Long Over Due and Long Hours!

Hello all! Suffice, I may not win father of the year this year! I have not had much time to post but will do my best to try to post more. Anywho, I am in my first week of residency. I am on the Pedi Surgery team for the first 17 days, not that i am counting. it's very overwhelming. the responsibility level is truly amazing, but its fun b/c i get to write orders and they get done. better yet, i can prescriptions even for narcotics :) anywho, the hours are long. i am on call every third night, that means a >24 hour shift. this week i will have logged about 100 hours. you might be saying, isn't there an 80 hour limit, to which i say yes but it is an average over 4 weeks :( a sad fact i just found out. i miss keira, the baby belly, and puppies more and more everyday. to say things aren't going to plan is the understatement of the year. it's hard and i am very down, but someday this will all be a story. i really can't wait until we are sitting around with the kids and our dogs and i say, "Roo, i remember the summer you were born. Boy was that fun...." i'm sure the kid won't care, but hopefullly it will understand how much mommy and daddy love him/her and how much they love each other. last thoughts for now. commuting into boston is no fun. when i am not on call, i get up at 420 so i can drive to braintree for the 515 train that gets me to mgh at 545 for rounds at six. when i'm on-call i drive in b/c i have to stay the night. i got these tickets for parking near the boston garden. i used them for the first time on tuesday morning after quite an ordeal. i was running a little late and the gps confused me and i could not find the lot so i had to park in a different lot to get to rounds on time. after rounds, another intern covered for so i could move the car to the right lot. i was running the whole time and it was a very humid day in boston. i was covered in sweat when i got back the hospital and had spent 17 dollars on parking for 2 hours! the good news was, i only had 24 hours left before i got to leave! ttfn!