yesterday was the first official sunroof open day of the season. twas quite enjoyable. if only it would, you know, stay that way. none of this...a few days of 60, a few days of 30, a few days of 50, a few days of 30 stuff....
i get caught in the middle of wanting to make this an "important" blog where i wax poetic and/or launch into a long narrative about some lifechanging or interesting subject, of just some sort of journal that i can go back and read 10 years for now for ....and giggles.
yesterday...gave my first lecture to college students. tis much easier to lecture about a topic you know inside and out to people that have no clue, as opposed to lecturing to your peers, half of which probably know more about the subject than you...
today...AM meeting...sports medicine where i didn't really see anything interesting...and boring afternoon lectures on HPV, intimate partner violence, and polycytic ovarian disease. stop me if the excitement is too much.
still stuck on smallville. trying to resist the urge to buy it on DVD.
i don't know what i'm going to do when heidi moves in. my guess is she won't let me watch nearly as many of these series as i do...maybe i'll have to buy the DVDs then to watch on call or something...
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Monday, March 27, 2006
Forgettable weekend...
21 hrs of urgent care is not fun.
let's just forget about the past 2 days.
not that much about today was memorable.
i wish i wasn't such a procrastinator.
let's just forget about the past 2 days.
not that much about today was memorable.
i wish i wasn't such a procrastinator.
Friday, March 24, 2006
lazy friday
norah jones' side project .
sports med conference all day yesterday and today. not too bad. learned a lot about the "patello-femoral pain syndrome." otherwise known as "the low back pain of sports medicine." in other words, count it among the group of entities docs most hate to treat - vague symptoms that are rarely attributable to one thing and offer no easy answers.
so, in my smallville craze, i'm watching about 3 different seasons at once, trying to catch up. season 4 on monday nights. season 3 daily. season 5 (current season) on thursday nights.
i watched last night's episode. it made me cry. tears flowing like crazy. yeah. i must be on the verge...on the edge...something.
not looking forward to 20 hours of urgent care this weekend. sure, the money is nice, but so is sleeping in until 10.
sports med conference all day yesterday and today. not too bad. learned a lot about the "patello-femoral pain syndrome." otherwise known as "the low back pain of sports medicine." in other words, count it among the group of entities docs most hate to treat - vague symptoms that are rarely attributable to one thing and offer no easy answers.
so, in my smallville craze, i'm watching about 3 different seasons at once, trying to catch up. season 4 on monday nights. season 3 daily. season 5 (current season) on thursday nights.
i watched last night's episode. it made me cry. tears flowing like crazy. yeah. i must be on the verge...on the edge...something.
not looking forward to 20 hours of urgent care this weekend. sure, the money is nice, but so is sleeping in until 10.
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
i am crying inside.
Sounds like a cliché indie song, no?
I am so, so, so very sad that I won’t be able to attend this show.
http://www.wallofsoundfestival.com/home.php
To all of my Texas friends: You had better be at this show, or I shall kick your ass.
Seriously.
Nothing cool like this comes anywhere close to Wisconsin.
Reason #347 that I want to move back to Texas.
Also, how freaking slow has blogger been lately? It took me 30 minutes to get online to post this tonight. i think maybe it's a firefox problem, actually.
Keeping with the 2 line a day project….Yesterday remarkable for the afternoon’s sports medicine clinic. Seeing interesting things occasionally. 13 year old with a severe meniscus tear. Rather rare. Got to do a couple of injections. Very useful. Yesterday evening spent looking for a tux. By myself. Thought I could do it, then realized how lost I was without the ol’ female touch. Just let me pick the tux and she can pick everything else…colors, etc.
Today…clinic most of the day. Always behind as usual. I’m not good working with a student. They bog me down too much. Saw a gal with chicken pox despite the vaccine. Didn’t look like what I remember it looking on me.
The Book of Romance came in. Hopefully she’ll like it, and not think too much about the past. Just when I get excited about something….
I also got John & Stasi Eldredge’s latest. “Captivating.” Looking forward to it. Looking forward to reading in general. For fun, that is.
still stuck on smallville. thank goodness for hdnet.
I am so, so, so very sad that I won’t be able to attend this show.
http://www.wallofsoundfestival.com/home.php
To all of my Texas friends: You had better be at this show, or I shall kick your ass.
Seriously.
Nothing cool like this comes anywhere close to Wisconsin.
