One year

One year. The amount of time off from Blogging that I have just taken. In that year, it seems that everyone has one. Yea for people writing stuff down. I wonder if journal writing has suffered.

I am sitting in the Family Medicine Team Room at on the 3rd floor of Primary Children Medical Center. I just ate a baked potato and am drinking Orange-Mango juice. Oh yeah, and I just wrote an order for a 5 year old to get one unit of blood.

This is my last month of my first year of being a resident. One year of getting used to people calling me doctor. One year of getting a little bit upset at relatives and friends introducing me as, "This is Rick. He is a doctor."

One year of feeling sooooo inadequate at times to even pretend to being a physician. One year of screw-ups. Writing the wrong order. Being tired. And just wanting to leave the hospital. One year of getting more confident in clinic. One year of having a good time with the nurses, HUCs and medical assistants. One year of listening to other residents complain and moan. One year of loving each other when we can.

One loooooooong year of set-ups, blind dates, first dates, phone numbers, facebook messages, flirxting, dumb parties, ward "prayers", failed relationships, false starts.

One year of new friends, growing, changing, decorating, cleaning, ultimate games, bike rides, soccer matches, dancing, first dates, kisses, capitol steps, monitors and tv.

I have fantastic friends, family, and coworkers.

In the last year I have been the happiest when Liam freaks out when he sees me, delivering beautiful babies, on the top of O'Sullivan Peak, dancing with Amanda in the kitchen, giving reassurance to that 28 year old that wanted a full body CT, Andy showing me how to buzz my head, getting compliments on my new glasses, helping my sister in the ER, sleeping on foam pads in my newly purchased condo, diagnosing shingles for the first time, watching Iron Man, paying off that first little student loan, just being around for the important family events.

I love my mom alot.

This post is dedicated to Dani and Jo. The two who have bugged me the most to write.

Rick