I'm not very good about updating the blog when I'm home. And there's really not that much to report so that has something to do with it. Peds is going really well. I love the office I'm working in and all the kids are just so cute :-). I'm really happy about the Saints winning and am even more happy I'm not in Indy having to hear eveybody complain about how it wasn't a fair game etc...I'm going to Boston next week to shadow somebody for a possible job. I haven't blogged about it at all cause I just didn't know what was going to come of it, but I'm super excited to see everybody out in Boston. I'm be leaving here next week Wednesday and coming back Monday night. Since I only work 4 days a week I'm only missing 1 day and am actually making that up tomorrow. A whole week of work! I don't know if I'll be able to take it!! :-).

Home Sweet Home

Well I packed everything up yesterday and drove home. It was a pain having to move out of the basement. I guess it was my workout for the day though. Now my room here is just crammed with all my boxes and...stuff. I was going to try an attempt at starting to clean it all up but I decided I'll maybe start tomorrow and just enjoy being home tonight. Tomorrow starts my next rotation and as always I hate the first day. I'm a little nervous because the doctor I'm working with is a new grad and I think I might be her first student. So who knows if she'll make things really hard or easy for me. The nice thing is that I only work 4 days a week so Tuesday can also be a day to unpack if tomorrow isn't. But then the studying needs to begin! We have to take a practice board exam again in March and if we don't pass we have to do this 2 week course in the summer and if we don't pass that...we'll that's just not an option cause you're dismissed from the program. Sigh. I'm looking forward to the day that I don't have to worry about another test for 6 years.

Six Down, Two To Go

Well that pretty much sums it up! Tomorrow we have this summative exam we have to take and then on Saturday I'm moving home! I'm excited to start Pediatrics! Hopefully it won't disappoint!

New Favorite Poster

A while ago I blogged about a website my dad showed me that has demotivating posters. They're absolutely hilarious and the poster below reminds me of them.

Laura Farwig sent this to me and I definitely thought it was blog worthy. I (along with a lot of other people I know) am rejoicing at the fact that he's not going to the Super Bowl and that his last throw of the game (NFC championship no less) was an interception. And for those that don't know, the last play he had with the Packers was in the NFC championship and was an interception. They went on to lose the game as well. Ahhh...how splendid.

Colts vs. Saints

Well, the Saints won and so now the drama of will Brett Favre retire can resume as though it never stopped. At the beginning of the season I heard a commentator say he thought the Saints would win the Super Bowl so I sort of have been for the Saints the whole season, with of course really hoping that the Packers would make it. And even though I'm in Indianapolis surrounded by Colts fans and I'm going to have to smile and nod tomorrow at work about how excited I am that the Colts are going to the Super Bowl, I really want the Saints to win. At least I'll be in Milwaukee for the Super Bowl so I can really cheer for the Saints without fearing for my life :-).

I'm moving home on Saturday. Everytime I sit in my room I look around at everything I have to pack and am not excited about it. I'm going to have a few of my big items (desk, cubby shelf thing) here, some stuff I won't need for the next six weeks at Beth's, and the rest of it at home. I can't wait to be in one place for a good amount of time.

The fact that I'm moving home on Saturday also means that I only have 2 more days on this rotation and will be starting my Pediatrics rotation next week Monday! I'm really sad to be leaving this rotation. I've had a lot of fun and seen of lot of cool cases. I hate getting comfortable and leaving. We have our rotation test on Thursday and then we have to take this summative exam on Friday. The summative exam really shouldn't be too bad except that we have to get 100%. I can't wait to not have to worry about a test for 6 years!!! (We have to recertify with the boards every 6 years).

In other news I FINALLY found a comforter that I like and ended up buying it today!! I have been looking for a new comforter for almost a year now! The one that I have on my bed right now I've had since I was in 4th grade. I still love it and it still keeps me warm (although in all fairness it is just a duvet cover...I have had to get a new down comforter in the last 13 years), but I was ready for a change. I found one that I like at Crate and Barrel over Christmas and decided to wait to buy it cause if I'm going to buy a new comforter I expect to keep it for another 13 years so I really wanted to make sure that I liked it. I also didn't want to buy it right now since I won't really be needing it until this summer when I move wherever I will be getting a job, but my mom thought I should get it now since I know that I love it and it's taken me this long to find something I like. Well, I was highly disappointed when I went online and found that they didn't have the size I wanted in a duvet anymore. So my mom did some research for me and found one in Maine! It's on it's way! I can't wait to see it!

Not much to report. A little over a week and I'll be done with this rotation. A little under 2 weeks and I'll be moving home and starting the next rotation. The job search is underway and not my favorite thing in the world. Becca Schultz is engaged! The end.

Colts...and more Colts

Well it's into the playoff season and being in Indianapolis the Colts are everywhere. Today I was reading a special section of the newspaper dedicated to Colts fans. There was a picture of a man in his room that was decorated in wall to wall Colts paraphernalia. And the article went on and on about the cheerleader that's married to the mascot, "Blue". There was another picture of a church that every Sunday incorporates football into the service and everybody wears Colts gear every Sunday. Well the ultimate hit when I was just driving home and saw a church sign that said "Your Weekend Schedule: Colts game Saturday 8:15, Sunday services 8:30, 11:00".

I guess I shouldn't be surprised though since I do come from Wisconsin where the Packers and even Brett Favre while playing for the Packers was a religion all in itself. A couple of years ago when the Brett Favre scandal first hit and he moved to the Jets my sister, Holly, sent this picture to me.

I think this pretty much speaks for itself.