Weekend break

I spent the weekend afar, attending a formal in the missus' honor. Good times were had, our bellies were filled, as we enjoyed our scenery and the company of others.

During the weekend, we hop over to a magazine store. I love books. Every time I get into a book store I light up. I have no idea why, I just like the idea of the possibility of so many books. Since I was a kid, I loved a good book, and I still do.

So while in this magazine store I'm like the proverbial kid in a candy store. This is the most extensive magazine store I've ever been to, even airports can't compete with this. I circle around once looking for my prey. I opt for the least medical things that I can think of that I love and I get The Hockey News and Forbes. Turns out Forbes has a piece on artificial heart pumps and how they could replace heart transplants; it's the only medical article and The Hockey News has nothing of the sort.

Fast forward to my apartment, with the gf (that's pronounced "Gee-Eff"), who's here for two weeks, where we settle in, grocery shop, etc. A big story in the news that catches my attention describing the Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease that is killing children in China. I cross my fingers that 2003 doesn't repeat itself and thank my lucky stars I'm not in the ER right now.

Monday. We begin our family med rotation. I'm particularly excited because family med was the reason why I ever entered medical school. I'm nervous because I hope it turns out to be as great as I thought it would be. Turns out, we don't actually see that much family med, but we do get a little taste.

Get home from school. Dinner it up with the gf and watch House and head to bed early to be at school for 8am.