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Saturday, July 16, 2011
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The persistent cough has left me, but my voice remains husky- to which I have no complaints. Christine said 'it adds to your sultriness', and I laughed over the phone. I find it helps to my advantage =) *in many little ways* ;) Geja's cafe dinner, over cheese & chocolate fondue, seafood and red wine :) Divine.I am on a really rough rotation, which is only brutal because of the new ruling hours. The seniors are all definitely pulling in more than 80 hours per week. We are so overworked, overwhelmed- but we do our best. We have with us new interns & enthusiastic medical students- my team whom I love and adore. They are a wonderful bunch of people to work with. Safdar, who occassionally has driven me home on really really late nights, or waited for me to be done with work, to drive me home- has been a sweetheart. My friends on the floors, have been my biggest support pillars. We give each other the occassional hugs, squeeze our hands together in solidarity and encourage each other to keep going. It sounds so terrible, but we are really burdened with the new working hours. Someone close to me complained I have been more irritable, all of us look stressed in the very least. I am just so thankful for the amazing, supportive people around me. I come back so exhausted, I don't even have the energy to go out and enjoy summer. Jyoti and I managed to squeeze in dinner on the way back from work at Opart Thai. Sai, Jyoti and I shared a drink at Coast Sushi just talking about work, boys and laughing together for 2 hours- that was amazing. Just strolling on my occassional day off, down Millenium Park, enjoying the summer music festivals being performed, the frozen yogurt treat with mochi :), drinking the Moscato or Riesling that I have learned to love :), visiting the BEAN :), eating home-cooked Bak Kut Teh with the Malaysians :), sitting in Shanghai Terrace at the Peninsula sipping on a ning sling, having pastry tarts as a treat post-call, finding a container of home-cooked beef and pot stickers delivered to my doorman for me after a long day at work!, lying on my sundeck, drinking my chocolate mint tea at Argo Tea just people-watching, having extra servings from the boss at Simply It (Vietnamese food) including a free dessert topped with ice cream, fruits and fried bananas :) Things at work have been insanely busy, and crazy. But I am also happy at heart- with the people around me. On another note, I have also been informed that my paper has been accepted for publication! My attendings couldn't have been happier, and I am so so blessed. I have been waiting for this for so long! ----- Dr Leslie sat next to me one afternoon at work, and told me that Georgetown University's heme/onc chief will be here to give a presentation-and that I should attend. I did that today, and he was so charming, so amusing! He said to me 'I;m sorry, I wished I knew- I would have picked on you more!' I laughed and told him 'I look forward to meeting you next year!' :)It's been a great great year. To more ahead :) *thank you*
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