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| 3/4 done.it's been ages since i've posted...so let's see: intern year sucks (but i only have 3 more months of it left, woohoo!)...i'm always tired or busy. and married life is pretty awesome. the weather is finally starting to take a turn for the sunny today. hrm, that about sums up my year.
actually, the most special thing about today is that it is ms. sydney's 3rd birthday. can you believe it? man...so much has happened since she was born. she's a cutie, as most of you know...and so darn precocious. reminds me of her aunt. haha.
anyway, this is definitely baby season. i've recently heard of 3 births (and actually, oddly enough, both of the girls were named sydney)...and there are at least 2 more right around us on their way...and at least 3 more coming after that. all this hubbub has sparked conversations between the hubs and me that have gone something like this (not exactly, of course):
hubs: aww, babies are so cute.
me: uh, yeah, i guess. from kinda far away.
hubs: wouldn't it be nice to have one?
me: um, no.
hubs: no seriously, we should have like 8.
me: only if you want to be the one to carry, deliver and nurse them.
hubs: come on. you LOVE your niece.
me: well yeah, cuz i get to leave her with her parents. but for us, right now, NO.
seems harmless, yeah? but it's starting to freak me out. what happened to the boy who was totally freaked out about becoming a grown-up husband? now he wants kids? i think our biological clocks are not set in the same time zone. sigh. when it's right, we'll both just know...i hope. for now, we're just enjoying being together...and being able to go on vacation. (countdown is currently 13 days until Hilton Head!)
now i shall go back into hiding. bye.
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| my short relapse.many of you know that, for the sake of my health and my marriage, i have given up sports -- at least, mostly. yes, i still read espn.com, but i am NOT watching any sports. particularly not my bears...and not baseball. yes, a part of me dies inside every time i say that. it may not last into next year, but for now...actually, today, when i did check on my bears, i was SHOCKED at the result. but you know, i've been like that every week. when i think they should win for sure, they horrify me. when i am certain they'll lose, they surprise me. but i have not watched one full minute of a bears game since the dallas game. last week in PVD didn't count -- it probably wasn't even a full minute anyway.
tonight, however, the hubs had me sit with him as he turned on this mid-end of game 7 of the ALCS. and 10 minutes into sitting down, i'm already yelling at the TV. that cleveland 3rd base coach should be fired. i am refusing to watch the end...but since i can still hear it, i can't really tear myself away. but i can already feel my blood pressure skyrocketing. and the pent-up anger building.
if only i had such passion for anything medicine-related. might make me a better doctor. sigh. | | |
| Dr. Kim, the intern.i feel that i have finally begun my residency. and let me tell you, it sucks!!!
ok, in all fairness, it's alright at times. it's sort of an amazing thing that we do -- the care that's entrusted to us. but damn, it is sort of scary. i have never wanted to just fall down and sleep for 5 minutes so badly in my life. but the pager goes off -- and i'm the one who has to answer stuff. i have NO idea what i'm doing, but i'm the one who is ordering stuff for people like it's food off of a menu. i'm not going to ask a senior much less an attending about every little thing...but then every time i don't, i'm like...hrm...i hope that's not something that will kill them.
during my very short stint (haha, when i first typed that, i typed "stink" instead...probably more appropriate) on the wards as part of the inpatient cardiology team -- which takes care of 18 patients and consists of 2 interns, 1 senior and 1 attending -- i have only had a handful of actual cardiac patients. most are pneumonia or GI, or most of all psych. and the cardiac patients i've had....i think i've put all of them into renal failure. go me. haha.
anyway, today was the end of my first ward month. i've learned to dictate at lightning speed (well, almost), sign my life away on orders i can barely read in the middle of the night and ask everyone about chest pain.
which, by the way, i have now developed myself. woo!
and with that, i'm off to portland for a week for a very well deserved (in terms of hours i've put in, if not good medicine practiced) vacation.
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| It's been about a month since my last post. I guess I just felt like I didn't have anything to say...and if I did, they were probably just private thoughts anyway.
So...since last time, we've moved into our new home and we love it. We're still waiting on some new furniture, but for the most part, it's up and ready for guests! So come visit us! Please?
I've realized that radiology is awesome. My first month as an intern has been pretty relaxed since I started on the radiology service. It's actually fun and educational...though I was pretty intimidated when I had to learn to use a dictaphone on my first day. Anyway, I'm in by 8, home by 5...with plenty of time to cook dinner.
Cooking...that has been the best and worst part of all of this. I love to cook...I like to be able to make things that I want to eat...and that the hubs will enjoy. But, suddenly, there's this added pressure for everything to be just right...to come up with a menu that isn't boring...Everyday when I leave the hospital, I page the hubs so I know when to expect him at home -- mostly so I know how much time I have to prep dinner. And then I just sit and ponder. It's fun, but surprisingly a bit on the stressful side. It's been fine -- I've made lots of Korean food, mostly lots of banchan (side dishes), which take a lot of time. Anyway, it's fun....but short-lived. Next month, I've heard that I'll be crazy busy on the inpatient cardiology service. Ick.
All in all, it's a nice life we've got going here. I'm still getting used to this place...but overall, the people are super nice...and it's pretty darn quiet. I miss my friends though. Sniff sniff.
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| the motherland.i've only been here in seoul for a few days now (well, actually, almost a week), and i'm finally getting adjusted. i think that all the sleep that i missed out on during the month of may is catching up to me now -- it's awesome to sleep whenever i want...and to wake up only to eat something. even better when it's home-cooked korean food...that i don't have to help out with. hehe.
it's a bit strange though -- after all the "accomplishments" of may, being home is still the same. maybe it would be different if the hubs (i can't think of what to call him...boy seems inappropriate now...will have to figure it out) was here too. but since he isn't, i'm back to being my daddy's little princess, my mommy's little baby....ok, maybe it isn't THAT obnoxious, but close enough. and as much as i miss my poor hubby who moved all by himself all day yesterday (sorry celica, i think the house will be full of boxes, but at least now you'll have a bed), it's always SO nice to be at home, not having to worry about school, work, married life, house, anything. i think it will always be like that -- at least until i have kids, i guess -- no matter how old i am, to some extent, my parents' home will always be a safe haven for me -- a place where i know i'm loved and will be taken care of. it's nice.
i feel like i'm in that in-between limbo world, on the brink of being a "Real person" living in the "Real world" -- working, earning my own money for the first time in my life (yes, i know how pathetic that is), keeping house, paying taxes...but it hasn't happened yet. for another couple weeks, i'm not a student, but not yet a resident (britney spears, anyone?)...a married woman, but not yet a true, home-keeping wife. for now, i'm just a daughter...and i'm relishing every moment of it that i can.
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