Lookin' forward to the weekend!

This week has been action packed! I can't believe it's already Friday again. Time is flying by!! Jonathan and I both have had great, very busy months and it's so hard to believe that next week we'll both be starting new rotations....Before then though, we are looking forward to this weekend. Tomorrow night is supper club with the other interns and Jonathan is making a Bavarian Apple Torte (which is always so yummy :-) Saturday we're hosting poker and all I have to say is that Sarah B. better watch out! I'm ready for her this time!! Hopefully we're spending some time with the fam on Sunday in addition to a lot of resting, some exercise, movie watching, and cross stitching. Hope everyone else is doing wonderfully and that we see you soon!

Things are going well

So things have been going pretty well at the Lawson household. I am now almost at the end of my 3rd week of residency, and so far it is my favorite thing I've ever done. I was worried it would be hard and intimidating, but so far (although I think next month may be a little worse schedule) I'm loving every single minute of it! It still hasn't sunk in that this will be my "real job"!!

Jonathan is having a really good rotation. He loves hematology/oncology and thinks that's what he wants to do eventually. He just got mid-rotation feedback and his attending gave him glowing comments (really good notes, good knowledge base, working really well with other doc and the patients, etc.) and said that he is working well above what is expected of a student at his level(I'm not at all surprised :-)

YAY FOR ALEXANDER!!!!!!!!!! We just got the new!! He made a 254 on Step one which is 99th percentile!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE ARE SO PROUD!!!!!

The Shih Tzus are doing really well and are SO much cleaner since I've adopted my new "dry cleaning" routine. I just dust them with baby powder and then brush them and the dirt and smells are brushed away :-) They are so cute!!!!

First week as a real doctor!

SO....the last three days were officially my first days as a "real" doctor. I have had SO MUCH FUN!!!! I keep having to pinch myself to believe that I'm getting paid to see cute kids all day and give their moms advice. I also love AM rounds in the newborn nursery. I love going around and checking out all the new little arrivals. This morning I had to wait on the other residents for a while, so I went around looking at all 12 babies and then ranked them according to cuteness (kind of hard since they were all pretty cute :-) I really love Aiken clinic! The attendings there are SO nice, and the office is quite a well-oiled machine. It's so much fun to work in that environment. I especially like writing and signing all my own prescriptions and orders :-)

Today was Jonathan's first day of Internal Medicine. This month he will be in Hematology/Oncology which is what he is interested in eventually doing. So far he has also loved it and really enjoyed the people he is working with.

We are both currently trying to adjust to our new schedule...quite different from our old one :-) We decided to try to get up and go to bed MUCH earlier and then move our exercise to the AM so we can go together and be consistent throughout the year no matter what rotation we're on. I actually felt better today and not as tired despite waking up at 5AM.

Emily is coming to visit me on Friday for my birthday and I'm SO EXCITED! She hasn't been down for almost a year now. On Saturday Mom, Dad, and various brothers are headed down and we're going to have a big shindig to celebrate my 26th. I CANNOT WAIT to see them! Originally Jonathan promised me a pet turtle for my birthday present, but he hasn't been able to find one small enough. The smallest he could find was about 8 inches in diameter and had to have a 20 gallon tank! I really just wanted a tiny one that would live in a fish bowl, but apparently they don't sell them in GA. So, I really don't what my present will be...knowing Jonathan it will be something I really like though :-)

The Shih Tzus are all doing really well...they look so lovely since we have been feeding the Angel Eyes and their tear stains have grown out. They also have a licorice snack in the mornings to prevent a certain gross habit which has been working quite well. They are REALLY enjoying their AM walks. Esteban is hoping to lose a pound and get his sexy figure back. Pippi Amanda and Stan are both in a very serious "who can run the most circles around Esteban" contest.