Today is my first thanksgiving at home in 5 years!!! And already my family is annoying me :) :) My mom is barking about the Macy's parade and how she has seen more of the today show hosts than the actual parade. Fur is popping blocks. Dylan just woke up (almost 11:30am). Randi and Garry just showed up. And I have to cut the dogs nails....possible go for a run, especially if I will be gorging myself today...and help my mom as much as I can with today (although she has to do EVERYTHING her way ;) I also get to eat some delicious food and stuff myself absolutely silly. I love this day!
My weekend was awesome...I had a very special friend come and visit. I had not seen her for almost 2 years and it was really nice to see her and talk with her. I miss her tremendously. Unfortunately, I forget sometimes who is visiting me. Usually I have friends that come to stay with me who have no idea where they are, how to get anywhere, and need my internal GPS for guidance. Kate needs none of that...which means I annoyed her for 4 days with my insistance of helping her navigate the big city which she is capable of doing by herself. I think by the last day I had gotten that fact in my head but then she left to go back home....sorry!! Other than that, it was fun to walk the city and eat and talk and I enjoyed every moment she was there.
Tuesday I traveled on the train home....I'm glad I left the city early before the onslaught of travelers. Good news: no pat down for me at the train station as they never search anyone taking an Amtrak train. Bad news: no pat down shows how vulnerable our trains really are.
I have been thinking about the pumpkin pie that is in the fridge...I think I am going to go and steal a piece....hee hee!! I hope everyone has a wonderful and safe thanksgiving. Have a great day!
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
I'm Bored!!!!
Actually, I have lots of cleaning to do before my special guest arrives on friday. But cleaning is boring without good music so I am busy looking for songs on Itunes to add to my collection. The reference of the title of this post is partly a joke. I am off from rotations until January 4th and I partly rubbing in to my friends who still rotating :) Of course, without the structure of something to do everyday I am a tad bit bored. So, I decided to log on and get typing since I have some recapping to do anyways...
I finished Cardiology on friday!!! :) It was a nice chill and relaxing morning and after rounds I said my goodbyes to everyone. I then headed into the city to Macy's to find some blouse tops. I scored big time by finding a nice pink and a classic white one ($24.95 each). I then headed home to rest up for the big birthday weekend. On Saturday, I met up with Daniel, Patrick, Yoshie, and the birthday girl herself, Ishie, for a wonderful weekend in Atlantic City!!! LOVED IT!! Lunch was at a nice Seafood restaurant where my 3 sliders (crab, lobster, salmon) were fantastic. Then we had some really bad $2 shots (hee hee). Then we walked the boardwalk, took photos, and avoided pigeons. After playing $20 in the machines and losing (no afternoon luck) we headed back to the hotel for wine and prepping for the evening. Then, off to the Borgata for an amazing buffett dinner. I housed 4 plates of food and dessert!!! Then, tried my luck again with Wheel of Fortune slots. I did manage to turn my $20 into $50 before I lost it all :( Then, it was back to the hotel for some more late night drinking and passing out. Woke up at 10:30am, checked out of the hotel and headed to breakfast at this cute diner around the corner. Then, back to NYC. It was a really nice weekend away with friends....I should do that more often :)
Monday was game face day. I had to travel to New Brunswick, NJ for my first interview (actually my 2nd but my first during interview season). I went out with the residents for their invitation social. The ones I met were very laid back and chill. The next morning, was my interview. The program director was great. The program looks amazing. And almost all of my interviews went really well, except for the one question from the Vice Chairman that threw we off for about 10 seconds but I think I recovered enough to not look like a total idiot :) I really, REALLY liked this program and would love to match there and I sold myself as hard as I could to show them this. Hopefully, it worked!!
So, today I am cleaning and writing post interview thank you notes. Good news: I received another interview offer. Bad news: SUNY Upstate (a top of the list program for me) did not offer me an interview :( That's twice I have been rejected from them, once for medical school and once for residency. Well.....their loss!!!
