WEEK ONE: A CONFESSION

The past week felt soooo long. We came back to town last Friday from Grandma's ceremony. I spent Saturday and Sunday attempting to study for my test that the school was kind enough to let me take on Monday. Problem was that I was still stressed with everything else going on (end of rotation, emotion about Grandma, stress of travel, impending Ayachi exam, new rotation to start...you get the picture), so apparently I maintained the attention span of a goldfish. I studied a lot, but I'm not sure it did much good. Monday came, I took my exam, then headed up to my new rotation in OB/GYN. With some decent hours, physical activity (delivering babies can be hard work!), and all the new info, the first week just really did me in. Thank goodness I had good Friday off! I was uber productive on Friday, then spent Saturday attempting to relax. So here's the confession part...I kinda think I love this OB/GYN business...mainly helping deliver babies! It combines the continuity of care and occasional "calmness" of primary care and internal medicine, the occasional spontaneity of ER, and some surgery. The atmosphere is generally light and happy, but of course there are serious times and hard parts, too. I don't know, I just feel right in this specialty. I also love the group I'm working with! So in short, week one was quite demanding on many fronts, but I love my new rotation :)