'Tis the season to be Jolly (Social)

Although I'm still higher than Lesley on Wendi's blog-roll, it seems like I'm due for a post.

I've been again on a clinic rotation this past week, so it's hard to believe that I'm THAT busy (maybe I'm getting spoiled and lazy with my outpatient time?!), but time is just flying by!

The past couple of weeks have gone something like this:

Tuesday night: applicant dinner with FP/OB applicants and Peds Mommy call all night long

Wednesday: Peds urgent care and Mommy call all night long

Thursday: Peds urgent care and dinner with the categorical FP applicants

Friday 12/12: PPP-party at Kristin's house where your costume had to be something starting with a P and the snacks were similarly alliterated :)

Can you guess what we are? (they have to do with bodily functions, grossly; however, it saved going out and trying to be creative, not one of my talents)

Tim's costume was very original, as a "Posistive Pregnancy Test"!!

Kelvin went as the "Pho King" (also the name of a Vietnamese restaurant here in Sac)

Saturday 12/13:

AM: Clinica Tepati (I worked as a preceptor at this free clinic run by UC Davis Medical and Undergraduate Students that works to serve a large Latino population in town)

PM: FP Department Party

Brenden taking pictures (unfortunately, I didn't take many)

Susanna and baby Sage

I can't take credit for these next pictures, as Kyla, Aline, and I party-hopped and went to the OB department party which was the same night.

Apparently there was a lot of fun Karaoke going on!

Shomir and Steve

Not sure what this is all about.

Tim and Mehrdad

FP/OBs at Party #2

Sunday: Farmers' Market, church, and overall recuperation

Then:

Monday: long day in Clinic where my teen clinic became a same-day access clinic. Phone triage until 10 p.m.

Tuesday: AM clinic, 2 fairly urgent FP C-sections with Sarah in the afternoon, and then Dinner at Cafe Bernardo with the FP/OB applicants

Wednesday: Clinic, interviewing applicants and giving the tour, grocery shopping and making a disaster of my Mom's rumball recipe by trying to smash Nilla wafers with an iron and not a mortar and pestle which I lack.

Thursday: Clinic, more interviews, PM clinic, FP applicant dinner at Sonia's where the theme was Trader Joe's tapas! Mmm. Phone triage until 10 pm.

Friday (yesterday): Clinic, and induction of my continuity OB patient who was still not delivered at 41 and 1/7 weeks! She sort of hung around at 4-5 cm all day, until I ruptured her membranes around 6:30. When I went in around 8:15 pm to check her, she was ready to push! Scrambling to call to get my attending there, we had her hold off, but she pushed for about 10 minutes and had her beautiful baby girl just before 9 p.m.! I stuck around to take care of admitting the baby, too, and so didn't get home until close to midnight, but at least I have today off! I will try to check on her later.

Tonight: Michelle's holiday party.

Tomorrow: Shom and I may go to Tahoe to snowshoe/ cross-country or downhill ski.

Monday: All day clinic and phone triage till 10.

Tuesday: Clinic and Xmas potluck with the interns.

Wednesday, Christmas eve: 24 hour FP call.

Thursday: (CHRISTMAS!!): end shift around 8 a.m. and fly to VA!

Wow! 'Tis quite a busy season!

Happy Holidays, everyone!