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Almost Half Way!
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Almost Half Way!

June 3, 2015June 3, 2015 Crankygiraffe2 Comments

May is over and we are quickly launching into June - the half way point of the year!  I am so pleased with the progress I have made on my goals so far!  For this reason, I am going to re-evaluate and add new goals starting in July - for the second half of this… Continue reading Almost Half Way!

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T Minus…

April 30, 2015 Crankygiraffe1 Comment

T - 1 day until the end of internal medicine... Forever! T - 23 days until my half marathon (gosh, I really better get back into the trail)! T - 30 days until I am essentially finished my first year of residency (because I have the whole month of June off for vacation)! T -… Continue reading T Minus…

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Making Changes

January 20, 2015 Crankygiraffe12 Comments

I hate being blamed for something that isn't necessarily my fault (or when it is something that is the fault of a few people all together). Unfortunately, this is a common occurrence in Medicine, especially as a junior resident. In the past, I had this compulsion to make sure people were aware of their role… Continue reading Making Changes

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The Grateful Struggle – Week 2

January 13, 2015January 13, 2015 Crankygiraffe6 Comments

Two weeks into my goal (challenge) to take note of what I am grateful for, and I am already finding it difficult!  I meant to post this yesterday, but I really couldn't think of more than one thing I was grateful for in the last week.  I did some deep "soul searching" last night and… Continue reading The Grateful Struggle – Week 2

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A Poopy Day

January 8, 2015January 8, 2015 Crankygiraffe4 Comments

After 3.5 weeks on surgery, I finally graduated (for the day at least) from scut monkey to second assist in the OR. You'd think that I'd be super excited about this. However, I am on the "colorectal team." I have spent my whole day staring at bums and bowels, and standing in piles of residual… Continue reading A Poopy Day

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Blogger Friends Got Ideas!

Yesterday, after my Alter Ego, Cranky Giraffe, posted about my son’s crazy little love letter to his newest idol, Lady Gaga, an old old blogging friend tweeted it, with an idea that maybe he could meet her!  I know the likelihood of it being re-tweeted by anyone other than myself is pretty low… But who […]

It’s Been a Long Time…

“It’s been a long time since I came around Been a long time but I’m back in town And this time I’m not leaving without you” ~Stefani Germanotta (Lady Gaga) I know I haven’t been here blogging for quite a long time (almost a year and a half…), but there was something about blogging that […]

The Common Sense Problem

The airplane seat map shows that the emergency exit row seats are considered “less desirable.” It’s a little ironic since they come with extra leg room, even if they don’t recline (really, who needs to recline 2 inches when you have two extra feet of leg room?). I think the real reason they are less […]

Walking Tall

This month I’m traveling around the country to check out fellowship positions. It is exhausting, trying, lonely, and often confusing. Most of all, I miss my kids. I spend a lot of time trying to figure out how fellowship and moving to one of these places would fit into the current, ideal, little life of […]

Happiness, Please

Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that, but simply growth.  We are happy when we are growing. ~John Butler Yeats, 1909 Is there a difference between pleasure and happiness? I had never really thought much about it until today.  My husband sent me an interview by Dr. Robert Lustig, who just […]

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