Reason #347 that I want to move back to Texas.
Also, how freaking slow has blogger been lately? It took me 30 minutes to get online to post this tonight. i think maybe it's a firefox problem, actually.
Keeping with the 2 line a day project….Yesterday remarkable for the afternoon’s sports medicine clinic. Seeing interesting things occasionally. 13 year old with a severe meniscus tear. Rather rare. Got to do a couple of injections. Very useful. Yesterday evening spent looking for a tux. By myself. Thought I could do it, then realized how lost I was without the ol’ female touch. Just let me pick the tux and she can pick everything else…colors, etc.
Today…clinic most of the day. Always behind as usual. I’m not good working with a student. They bog me down too much. Saw a gal with chicken pox despite the vaccine. Didn’t look like what I remember it looking on me.
The Book of Romance came in. Hopefully she’ll like it, and not think too much about the past. Just when I get excited about something….
I also got John & Stasi Eldredge’s latest. “Captivating.” Looking forward to it. Looking forward to reading in general. For fun, that is.
still stuck on smallville. thank goodness for hdnet.
Sunday, March 19, 2006
loopy
one other thing. the ny-quil equivalent i just took, plus the jazz in the background, has me feeling rather loopy. could make for an introspective night...if i wasn't so tired...
another lazy sunday...
went to a church similar to my upbringing for the first time in a long time today. it was quite enjoyable, even despite the fact the sermon was completely on their upcoming building project. i didn't mind because 1) got to worship to songs i haven't worshiped to in a long time. and there was an actual band playing. and people not buried in their songbook but singing and dancing. and, i don't know, just the joy of singing loudly songs that are echoing through the hall from people singing as passionately as you about them. and i didn't mind the building project sermon because he promised it would be the only one. the word has to get out somewhere. and, sure, this church reminds me a bit too much of prestonwood baptist church in plano and its' bap-to-dome, but, still, it's as close to home as there is around here. at least it is assuming i don't want to waste weeks visiting every small church around. some of those promise to be closer to what i am looking for, but, with time limited, and me already so "backslidden," i think it's time to just settle in, flaws and all.
afternoon spent watching bball once again. texas cruises to sweet 16. still not convinced they can win the whole thing, but, man, would it be nice.
evening and rest of the day spent on wedding arrangements/planning. also spent the night working on next year's schedule. would be much easier if we had a clue as to how many residents we'll have.
i should sleep soon. the ambitious plan is up at 5 or 5:30 to workout for 30 minutes. we'll see how it goes.
afternoon spent watching bball once again. texas cruises to sweet 16. still not convinced they can win the whole thing, but, man, would it be nice.
evening and rest of the day spent on wedding arrangements/planning. also spent the night working on next year's schedule. would be much easier if we had a clue as to how many residents we'll have.
i should sleep soon. the ambitious plan is up at 5 or 5:30 to workout for 30 minutes. we'll see how it goes.
catching up...
so...thursday was primarily a day for watching basketball. march madness tourney time. took a little time off thursday and friday to watch the games.
which means friday was more of the same...as well as saturday. the difference being heidi was by my side to watch the game then. how cool it is that we can hang out and watch march madness together...and with her actually enjoying it. very lucky guy i am.
and then, while i'm gone to work urgent care yesterday, she takes it upon herself to clean the bathroom and fold the laundry. man. first, i suck when it comes to that stuff, and in some ways i'm surprised she stuck around despite my bachelor-ways. i do plan some changes when we get married, and i am enjoying the last few days of living alone...but there are also times i wonder that, despite waiting, let's say, 7 or 8 years to get married, that i'm not ready for being a husband, much less a father...
but, as they say, i guess you never really are. we'll see how things go.
which means friday was more of the same...as well as saturday. the difference being heidi was by my side to watch the game then. how cool it is that we can hang out and watch march madness together...and with her actually enjoying it. very lucky guy i am.
and then, while i'm gone to work urgent care yesterday, she takes it upon herself to clean the bathroom and fold the laundry. man. first, i suck when it comes to that stuff, and in some ways i'm surprised she stuck around despite my bachelor-ways. i do plan some changes when we get married, and i am enjoying the last few days of living alone...but there are also times i wonder that, despite waiting, let's say, 7 or 8 years to get married, that i'm not ready for being a husband, much less a father...
but, as they say, i guess you never really are. we'll see how things go.
