School's out for summer

25% MD!! And one-quarter done, not counting the small, miniscule issue of licensing exams or something. Ce-le-bra-tion time, c'mon...

We've actually been finished classes and exams awhile (May 30th to be exact) but between our rural community observerships, starting summer jobs and European getaways, there hasn't been as much time (or inclination sorry to say) to update.

Exams were, well...exams. Which really means they weren't all rainbows and sunshine, but more like 7 consecutive days of dreary, depressing rain. But at least they're finished with and if my school account is correct, then it actually looks like we survived them and passed! Meaning no summer school for Stuff!!

Right after exams our class was split into small groups and placed around rural communities for a week of clinical observerships and "wining & dining." Whether said wining & dining was not as good as expected because a certain group did not get to go to a promised excursion of theatre, well that's another story to tell (sorry Truffles, I really can't get over it, haha). On the 'medicine' side of things, my week was quite interesting with a fair number of weird & wonderful cases (an undiagnosed case of Raynaud's in an infant anyone or how about some IPF?), as well as some not so rare but nonetheless cool because maybe someone (I dunno who - looking around innocently) knew the diagnosis was pinworm? But I digress. In the end I didn't get to do as much as I expected (i.e. not monkey see, monkey do but monkey see, monkey see & don't touch anything especially anything green or blue) but I had a good time altogether. Some things surprised me, like the fact that I actually liked family med & peds more than I thought I would. Other thoughts on the otherhand were more or less confirmed, like I hate standing in one spot for 3 hours because I am afraid of unsterilizing myself or others who come within 3 feet of my vicinity.

So after this week came my long awaited trip where Stuff became La Stuffé. Get it?? Sigh.. I went to France okay??

And that brings us to today where reality finally sets in and work began with Dr. BossMan at l'hôpital. Apparently I'm going to be banished to work at our other hospital site for the summer meaning (un)fortunately I'll be a shuttle bus ride away from Dr. Charming! Oh no! Where will I get my weekly/daily giggles re his cuteness from?? Ah, c'est la vie... Can't win them all, n'est pas?

[please forgive the French, I am still jet-lagged]

P.S. I find it slightly disturbing that Dr. BossMan and I share the same taste in music. Highly weird feeling to discover that you & him are bopping your heads to a song playing on his CD player at the EXACT SAME TIME. Gah!