Day 11: Yoga X

Finished yoga a couple hours ago. It was fun, although it can get a bit tedious around the first half hour or so when it seems like you're repeating the same movement over and over. Also, today I got a cramp in my thigh and had to stop for a minute or so around the middle. Overall, though, I did pretty well. I'm not nearly as sore today as I expected to be after Arms and Shoulders yesterday. I pushed myself pretty hard and used heavier weights than the last time. But today my arms are hardly sore at all. I'm not sure what to make of that. Otherwise, though, I'm happy with my progress. I can see my clothes fitting better already. I'm excited.

I got home pretty early today, which was good since yoga is an hour and a half. I hope I can make it home at a good time the rest of the week, but I'm not sure how that's going to go. I have to do tumor board every Friday and Monday. On Wednesday, I get the cases for Friday's tumor board, and on Wednesday to Thursday, I get the cases for Monday. So that means that I have to spend Wednesday and Thursday taking pictures of slides and making my Powerpoint presentation (looking up background info, clinical significance, treatment, etc.) for Friday. And then I'll have to spend Friday doing the presentation for Monday since I'm not going in on the weekend. So Wednesday through Friday I have extra work to do on top of my usual work for the day. Ugh. I hope I don't get stuck there too late. We'll see what happens tomorrow. If it's a light day I'll be able to work on the presentation during the day, which will be nice. I'm not even thinking about actually getting up in front of everyone and doing the tumor boards yet--twice a week! Yikes. No wonder people don't like this rotation.

I don't mind it so much yet though--although it's only been two days. I can see myself being really sick of it by the end of the month, but that happens with a lot of rotations, so it's not too bad. It is kind of lonely there without my fellow residents, though. I miss them.

I'm trying to get to bed a little earlier today so it won't be so hard for me to get up in the mornings. Tomorrow is Legs and Back and Ab Ripper X. Good night!