strawberry shortcake

Looks like my motivation to update this regularly is decreasing in proportion to my interest in pediatric PT. But, in reality, it's been a busy week. Ahhh, where to start-- 

Last week was a short one at work-- Monday and Tuesday were full of cancellations, thanks to the holiday week mindset. I spent Wednesday at Children's Hospital in downtown Mpls, where I observed inpatient PT in the morning (sometimes I wonder if I should have gone into diagnostics because I LOVE learning about all the bizarre diagnoses-- Cornelia de Lange syndrome, Duret hemorrhage, osteogenesis imperfecta), then hopped in the pool to observe aquatic therapy in the afternoon. 

As for the holiday weekend-- I spent Wednesday night in Monticello for Kristy and Clay's 25th bday, and had a blast. I especially liked Kristy's strawberry shortcake drinks, the fact that the bar was called Chatters, entertaining tweets, and when Kristy lost her phone... (ok, that one's a lie). Thanksgiving was fantastic-- the whole fam (sadly, minus Grandma L) came over, and we enjoyed yet another delish meal, as well as a great photo op outside thanks to the unseasonably warm weather. We also took advantage of the warmth when we cut our tree down at the farm in Scandia on Friday morning. 

Friday afternoon, Ben and I scalped tickets to the Wild game, though it was a miserable one. Another Buffalo Dog and 10 seconds of fame on the fan cam partially made up for the loss. This weekend, I also caught up with Kaitlin, and it didn't take me very long to realize that I need more Kaitlin in my life (hurry up and move back to MN, woman!). We had a great time talking about how excited we both are to start studying our boards review book (I'm 100% serious). Sunday, I took my first step towards deciding what I want to do with my life after I graduate in June by looking into sports medicine residencies! I think I'll just stay in school forev.  That afternoon, I went to my 3rd Wild game in 8 days (ahh, what a life) with Kayla, which was loads of fun, despite the depressing outcome. We even met four guys from Thunder Bay on the Hilton shuttle that picked us up on the walk (random, but we didn't turn down a free ride), one of whom knew the one Thunder Bay resident I happened to name. The hockey world is a small one, eh? 

Less than three weeks of peds left, which also means less than three weeks until Christmas break! Today was a long day at the clinic, though I was fairly excited to do my first full eval on a baby, until I realized that 1) this baby only understands Russian (SEE, mom, my one semester of Russian at Bowdoin might finally come in handy), and 2) this baby doesn't. stop. crying. Thankfully, both factors made the eval fairly short, but still, screaming babies sure don't leave me feeling rested and energized. As for now-- I'm killing time at Panera before hockey at 9:40, illegitimately streaming the Wild game on my computer and attempting to learn Swedish in the process (it's a feed from a Swedish tv station, apparently). I'm also trying to figure out how I have over 3000 hits (never saw that coming!)-- so thanks for reading, all.