So let’s take a look at what I have coming up this week…

Sunday –  No major plans. 🙂 I love that.  A.J. and I will probably spend a few hours up at the Hartford Coffee Co (my new favorite hangout) and try to get a little bit of work done.  Other than that, maybe we’ll go for a walk / play some Killer Bunnies / catch up on some TV watching / or whatever else comes to mind.

Monday – I have class today, but only from 9-12.  I am taking a "Capstone" course in Academic Medicine and Research so I can learn the basics of this area.  I am seriously considering doing a fellowship after residency (to specialize in an as-yet-undecided field) and a LOT of fellowship is doing research, so I’ll need to know about it.  This course also has a lot of information about medical education – specifically how to effectively teach and give feedback.  Plus there are some joint lectures with the other capstones (medical education, surgical specialities, primary care) where we learn about general things like malpractice, professionalism, finanacial planning, and such.  I have a few hours of lecture each day and most afternoons off and it’s been nice.  I am learning a lot, too, and it’s all very interesting.  Oh, and tonight will probably be Star Trek night with Jill2, so I’ll have to figure out what we’ll have for dinner…

Tuesday – So, class today as well, and hopefully a game night with Neighbor Girl (so we can teach her Killer Bunnies).  Not much else.

Wednesday – I’ll go to an hour of lecture this morning, then I’m helping out with a tobacco prevention program called "Beat the Smokin’ Rap" over at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital.  It’s geared for 6th graders and we teach them about the dangers of tobacco use, how to "just say no", some tips on how to quit (if they’ve already started), and then some media literacy components – so they can recognize how the tobacco industry is trying to get them hooked.  This is for my project that fulfills the last part of my Distinction in Community Service that I will receive when I graduate.  Once that’s over, I have an Admissions Committee meeting to review the next set of applications for SLU Med.  And hopefully I’ll be able to get a manicure (and a pedicure) tonight as well – I want fresh cute pink toenails to match my dress at Brasten and Jessica’s wedding!  Oh, and tonight is a dinner to honor the recipients of the Distinction in Community Service, so I have that to attend as well.

Thursday – Again with the lectures today. 🙂 And then home and some packing and A.J. and I will set off for Seattle (maybe in first class if we get the upgrade!)

Friday – I’m not sure what all is going on today… but I know the rehersal and rehersal dinner (at Outback, yummy!) are tonight.  I’ll probably get in a workout at Curves and I don’t know what else…

Saturday – Again I don’t know specific plans… but the wedding is tonight and I am excited! 

So, a little glimpse into my life at the moment. I usually go to Curves everyday to fit in a workout, but sometimes I do yoga instead.  And always on my mind right now is the thought of Match Day getting closer and closer, but somehow just not fast enough.  I have calm moments, and very scary anxious moments when I worry that I won’t be matched… but soon all that will be history and I’ll have my envelope! 🙂