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
somebody save me
i'm so stuck on smallville. i may have to buy the series on dvd.
bummer of a day today. our residency program is going downhill fast. 2 of 6 residents matched. countless folks that didn't want to come here. i don't know if it's our program sucking the big suck, or if people that are going into FP just don't want to do OB anymore. and heaven knows we do way more than our share of OB for FP docs.
afternoon and evening spent with folks at house of guinness then mamma mias. not a typical shane afternoon and evening, but interesting to be part of that world from time to time.
note to self. must remember to get brackets done by tomorrow. i don't think texas will be able to pull off the trifecta.
the books are in the mail. hopefully we'll enjoy reading them together...
bummer of a day today. our residency program is going downhill fast. 2 of 6 residents matched. countless folks that didn't want to come here. i don't know if it's our program sucking the big suck, or if people that are going into FP just don't want to do OB anymore. and heaven knows we do way more than our share of OB for FP docs.
afternoon and evening spent with folks at house of guinness then mamma mias. not a typical shane afternoon and evening, but interesting to be part of that world from time to time.
note to self. must remember to get brackets done by tomorrow. i don't think texas will be able to pull off the trifecta.
the books are in the mail. hopefully we'll enjoy reading them together...
Monday, March 13, 2006
where does the time go
i wonder how much of my life is truly productive.
began my sports medicine rotation today. clinic in the AM. working with the team doc for the brewers in the pm. saw a couple of meniscal injuries, a buttock hematoma (yeah, go figure), a tarsal coalition and foot stress fracture, and synvisc injection. should be a good month.
i need to figure out how to make the most of this month. see prev post.
began my sports medicine rotation today. clinic in the AM. working with the team doc for the brewers in the pm. saw a couple of meniscal injuries, a buttock hematoma (yeah, go figure), a tarsal coalition and foot stress fracture, and synvisc injection. should be a good month.
i need to figure out how to make the most of this month. see prev post.
Sunday, March 12, 2006
wbc & soccer?
one world baseball classic, soccer related comment.
people make fun of the us for trying to copy european countries when it comes to our pro soccer teams. names like dc unted or fc dallas or real salt lake (ok, that one does suck), or houston dynamo. or for copying their general uniform style. or trying to emulate how they decide playoffs or champions.
and i say...it goes both ways, and it's nothing to be ashamed of.
take a look at the world baseball classic uniforms. each country has a look that distinctly copies a MLB team. the fonts. the styles. the color schemes.
to take it further. take a look at nfl europe. everything they do tries to copy the nfl.
try hockey. it's taken a distinctly american flavor.
so, i don't have a problem when american soccer teams try to emulate what other countries do with the world's most popular sports. it just makes sense. sure, this is america. but the rest of the world has 100s of years of history in soccer, so it's ok to copy them, follow in their footsteps, just like we have 100s of years of history in baseball, so the rest of the world copies and follows us when it comes to things like the world baseball classic.
ok. good night.
people make fun of the us for trying to copy european countries when it comes to our pro soccer teams. names like dc unted or fc dallas or real salt lake (ok, that one does suck), or houston dynamo. or for copying their general uniform style. or trying to emulate how they decide playoffs or champions.
and i say...it goes both ways, and it's nothing to be ashamed of.
take a look at the world baseball classic uniforms. each country has a look that distinctly copies a MLB team. the fonts. the styles. the color schemes.
to take it further. take a look at nfl europe. everything they do tries to copy the nfl.
try hockey. it's taken a distinctly american flavor.
so, i don't have a problem when american soccer teams try to emulate what other countries do with the world's most popular sports. it just makes sense. sure, this is america. but the rest of the world has 100s of years of history in soccer, so it's ok to copy them, follow in their footsteps, just like we have 100s of years of history in baseball, so the rest of the world copies and follows us when it comes to things like the world baseball classic.
ok. good night.
OB is over
2 more lines for today. worked urgent care this morning. watched texas lose big 12 championship this afternoon. not much else but sleep really. start sports medicine tomorrow. on the one hand, ready to get back to "normal" life. on the other hand, it's really the last 4 weeks of "normal" life as i've known it that i'll have...and really the last 4 weeks of "normal" bachelorhood i'll have. cuz after that is 6 weeks of teaching service call, then only 2 weeks to the wedding. i have a ton of stuff that needs to get done.
beginning to feel the crunch. of time.
beginning to feel the crunch. of time.
