Happy Birthday To Me!
Today is my 26th birthday. I'm told it's my golden birthday because I'm turning 26 years old on the 26th of April. Gold is cool, but I'm more of a platinum kind of girl haha. Sadly I am right smack in...
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Well thank you all for such great birthday wishes! What I thought was going to be one lame dud of a birthday, actually turned out absolutely fabulous! Yesterday morning as I was cramming for my final...
View Article"Esperanza" means "Hope" in Spanish.
Oh my oh my. I've been away so long again. I'm sorry guys. I guess it's just all finally sinking in that this crazy year is finally coming to an end, and that in just 4 weeks I will be starting my...
View Article"No te preocupes, he vuelto"
You didn't think I would leave you did you?!?! Admit it, you had your doubts. So where I have I been? EVERYWHERE. The update in real duckie-style would take about 5 pages and I know you love me and all...
View Articlethis too shall pass...
Sadly I had to go home to Long Island for the day to attend my Aunt Bella's funeral. She passed away last week and today was a half-memorial, half-funeral type thing. It was very very hard to see my...
View ArticleHumble ramblings of a culture shocked resident.
eh. What's to say? Not a whole lot, but it was time to update. Besides, I gotta do SOMEthing to procrastinate more on writing my first case study paper for school right? It just wouldn't be right to...
View ArticleI know, I know.
As a wise man once told me, "Silence is NOT golden." I know he's right. I know it's been too long. I'm sorry, again. First of all, thank you so much for all the kind things you guys posted and for the...
View Articleblech.
Grossest thing I've ever endured: Yesterday I had a shift in the ER. Normally I try to steal all the pediatric patients off the "To Be Seen" rack before I get stuck seeing an obtunded elderly patient...
View Articlehot heart-shaped box
Dang. It's hot. But girls don't sweat, right? We glisten...or glow. Yeah right. That's my new do-rag from American Eagle. I bought it for two reasons: 1) I needed something to catch the swe-- I mean,...
View ArticleER break
It's 4:45am at Holy Redeemer Hospital in Philadelphia. I am struggling through the last 3 hours of my ER night shift. Unfortunately I haven't really seen anything cool or specifically different from...
View Article"It cuts like a knife!"
I love that picture. That captured my true feelings about my haircut. Funny how it looks different every time I get it cut. I dig it everytime. Sameness = no-fun-ness. On to the good news. I am done...
View ArticleWhat a long strange trip it's been.
Hello. Hello. I'm not dead afterall. hee hee. Do you all need an update? I hope not. It's truly been too long an absence to go into it all. The important thing is, I'm here now...thanks to him. If you...
View Article"let's go to the replay"
Where to even begin? We can do it old-skool-duckie-style with a list format... okay. Highlights from my Pleonast sabbatical: 1. I finished my clinical year/residency of my Physician Assistant program....
View ArticleHack Job.
So until I unpack my webcam, dust it off, and let's face it, remember how to use it, I will continue to post pix from my last 1.5 yrs. I'm in the middle wearing the Mexican sash. Aye! Aye! Onto the...
View ArticleThis little life of mine...
My Valentine's Day wasn't romantic in any way, but it certainly was exciting. Here's the background info you'll need to understand most of the events I'm going to detail: 1)The NICU has several...
View Article"Vacation all I ever wanted!"
This past week was a rough one. The stress of being an "orientee" at my new job for a 10 month period is weighing on me. They work me "resident" type hours and I'm tired so much of the time. Let's all...
View Articleants marching
Okay, first off, HOW CUTE IS MY DOG?!?!? Secondly, I HAVE AN INVASION OF ANTS IN MY KITCHEN! That is not cool people. They came on Sunday. They're here on Wednesday. I set those ant-trappy-food things...
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R and R ...and R
My vacation is nearly over. It will be time to return to work on Monday. *sigh* So this is what's been going on: My college roomie/soul-mate-type best friend Raina came to visit for the week. It had...
View Article"First you gotta create...da mooood."
Alo. I guess it's time for an update. The sad thing is, there's not much to date upon. But speaking of dates...*muahaha* The formality of the "out to dinner date" is too much for me to handle. I am WAY...
View ArticleLions and Tigers and Boys, Oh My!
Okay, I was "tagged" by two different people so at the end of this post I shall confess my "6 weird things." But first, "Dating, Part II." So you'd think this new boy read my last post or something. I...
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