Well, I finally finished my rotation and I am pretty tired. Fortunately, I have the next four weeks to catch up on residency applications (I'm so behind already), research (I hope my PIs* don't email me and ask for an update, since I haven't done much in several months), extracurriculars (again, haven't done anything in weeks), and (hopefully) sleep, before I start my Neurology rotation. We also plan to go to Disneyland at some point in September, which should be fun.

Over the weekend, we took the boys to a local children's amusement park. A was able to ride with M on the fire engines. M even put his arm around him at one point, which totally melted my heart. They even shared the steering wheel and bell, which I thought for sure was going to cause a problem. Don't get me wrong - they still get into little spats about toys, but M has been pretty good about letting A take a (short) turn before complaining that it's time for him to play again.

I love how they have been playing "together" more recently, which is really nice. Even if it is just parallel play at the moment, I want them to be buddies. It makes the whole ordeal of having two young children while being a medical student extra worthwhile. A few weeks ago, we started a Saturday tradition of giving them a bath together, as long as both J and I are both home. The tub is a bit squishy (we're still using the Euro Tub) but it seemed to work out well (and saves time).



I'll write more about my pediatrics rotation once I get settled this week. It was a tough month, to say the least, but I had a good time. And my senior resident was pretty awesome, which often times can make or break the whole rotation. More to come soon.

*PIs = Primary Investigators

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