traveling

It's good to be home. I'm getting tired of traveling. I got back from Houston last night. It was a quick trip- they had a tour Friday night and dinner with a couple of current fellows, and then the interviews Saturday morning. I was done by one, and had a few extra hours to burn, so I went to the Museum of Natural Science and saw the butterfly center. They have a huge greenhouse that's filled with butterflies, and you're in there with them. It was nice, but I got too hot in the greenhouse. The place was also swarming with kids. My flight was not the best. There was a guy who was about seven feet tall in the seat behind me, and I could feel his knees digging in to my low back. I didn't turn around and complain about it, because what is he going to do, get shorter?

25 weeks

I will be 25 weeks tomorrow, Angie will be 21 weeks.

post-call

I'm post-call from the VA today. I have gotten my post-call nap and am feeling much more lively than several hours ago. I was supposedly done with call, but got called in on jeopardy. That is the resident backup system in case someone is sick and can't work. Well, someone was sick yesterday and I had to cover a night shift. It was ok, but hauling around the hospital all night at 6 months pregnant isn't the most fun. I have another jeopardy shift tomorrow, and really hope I don't get called in, because I'm leaving for my Houston interview Friday morning, and that would be tight if I had to work Thursday night. Not to mention I just took a call last night. We'll see. This is the first time as a resident that I've gotten called in on jeopardy.

seattle

I'm back from Seattle! The interview day at UW/ Fred Hutch went great. It is a very impressive program. I had been a little intimidated because a couple of my interviewers are big names in transplantation. However, everyone was incredibly nice and approachable. I also had a packed social schedule for the weekend. On Thursday, I met up with Lissa and Sara for lunch at the Rainforest Cafe, and I got to meet their kids for the first time! It's amazing how much they look like their parents. I had interview stuff Thursday and Friday. On Friday night, I saw Toshi and Jessica. We went out to a Thai restaurant in West Seattle. We had a couple of tasty tofu dishes, followed by a mango dessert. Then on Saturday morning, I saw my parents. We did the touristy thing, going to the Space Needle and the Experience Music Project. I never went to the EMP when I lived in Seattle. It's a fun museum- kind of a hands on museum not just for kids. The Space Needle had a great view despite it being cloudy. Carrie came up from Portland to see me Saturday afternoon, and we spent time catching up. I hadn't seen her since our wedding! We met up with Janice for dinner. My only regret is that I was not able to go to Beka's baby shower Saturday. Sorry, Beka! I hope you had a great time at your shower!

23 weeks

travel

I have the rest of my Heme/Onc interviews scheduled for this month, so I will be doing a lot of travelling- Seattle this week, Houston next week, and LA the week after that. I'm tired of travelling and I haven't even started yet! Time to put that interview suit to work.

furniture

Last weekend, Doug and I went to Babies R Us and looked at baby furniture. We found a crib and dresser that we liked, but the color of the wood was a little lighter than we would have liked. We then went to a local baby furniture store and didn't find anything remotely what we were looking for, plus everything was extremely expensive. Target didn't have much of a selection. So, after shopping around online and reading lots of customer reviews, I found a crib and dresser that I liked, reasonably priced, with good reviews (for the most part.) Doug thought it looked good too, and left it to my judgement. I ordered them online. Then I went to the Consumer Product Safety Commission website to make sure there wasn't a problem with that crib. And unfortunately, there may be a problem with a support bracket. http://cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09093.html

We will see if our crib is one of the problem cribs once it arrives. It looks like the fix is pretty simple- ask for a replacement bracket online.