march

Another month down. Next month I'll be on Neurology for the first half of the month, then research through June. Neuro will be my last clinical rotation of residency. It finally dawned on me today that at this moment I know enough internal medicine to start practicing independently. From this point, as far as internal medicine, it will be "lifelong learning", self-directed. It seems like residency is an endless grind, going from busy month to another different, busy month, but suddenly here I am at the end.

red robin

Red Robin burgers with Nate and Angie. Angie looks like she has an atomic balloon. Today was a relaxing weekend day. It's nice having both days off on the weekend! Doesn't normally happen as a resident. A couple of days ago I was disappointed to find that the cat had scratched up the top of the dresser already. He was up there and now there are definite scratch marks. The wood is very soft, probably pine. I guess you get what you pay for. I'm trying to keep Jack out of the den to avoid any further damage. But it is a cheap piece of furniture. Hopefully it will hold up to regular use.

registry

I registered at Babies R Us! So far the only things we have put on there are the crib bedding. We chose a tools and trucks theme. I think it's very cute. It's a very masculine theme. I looked at some of the gender neutral themes- peas in a pod, stars, patterns, and they were not jumping out to me like this set did. Doug approves. He'll say yes to anything with tools in it. Hopefully the kid will like tools and trucks when he is old enough to have an opinion.

In other news, there was a blizzard today in the foothills, and it took Doug more than two hours to get home. My drive was slow but not bad.

ob visit

I had this month's OB visit today. It went well. Good fetal heart tones, and appropriate fundal height. I passed my glucola test. I did put on more weight than I was supposed to this month, but last month I lost weight, so I think I'm just making up for that.

nesting

I bought the Colgate Classica I crib mattress recommended in Baby Bargains. I also put the changing pad on the dresser to see how it looks, and it fits perfectly! I can tell that I am nesting. I want to get the baby's area all set up. I am feeling this urge to set up more than Doug is. I know, it's early, I'm only six months! But the next fourteen weeks will go by fast and I want to be ready in case I deliver early. I signed up for a newborn parenting class for next month, seeing as I have never changed a diaper. Doug said he will go too. I'm sure we'll be diapering and bathing baby dolls and hearing about other common sense things that most people don't have to take a class for. However, I need the class.

dresser

and many, many hours later-

26 weeks