Six Months

Couldn't get on blogspot tonight from the hotel room in Montana, so I typed some notes to post later. It's now later.

June 30.

6 months of running a mile or more every single day.

3 degree weather. 97 degree weather (that was today).

Wow.

June 30: Down to the furniture store and back.
Time: ~8 minutes. I stopped my watch instead of splitting it when I turned around. That was at 3:56, so I should have been under 8. I ran slower because it was HOT.
Distance: 1 mile, mapped by my car
Feeling: The air at least is a dry heat, instead of humid. And I don't know that it's actually 97 out right now ~ that was just one of the temps I saw earlier during my exploration.

So tomorrow I interview at the hospital out here. Seems there's been some turmoil with the ob gyn who was here for 30 years who suddenly stopped practicing. There's currently someone doing locums at the hospital, so I'll have to see what she thinks. The community is small, but cute. There's an actual swimming hole ~ like a mini-lake. It's a small town, but I lived in Ithaca before it was built up, so I can't imagine this to be much different. I guess I'll see tomorrow!

Da Boards.

I'll be really happy when this is over.

June 29: Galaxie Run
Songs: So What, Love Song, Let it Ride
Distance: 1.1 miles
Feeling: I just want the damn test done already.

I'm thinking about upping this to 2 miles a day at least half the week for the second half of the year. But we'll see how that goes.

Time to shower, time to get ready, TIME TO PASS THE BOARDS!

One Day Away...

By tomorrow at this time, I will have finished my written boards.

Which means, I will have officially graduated. After, I'm going to go return everything at Stony Brook and officially "check out" ~ I'll be done with residency. Tuesday morning, I get on a plane to Montana to see the town and the hospital that I'll be working in starting in September. July I have off, and August I'll be working at a clinic in upstate NY, 9-5, regular days, no call.

So my plans for tonight are a nice dinner and then bed early. Hopefully I'll sleep a little better tonight. Did take a nap by the pool earlier.

June 28: Sunset to Mooney Pond and back
Distance: 1.4 miles
Feeling: Good. Okay. Shins are better, but a little throbby at the end.

Tomorrow, I'll probably run before the boards. Then the boards, then the hospital, then dinner with Nikole and Kirthi to celebrate the end of four years.

Almost 6 Months!

June 26: Running in Charlotte. Slightly different route ~ ran down the hill to the right, through some parking lots and back up the hill.
Time 9:36.
Feeling: Very tired.
Distance: 1+ miles.

The board review course wore us all out. Plus, as I mentioned before, it was like being in medical school again with people studying all over the place. Today, I couldn't run before the course today ~ we started at 6:30. Caught our plane back to NY and then sat in traffic; got home at 7. Starving. Ate my regular at Friendly's (I know, I know, I swear I'm going to stop, but we had next to NO protein for the last 5 days and I really wanted chicken). Came home, napped, and ran around the apartment complex.

June 27: Circles around the apartment complex.
Distance: 1 mile.
Songs: Move Along, One Step at a Time, and the very beginning of Just Dance
Time (based on songs): 7:30
Feeling: Pretty good, though I can't wait to go to bed.

Can't wait to sleep in tomorrow. Can't believe the boards are in two days. Can't believe I'm done!

Brain is filling up...

This board review course reminds me more and more of med school every day. I haven't been in a place with people studying non-stop since I lived with Dana, Steph and Jazz.

At least I'm still running.

Same route as Tuesday.

June 24: 10:02
June 25: 9:38

I also threw in a little swimming yesterday. Probably going to hot tub it again tomorrow to help my left leg shin splint. Oh, the fun, the fun.

Here in NC

June 23: Down from the hotel, Left onto the road, down to the river, ran alongside the river til the next building, then to the main road, right onto the road I was on before, up the hill and back.
Time: 10:20
Weather: 68 and sunny

So not too bad. My left leg shin is killing me.
Now it's time to go sit in courses for the day. Ugh.

Off to NC!

Today, Nik and I leave for Charlotte. Kirthi's already in NC and will be traveling from Raleigh to Charlotte this morning. Then it's 5 days of intensive learning/reviewing in preparation for what we'll be doing next week at this time ~ our WRITTEN BOARDS!

I was up really late last night ~ had to attempt to clean (or at least tidy) my apartment before I left. I think things were growing in my kitchen, and it wasn't herbs. More like mold. So I managed to get all the papers in a pile and the dishes in the dishwasher, my laundry put away and I have a short list of errands that I want to accomplish before noon, when Nik and Ant pick me up for our trek to the airport.

So I did my run now.

