On being a new resident.

Where have the last two weeks of my life gone?! Since starting residency I've barely kept my head above water. I've come to know a whole new level sleep deprivation. Ryan was gone for my first week of residency which was both good and bad. Good because I was literally sleeping or at work and wouldn't have had a lot of time to spend with him, but bad because I was here all by myself trying to adapt to being an intern. Agh, I have to tell you. I am exhausted. I was the lucky intern who was scheduled to work the first weekend and the 4th of July. By this past Tuesday I was worn out, felt like I had zero time to do anything but work and sleep. Let me tell you about sleep - well, I didn't get much sleep around the 4th. Neighbors shot off fireworks until 2am for nearly five days straight. That made for really early mornings when the alarm would go off at 4:45am. Slowly I'm learning my way in the world of residency. It's coming along. At least I know where the bathroom is now. {Crisis averted!}
~Ashley