Moron Mondays

So this is the pool, early in the morning - its not heated, but it feels great after laying out in the sun....hope I'm not making anyone curse me right now.

I can't believe a month has gone by already. I have the Windsor/Detroit weather report on my Google home page and I remind myself on a daily basis of how thankful I am to be here....seriously. Nothing much exciting has happened lately - I did go for a drive up to Clearwater (near Tampa) to visit the G-parents, it felt really good to drive.

I started my neurology rotation today. It was a long day in that I was probably standing for 7 hours of it....in heels. I'm doing outpatient neurology right now, and there's such a gamut of things I saw today that I'm scrambling with my reading list of what to review first - migraines, epilespy, Parkinson's disease, myasthenia gravis.....

The one thing that really sucks about starting new rotations is that you get the "I'm a moron and I don't know anything" feeling all over again until you get your bearings about what you're supposed to be doing. I would say I experienced this feeling for the bulk of my third year rotations, its actually a painfully effective learning tool to have awareness about your lack of knowledge. It was nice beginning fourth year and having some familiarity with what I should be doing/looking for/pretending to be doing. One thing I've learned is that if you look happy, and excited about everything, and ask a few questions people generally think you're enthusiastic about learning - no matter how much you dislike the rotation (OB!), and they'll put in a little more effort to teach you.

Ya know, in reflecting about this, I can remember having these same feelings in kindergarten - as I was terrified of being called on and having the wrong answer.....hmmm....makes ya wonder...

Anyways, this is the view out my bedroom window.