1. the rank order lists are in (and have been for a week). in a bit more than 2 weeks i'll know where i'm going for residency. keeping fingers crossed...

2. in the meanwhile, looking at NYC apartment listings on craigslist has been sucking away much of my free time.

3. my medicine sub-internship is 2.5 days from being over, friday being a half day so we can take a final exam, which is pass/fail, and incidentally my final exam of medical school. i'm excited for it to be over and impossibly unmotivated to study for it.

4. up next: general surgery for 4 weeks. mentally, i'm about 98% checked out of medical school right now. i have friends that were wise and saved up vacation time and are effectively graduating within the next month ("official" graduation is may 12). i go all the way up until may 12, since i spent so much time on the east coast taking time off to rotate and interview. as long as i match highly, it will be worth it.

5. clearly i have a lot of interesting things to report, ergo the frequent and exciting updates on this miserable miserable blog.

6. life will get much more exciting in about 2 weeks. i'll keep you posted. hold your breath.

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looks like i love lists

1. I GUESS I'M GOING TO NEW YORK CITY (maybe). columbia anesthesiology just sent me an email to tell me that they would be delighted to have me in their residency class and plan to rank me accordingly. YESSSSsss! (it might be a generic email) currently they are ranked in my top 3 (not #1 and maybe not #3) so that basically means that i'm going to match in NYC (since #1-#8 are all in NYC). now if i can just get a nice email like that from my #1 (and also my #1 preliminary year choice) then i'll be all set. but this calls for a celebration (possibly). i'm going to order chinese and pass out in front of the television.

2. i'm post-call. last night was a pretty good pace for a call night. we kept steadily busy until about 7pm, had time to eat dinner (sitting down, like normal people), and then had plenty (as in too much) time to prep our paperwork for an incoming admission which didn't transfer out of the ER until close to midnight. by the time we got that patient tucked in for the night, i was able to crash and get about 5 hours of sleep (unheard of!) and didn't miss any admissions overnight. also i sent home 3 of my patients, and this new one is going home today. so that means tomorrow i return with ZERO patients under my name! which is kinda bad because that means i'm picking up EVERYONE that comes in.

3. this snowstorm we're having may fuck me in the end. rumor has it that many patients may not be coming in today because of the road conditions, and might wait til tomorrow. FUCK! see #2

4. i had a haircut scheduled for today, but it's been cancelled because the spot is closing early due to the storm. FUCK! having only 1.5 days per week off makes it very difficult to get things done during normal business hours.

5. better order that general tso's right now, before the snow gets worse..

this educational lesson brought to you by dr. j around 12:56 PM |

1. i'm getting older. i can't finish the entire general tso's chicken combination platter from oriental wok in one sitting. although i murdered the hot and sour soup and crab rangoon.

2. oriental wok, no matter how long they tell you it will take, will be at your door in about 20 minutes.

3. i'm almost done with medical school. this means intern year looms. this means that i will match in one month (about). rank lists are in, fingers are crossed.

4. the last exam i have to take in medical school is in 3 weeks. all i have to do is show up and not fail. so far this past week i've shown up, and i can definitely tell that my motivation level is rather sub-par. so what, i showed up. working 6 days a week blows, no matter how you slice it. unless you have chuck's job.

5. i can text message charles in london and it doesn't cost extra (that i've noticed so far). this opens up a whole new world of killing time staying in touch.

5.(a) his folks are at the 'lympics.

5.(b) seriously considering a june holiday in london before intern year begins.

6. leaving the olympics on mute all day long does not mean you'll get anything done just because it's on mute.

7. i enjoy watching team USA women's ice hockey, apparently. especially if they're trouncing the german team.

8. i enjoy hearing the countless superlatives on olympic commentary. "the most decorated athlete in the men's luge." "the most decorated nation in ski jumping." "the most decorated american olympian in super-g." or whatever. everyone gets a superlative. the most decorated superlatives in olympic broadcasting history, ever.

9. i can run 8 miles in 68 minutes while its snowing. the plan is to get 8 miles in an hour or less. i have no idea how long that could take. also my knees burn for about 6 hours after i wake up the day after the run. probably not a good thing. or maybe a sign that i need to TRY HARDER.

10. sentry hands out free sunday papers if you spend $5. nice. kinda sad that i'm excited about this. see #1.

11. ooh. gotta go. men's snowboarding is on. the most decorated snowboarders, ever.

this educational lesson brought to you by dr. j around 7:16 PM |

i haven't really been good about updating.

well i finished interviews. st. vincent's interview day somewhat devolved into a mess (they told me my scheduled time was 10:30am, then called me at 9:30am on the day of to ask why i hadn't shown up to my 9:15am appointment). it was fine in the end, but it was unnecessarily hectic and stressful, since i was inadvertently late.

cj got engaged! Wa Wa Wee Wa

i made my rank order list last night. i can't tell you where i ranked programs because it's a BIG SECRET but suffice to say that new york city occupies slots 1-9 or something like that. i'm eager to see where i'll match. can't wait for march 16.

started the medicine sub-i today. what a chore. not as bad as i thought. yeah, it sucks putting on a tie and accepting admissions until 4pm and writing up long H&Ps and such, but i'm going to be doing this for a year before i start anesthesiology anyway, so fuck it, i may as well get used to it. luckily my intern and resident are both pretty laid back people and are totally the type that look at me shocked at 4:30pm and say "what are you still doing here! go home while the sun's still out!" i love it when they do that.

i'm on call tomorrow, so.. see you never.

this educational lesson brought to you by dr. j around 8:00 PM |