I finished Cardiology on friday!!! :) It was a nice chill and relaxing morning and after rounds I said my goodbyes to everyone. I then headed into the city to Macy's to find some blouse tops. I scored big time by finding a nice pink and a classic white one ($24.95 each). I then headed home to rest up for the big birthday weekend. On Saturday, I met up with Daniel, Patrick, Yoshie, and the birthday girl herself, Ishie, for a wonderful weekend in Atlantic City!!! LOVED IT!! Lunch was at a nice Seafood restaurant where my 3 sliders (crab, lobster, salmon) were fantastic. Then we had some really bad $2 shots (hee hee). Then we walked the boardwalk, took photos, and avoided pigeons. After playing $20 in the machines and losing (no afternoon luck) we headed back to the hotel for wine and prepping for the evening. Then, off to the Borgata for an amazing buffett dinner. I housed 4 plates of food and dessert!!! Then, tried my luck again with Wheel of Fortune slots. I did manage to turn my $20 into $50 before I lost it all :( Then, it was back to the hotel for some more late night drinking and passing out. Woke up at 10:30am, checked out of the hotel and headed to breakfast at this cute diner around the corner. Then, back to NYC. It was a really nice weekend away with friends....I should do that more often :)
Monday was game face day. I had to travel to New Brunswick, NJ for my first interview (actually my 2nd but my first during interview season). I went out with the residents for their invitation social. The ones I met were very laid back and chill. The next morning, was my interview. The program director was great. The program looks amazing. And almost all of my interviews went really well, except for the one question from the Vice Chairman that threw we off for about 10 seconds but I think I recovered enough to not look like a total idiot :) I really, REALLY liked this program and would love to match there and I sold myself as hard as I could to show them this. Hopefully, it worked!!
So, today I am cleaning and writing post interview thank you notes. Good news: I received another interview offer. Bad news: SUNY Upstate (a top of the list program for me) did not offer me an interview :( That's twice I have been rejected from them, once for medical school and once for residency. Well.....their loss!!!
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Veteran's Day....
Happy Veteran's Day! A big giant support hug goes out to all who have or currently are serving in the military. Without you, we would all be british......
Today meant a day off from work because city hospital employees do not work on national holidays and my boss told me not to bother making the trip in. Which means tomorrow is my last day of cardiology...YAY!!! Going to miss it...sort of. But, on to better and bigger things like interviews.
I have my first official interview on Tuesday in New Brunswick, NJ. I spent all day today preparing by researching the program and thinking about what I want to portray to my interviewers. I honestly have no idea what questions they will ask me so I pretended that I was an interviewer of potential applicants to my emergency medicine program and I thought about the things that I would want to know about the applicants. I am so happy I still retain some of my imagination from my childhood days.....it certainly came in handy today!!
After my last day tomorrow I am going shopping.....I need to buy 2 new dress shirts for my interview outfit. Then, this weekend its off to Atlantic City to celebrate my good friend's 30th b-day (hopefully I win some money).
Quickly....a big congrats to my friend Jesse for finishing the NYC Marathon. I am so inspired that I am thinking of running it myself next year. Of course, the minute my knee starts acting up I reserve the right to change my mind.
I just noticed that this blog seems to be all over the place tonight. That is what happens when you are not prepared!!! Which is why I need to get back to preparing for my big day on Tuesday. I hope everyone has a good night!! :)
Today meant a day off from work because city hospital employees do not work on national holidays and my boss told me not to bother making the trip in. Which means tomorrow is my last day of cardiology...YAY!!! Going to miss it...sort of. But, on to better and bigger things like interviews.
I have my first official interview on Tuesday in New Brunswick, NJ. I spent all day today preparing by researching the program and thinking about what I want to portray to my interviewers. I honestly have no idea what questions they will ask me so I pretended that I was an interviewer of potential applicants to my emergency medicine program and I thought about the things that I would want to know about the applicants. I am so happy I still retain some of my imagination from my childhood days.....it certainly came in handy today!!
After my last day tomorrow I am going shopping.....I need to buy 2 new dress shirts for my interview outfit. Then, this weekend its off to Atlantic City to celebrate my good friend's 30th b-day (hopefully I win some money).
Quickly....a big congrats to my friend Jesse for finishing the NYC Marathon. I am so inspired that I am thinking of running it myself next year. Of course, the minute my knee starts acting up I reserve the right to change my mind.
I just noticed that this blog seems to be all over the place tonight. That is what happens when you are not prepared!!! Which is why I need to get back to preparing for my big day on Tuesday. I hope everyone has a good night!! :)
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
Rally for Sanity!!
I know I should have blogged about my amazing weekend on Monday, but I was recovering!! Today, I have the energy to tell you all about my adventure to DC and making history...so here goes.....
