becky, Grandpa Merritt, and friends Jen and Shannon and Shannon’s family. Most Canadian moment goes to eating Beaver Tails while skating on the Rideau Canal, but I also got a kick out of sitting in on a session in the House of Commons, listening to part of the budget debate. The interview day was not as long nor friendly. So far it takes the prize for best organization, and best lunch.
And now we are en route to Kingston to stay with the Parsons-Sheldrakes and meet new baby Ewan. My interview day at Queen’s is on Tuesday.
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