a.mess in the making: fa la latte

4 weeks down, and I'm officially 112% sure I don't want to do pediatrics one bit. I mean, the people I work with are awesome, the clinic is very well-run and babies are cute, but it's not quite my style. Then again, I'm glad I'm figuring this out during a 9-week internship, and not as I'm accepting my first job. But that's not to say that I'm not having any fun. Here are a few highlights of the week (in and out of the clinic):

Just a random fav. Completely irrelevant to anything written here, but I love it.

1) Incorporating Jenga, Guess Who, soccer and bubbles into treatment sessions. (I'm undefeated in Guess Who. Swag.) 2) Caribou came out with holiday drinks today. Not an huge eggnog fan, but I can't pass up a Fa La Latte. 3) I discovered that I can wear yoga pants to work as long as they look like dress pants. A fantastic excuse to go shopping...hellooo new Nike sweats. (Trying to use my Dick's coupon at Sports Authority...not so much a highlight. #embarrassing #buttheyacceptedit)

4) It's actually light out in the morning when I drive to work. Much more uplifting than the last few weeks of darkness when I got to work and darkness when I left work. 5) Managed to work Wii Fit and the agility ladder to 3 treatment sessions today. (Ahh, brings me back to the good ol' days of Acceleration MN and Ole women's hockey dryland!) (And no one has managed to beat my Wii Fit Hula Hoop record...hidden talent?!) 6) Took a break from the Maple Grove clinic on Tuesday to shadow PTs in the hematology-oncology (cancer) and serial casting Children's specialty clinics in downtown Mpls. Hem-onc was fun and fast-paced (just my style), while serial casting was a bit slower-paced (I did like the cup of items collected from inside casts, i.e. leaves, gravel, candy).

7) I'm getting so much faster with my documentation. Today, I only stayed two hours after my last patient to finish writing...seriously, that's faster than it used to be. So. much. paperwork. 8) I've been working on balance and lower extremity strengthening with one of my favorite little patients, and today he told me he just rode his bike without training wheels for the first time. Success. (Try telling me that doesn't warm your heart just a little.)

9) I've found the perfect place to let loose after my 12-hour days: the treadmill. My workouts have never been better. 10) It would hardly be appropriate to go an entire blog entry without talking a little bit of hockey. So, here goes: the Wild are really pretty awesome. Especially our goalies. I guess I shouldn't talk too soon, though, because we're currently losing big to Brent Burns & Co, but I have faith. 11) 14 days till Thanksgiving. I'm hungry just thinking about it.