The end of my internship
I'm done! And moved! Goodness I feel like I can breath again. It's amazing how emotionally/mentally taxing my internship was, not to mention over 80 hour work weeks, sleepless non-call nights, 24/7 patient care....I never fully realized it until it was over. I might have finally stopped waking in the middle of the night panicked that my Nextel wasn't plugged in or "was that a beep-beep I just heard?" I don't have that constant feeling of failure or that I'm going to be directly responsible for a patients death or prolonged hospitilization. And damn it feels good to sleep in and take a nap when I want to!

Our new home
Our new house is wonderful. Russ did an amazing job picking it out by himself. It's a 3/2 and about 1500 sq ft with an oversized 2 car garage. The kitchen is HUGE and I have so much space!! I'm excited to be able to cook again. I'm planning to make a nice pot of sauce and I want to start making breads and soups. I made both dinner and dessert last night and it was awesome! I haven't cooked that much in a year! I forgot how much I enjoy it.

The fencers are coming to give us an estimate for the back yard tomorrow. The dogs love the backyard! The house is on a bayou (canal) that connects to a pretty decent sized lake (1x9 miles)...and we have a little dock! But being from Florida I know all about the potential dangers in a lake and canal...especially for the pups...So they don't get to play off leash until the fence is up.

Our house is on a cul-de-sac at the end of a pretty long road in the back of the neighborhood...so I feel really safe...especially with the pups.




In 3 days Russ has developed the caffeine addiction I took 3 months to cultivate during my internship. He's constantly amazed when he gets home and the first things I say are "go get out of those scrubs, sit down and what do you want to drink?" It's still too close...I remember how I felt every day when I got home from work. I needed five to ten minutes to just be.

His schedule is hard to get used to though...I have to keep a calendar just so I can figure it out. He's doing an internal medicine pre-lim year. He has q4d call right now. The program is really strict about their hours. I think they were in violation in the past and have really cracked down. And since Russ isn't one to hang around the hospital...as soon as he's done...he's home! It's weird not having him come home some nights though. I had home-call...this in-house call is a new concept to me.

Even though I've only been here less than one-week, I'm a little lonely...I was used to being the one doing stuff and with people and now the roles are reversed...it's different. My sister was in town in Gainesville and we could hit the mall or go for ice cream whenever I had free time....and now I don't know anyone. It also doesn't help that our cell phones don't work here and we don't have long distance. I can't even call my mom! We've ordered new phones and they should be here soon. I haven't met any of the spouses yet, but one of Russ' internmates will also be a resident mate and he and his wife are from the area....so we've got tenative dinner plans to meet. I do have plans to join the local vet association and LLL...so hopefully I'll meet some folks there. I've only met the two male neighbors so far...the wives were out at the time...and goodness I've only been here less than a week!