Posts tagged travel

Returning to Base.

Having finished my elective, I am set to return to my regular rotation. The last two weeks have seemingly whizzed by like a blur. It was challenging but also a great learning experience and one that I think will really influence my residency choices.

I will miss the great team of colleagues I had an opportunity to learn with and learn from.

With that said, I will be mostly travelling today back home. See you all on the other side.

Onward,
Tom of the Medical State of Mind

Relocation.

There has been an overall sense of burn out among my classmates since the rigours of last month’s exams. Everyone is tired and spent. This long weekend will be a nice break for most of us.

But for me, the long weekend is non-existent. I came from work yesterday and must relocate briefly for an elective beginning on Monday.

Today, I take the drive out. With the weather and road as nice as they are, I suspect this might be all the therapeutic downtime I need.

The Final Touches.

I am sorry for the lack of updates today, everyone; I have spent the day moving the rest of my belongings over to my new place. Now, all that is left to do is to unpack, tidy up, and add the final touches.

Finally, I have a shelf and a place for my books! 

Precious Cargo.

Settling into a new place is always exciting but also very time consuming and tedious. Having found a nice house to rent, I will be moving my belongings in two trips. This is the first load. Out of sight are my textbooks, which form half of everything I have.

Location Scouting.

At nine o’clock this morning, my significant other and I entered the cool silence of my car, separated from the busy morning traffic symphony outside. Armed with two bottles of water and a clipboard of scribbled notes, names, and numbers, we embarked on some location scouting for my third year clerkship.

I was in need of a place to stay, somewhere ideally affordable, well-stocked, and close to the hospital. The key word there is “ideally.” 

In all of the places we went to, there were trade-offs. One was better located; another was better priced. It was the perennial growing pains of moving. It had struck again. After a full day of visits, I would have to weigh my options. Of course, I must remember that I could still see more places, ones that could give me a better deal and better fit for my situation. However, after such an exhaustive day of searching, do I really want to go for round two?

A Long Time Coming.

After a long drive back to the city today, I am half a day away from seeing my significant other again. I cannot even begin to express how excited I am for this. After three months and twenty four days, tomorrow is just about the best day ever.