Monday, May 3, 2010

Ugh

It's been a while since I updated my two readers. I was done in the UK at the end of Feb, and returned to Canada for March, where I studied, did paperwork, shadowed my sister in the hospital and office, went skiing, took the cat to the vet, cooked, and drank Jamesons on St. Patrick's day while remembering margaritas last year in Dublin.

I have since moved to Detroit, where I have just started my second fourth year rotation (inpatient FM, after a month of Nephrology).

It's been good here in Detroit, although I must admit it was somewhat wearying moving again, and while I am getting used to this new place, I was grumpy about the necessity of finding where the good grocery stores are, etc. Thankfully, I was able to spend the first few weeks staying with a friend who helped get me acclimatized. I do need to find a good barber.

I have now (mostly) gotten my bearings, and am enjoying myself, although I still can't wait to be done. Speaking of being done, if all goes as planned, I should be done sometime this fall.

Which means that this summer will be full of residency applications. Look for more procrastinatory/ranty posts.

I am now in full-blown procrastination mode, with exams coming up in the next few weeks. Ugh.

Be well.

2 comments:

bradj said...

I'll be tuned into your procrastinatory/ranty stuff. Odd that I'm getting the red squigglies under those words...

Detroit must be quite the adventure right now -- it's been hit perhaps the hardest of any major metropolis in the US by the money trouble.

There was some index I heard that measured the availability of quality food (eg a grocery store) with the availably of fast/junk food, and it's got one of the most unhealthy in the country. I imagine that those factors together would make providing health care interesting...

Just chalk it all up to rant fodder, right? :-)

Stuart and Gabrielle said...

Hi Kent,

Thanks for stopping by our blog and commenting on the "fishing cat" photo. Your day in our woods has imprinted you both on our memories as we always think of you when walking/working in the pine plantation.

Bon Courage with the last bit of your training in Detroit and finding a residency. I believe Detroit is famous for cars; is there a city famous for music and great food that you could go and work in?