Jesse (my partner in crime) was gracious enough to allow me to stay at his place the night before our journey since the bus left from a place not too far from him. At 6:15am on Oct. 30th, we left the apartment and walked to where the unmarked chinatown bus would whisk us away. The bus stop was PACKED, but we made it on the bus and at 6:50am we were off. The ride down was not too bad....lots of people sleeping...and talking. The only negative was the 2 idiots directly behind us who were yapping at the top of the lungs. The whole bus could here their moronic, immature talk. Eventually they fell asleep which meant peace for the next 2 hours :)
We arrived in DC at 11:30am and walked towards the National Mall. Not even a few blocks in and we already started seeing the signs.....some of them were hilarious, like "Down with zippers!". Some poked fun at the teaparty...some at Obama....some were serious signs about real world problems...but most were just clever, funny, and obviously thought up over some drug induced state the night before. Jesse and I tried to move through the masses on the Mall, trying desperately to make our way near a speaker or even the stage. No such luck. Too many people crammed into one spot and no one wanted to move. There were people there who obviously had been there for hours with there blankets and lawn chairs out and they locked arms and would not let anyone through the crowd. Eventually, Jesse and I became tired of this and decided to leave the giant ball of human flesh and head to the outskirts of the Mall. We walked for a ways, taking in all the signs, and costumes and then we came to the spot where history would be made in DC. The construction site!!! We decided to join about 30 others in trespassing onto this site, climbing a retaining wall....then a whole house, to sit on the roof and have the best seats in the house! That lasted about 30 minutes when A) More people than the roof could hold were up there and I became paranoid that I would end of in a newspaper article about a roof collapse and more importantly B) The police showed up....since we were all trespassing. So, we got chased out of the construction site. And instead of trying to rejoin the crazy crowd, we walked through the National Mall, seeing the sites....Washington Monument, White House, the new World War II Memorial, Lincoln Memorial. Then, Jesse and I walked to a corner bar and did the most American thing ever....had a beer, a burger, and watched the rally on TV!!!!
We then headed to our hotel and rested. An old friend stopped who now lives in DC, so I got to spend some time with her before she headed back out to the streets to protect the citizens of DC (she's a cop there). Then, Jesse and I headed out on the town to take in the Halloween craziness in DC. Lots of crazy costumes....and cheap drinks. And then, it was back to the hotel for bed. On Sunday, we walked through DC chinatown (much cleaner than NYC's), saw some of the 35,000 runners of the Marine Corps Marathon, and walked through the National Aerospace Museum. Then it was back on the bus (with sandwiches and beer in our bags) to head back to NYC.
Overall, it was an amazing weekend....I had an awesome time and I owe a big thank you to Jesse for going with me. I would post pictures but blogger is acting up, so I will try to add them next time.....
Everyone have a great night!!
Jesse (my partner in crime) was gracious enough to allow me to stay at his place the night before our journey since the bus left from a place not too far from him. At 6:15am on Oct. 30th, we left the apartment and walked to where the unmarked chinatown bus would whisk us away. The bus stop was PACKED, but we made it on the bus and at 6:50am we were off. The ride down was not too bad....lots of people sleeping...and talking. The only negative was the 2 idiots directly behind us who were yapping at the top of the lungs. The whole bus could here their moronic, immature talk. Eventually they fell asleep which meant peace for the next 2 hours :)
We arrived in DC at 11:30am and walked towards the National Mall. Not even a few blocks in and we already started seeing the signs.....some of them were hilarious, like "Down with zippers!". Some poked fun at the teaparty...some at Obama....some were serious signs about real world problems...but most were just clever, funny, and obviously thought up over some drug induced state the night before. Jesse and I tried to move through the masses on the Mall, trying desperately to make our way near a speaker or even the stage. No such luck. Too many people crammed into one spot and no one wanted to move. There were people there who obviously had been there for hours with there blankets and lawn chairs out and they locked arms and would not let anyone through the crowd. Eventually, Jesse and I became tired of this and decided to leave the giant ball of human flesh and head to the outskirts of the Mall. We walked for a ways, taking in all the signs, and costumes and then we came to the spot where history would be made in DC. The construction site!!! We decided to join about 30 others in trespassing onto this site, climbing a retaining wall....then a whole house, to sit on the roof and have the best seats in the house! That lasted about 30 minutes when A) More people than the roof could hold were up there and I became paranoid that I would end of in a newspaper article about a roof collapse and more importantly B) The police showed up....since we were all trespassing. So, we got chased out of the construction site. And instead of trying to rejoin the crazy crowd, we walked through the National Mall, seeing the sites....Washington Monument, White House, the new World War II Memorial, Lincoln Memorial. Then, Jesse and I walked to a corner bar and did the most American thing ever....had a beer, a burger, and watched the rally on TV!!!!
We then headed to our hotel and rested. An old friend stopped who now lives in DC, so I got to spend some time with her before she headed back out to the streets to protect the citizens of DC (she's a cop there). Then, Jesse and I headed out on the town to take in the Halloween craziness in DC. Lots of crazy costumes....and cheap drinks. And then, it was back to the hotel for bed. On Sunday, we walked through DC chinatown (much cleaner than NYC's), saw some of the 35,000 runners of the Marine Corps Marathon, and walked through the National Aerospace Museum. Then it was back on the bus (with sandwiches and beer in our bags) to head back to NYC.
Overall, it was an amazing weekend....I had an awesome time and I owe a big thank you to Jesse for going with me. I would post pictures but blogger is acting up, so I will try to add them next time.....
Everyone have a great night!!
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