June 22: Galaxie Run
Weather: 67, cloudy, feels like 67
Songs: Stronger/Faster, Misunderstood, Country Grammer, It's All Been Done
Feeling: My shins hurt from Tristan's workout on Saturday. My butt hurts too, but that's a good hurt. My shins aren't a good hurt, but I started up my shin stretches again.

Oh, and it's time for new shoes. Now that I got a few extra dollars from graduation, I need a new pair of sneakers.

And I'm Done.

With residency, that is.

June 19: ran in the morning (Sunset run) before going into my last day. That's cause I knew it was Conway's at night and I didn't get in until 2 am on the 20th, so if I didn't run, I wouldn't have.

June 20: ran after working out with Tristan outside at Bally's. Then high tailed it home to catch the ferry to go to Fire Island.

June 21: ran the Sunset run again after coming home from Fire Island.

And now, I have to shower and hit Starbucks to work on my stats. Cause if I sit here, I guarantee I won't do them. That being said, I don't really want to do them...

A Quick Update

June 17: Galaxie Run in the morning before RRD
June 18: 1 mile around the apartment complex

I have to post about RRD, but right now, I need to sleep. Tomorrow night is Conway's, which means get up early tomorrow morning to run.

Day Before

June 14: Morning run, Galaxie ~ felt good. Then studied all day with Nik and Kirthi.
June 15: Laps of the apartment complex ~ drunk.
June 16: Laps of the apartment complex and church after dinner with Loren.

Gotta run before work tomorrow. GRADUATION!!! I should probably go to sleep...

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Pre-Toast, Pre-Studying Run

Jun 13: Galaxie-Inwood-Sunset-Church Run

Today I met Donna for breakfast after my run. Was a little late 'cause I didn't manage to drag myself out of bed early enough to really run, cool down, then shower and go. Breakfast was great ~ Kylie is so cute and little, and quite happy for a baby! And seeing Donna before I leave was good too. I'm going to miss these nurses that got my through my gyn months on nights...

Then I studied all day with Nikole. First we started outside by Danford's at the picnic tables, but when it started getting cold and looking like it was going to rain, we decided to move into Starbucks. Studied til 4, then ate at Kimi and shopped at the Gap, came back to study some more. And that's where I sit now. Did 2 practice tests online as well as some prolog questions. Disagree with some of the answers, but overall, I think I'll probably do fine. Plus, we still have the board review course to do.

Tonight, I am NOT going to turn my computer on. I am going to clean my apartment. I swear.

And then there were five...

June 9: Post work, post nap running around the apartment complex.
June 10: Post Harvards running around the apartment complex. Pumpkin beer was back too ~ so I was definitely a little tipsy on my run. The last Harvards of my residency.
June 11: Galaxie Run ~ and it felt great! The day of work was great too, however, Q did a nice job of ruining it at board sign out and after. Tovar was awesome during the day though ~ I did a vacuum and a forceps delivery and they were great! I only wish he was there earlier...
June 12: Galaxie Run again ~ with some pick ups between the poles. The sun was still out, so that was nice.

There's only five work days of residency left. Holy Cow! And I'm up to five interviews for fellowship now. FIVE! Woohoo! Five's a good number!

I'm broke.

Almost forgot to run tonight. Glad I remembered.

June 7: Ran before studying - Mooney Pond to S. Evergreen to Sunset and back. Then went to study with Nikole, ate lunch at Cheesecake Factory, shopped a little (found my RRD dress!) and then studied more.

June 8: As I said, almost forgot to run tonight. Did 1 mile around the apartment complex.

And I'm broke. Checked my bank balance today. $0. Still not really sure what I'm going to do to get money. Aaaggh...

First Week of June

Trying to remember this week ~ they're all starting to blur together as the time is going so quickly. Two week until the end of residency. TWO WEEKS!

June 3: Ran my mile after work, after Implanon training. Apartment complex loops.
June 4: Ran my mile after work around the apartment complex. CRAZY day at work.
June 5: Ran my mile in the rain when I came home from work. Apartment complex loops. And then, drank a blueberry beer.
June 6: Ran my mile (Sunset/Inwood Route) after working out with Tristan flipping tires and banging sledgehammers. And that was after a full day of ACLS/BLS training. Took a nice spill behind the St. Margaret's softball field and scraped my hand and leg. Pretty good leg scrape too.

Tomorrow, I'm going to run before a full day of studying with Nikole. And at some point, I'm going to have to get a dress for RRD and an outfit for our formal residency pictures.

Really? It's almost over? I just can't believe it.

Late Night Running

June 1: 1 1/2 laps of apartment complex
June 2: 1 lap of apartment, L of the church

Not too bad so far. Into my 6 month of running every day.