Saturday, March 11, 2006
heat wave
first day over 60 degrees in like 6 months, and i'm stuck inside on call.
my luck continues.
my luck continues.
tired of scut
ob call. loving the scut.
it seems i never get easy days.
other people: show up for urgent care, have one person to see in 3 hours.
me: show up for urgent care, have seven people waiting.
other people: have zero deliveries on a weekend day on OB call.
me: already have one, 2 more coming in to triage to be evaluated for labor.
random tip via soundmoneytips.com
if you want to text message someone for free, use your computer. dial xxx-xxx-xxxx@teleflip.com. free and easy, works for all carriers.
it seems i never get easy days.
other people: show up for urgent care, have one person to see in 3 hours.
me: show up for urgent care, have seven people waiting.
other people: have zero deliveries on a weekend day on OB call.
me: already have one, 2 more coming in to triage to be evaluated for labor.
random tip via soundmoneytips.com
if you want to text message someone for free, use your computer. dial xxx-xxx-xxxx@teleflip.com. free and easy, works for all carriers.
Friday, March 10, 2006
best laid plans...
well, that project lasted all of 2 days.
trying to catch up.
3 days ago - post-call from OB. clinic in the AM. a pain. sleep-walked through it. drowsy half-daze the rest of the day.
2 days ago - AM clinic. boring lecture afternoon. the evening was nice...spending it with heidi, vegging on the couch.
yesterday - not much. first dental appt in 4 years. catching up on charts. cleaning some. hanging out with my lovely future wife some more after she got back from finding a dress for her mom at the wedding. we might have the wedding songs picked out.
today - clinic all day. moonlighting tonight. call tomorrow. moonlighting the next day. it'll be a busy few days.
trying to catch up.
3 days ago - post-call from OB. clinic in the AM. a pain. sleep-walked through it. drowsy half-daze the rest of the day.
2 days ago - AM clinic. boring lecture afternoon. the evening was nice...spending it with heidi, vegging on the couch.
yesterday - not much. first dental appt in 4 years. catching up on charts. cleaning some. hanging out with my lovely future wife some more after she got back from finding a dress for her mom at the wedding. we might have the wedding songs picked out.
today - clinic all day. moonlighting tonight. call tomorrow. moonlighting the next day. it'll be a busy few days.
Monday, March 06, 2006
day 2
OB call. nothing too exciting. a couple of deliveries. a bad case of HELLP syndrome. some very bad stuff can happen with pregnancy. i'm so very tired of doing other people's work, which is sometimes all that residency seems. doing scut for other folks. and not even just scut...just work that they take for granted that we do for them. hmm. at least i'm more than halfway done now.
day 1
first day of the 2 line journal. goal is a minimum of 2 lines daily. we'll see.
wasn't expecting the snow today. a good 1-2 inches. the snow is always a nice surprise, but, better in january than march.
day wasn't mostly church and lunch with heidi and her parents, then home to work on finances, taxes, laundry, cleaning, etc. tons of fun. did watch texas clinch big 12 basketball title.
other goals decided on today: read through book of romance with heidi. begin reading personally again. just ordered brennan manning's devotions and john eldgredge's captivating or whatever it's called.
basically, every time i go to a lutheran church with heidi, it reminds me of how much i miss my own church community, and how i wish there was one here, and how i need to quit using that as an excuse to not be in fellowship with Him. thus the above goals decided on today. a lack of a church should not mean a lack of communion.
oh, and i've given up on keeping shanehall.org updated. too much trouble to make a custom blog. while cool, i just don't have the time.
good night.
wasn't expecting the snow today. a good 1-2 inches. the snow is always a nice surprise, but, better in january than march.
day wasn't mostly church and lunch with heidi and her parents, then home to work on finances, taxes, laundry, cleaning, etc. tons of fun. did watch texas clinch big 12 basketball title.
other goals decided on today: read through book of romance with heidi. begin reading personally again. just ordered brennan manning's devotions and john eldgredge's captivating or whatever it's called.
basically, every time i go to a lutheran church with heidi, it reminds me of how much i miss my own church community, and how i wish there was one here, and how i need to quit using that as an excuse to not be in fellowship with Him. thus the above goals decided on today. a lack of a church should not mean a lack of communion.
oh, and i've given up on keeping shanehall.org updated. too much trouble to make a custom blog. while cool, i just don't have the time.
good night.
Thursday, March 02, 2006
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