Hello 2009!!

I did something really exciting for New Year's Eve. I slept all night!

I know that such things as the New Year are arbitrary marks on the calendar, but they're good times for thinking about what has been and will be nonetheless. I've really enjoyed living in Chattanooga for the last 5 1/2 years. I'm also looking forward to moving on to what comes next in life. Hopefully nothing like Ike comes after us in Houston while I'm there.

The first 6 months of my chief resident year have flown by. I'll spend the next 3 months on the resident run service. It is the service on which residents have the most autonomy during residency. I feel ready for it. It is generally a fairly busy service, so I'm sure that I'll be ready for something different by the end of March. Tuesday's clinic apparently has 60 patients scheduled. It will be busy even if we have the normal number of cancellations/no-shows.

Hope that you have a blessed New Year.

Oh no, it happened again!!

Its unbelievable, it happened again!!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081229/ap_on_re_us/obit_oldest_american_man;_ylt=AhckdBn_m.H.t4ReZvwWeHIDW7oF

Bail anyone?

After about 6 years or so of having an expired passport, I've decided to spend my afternoon tomorrow getting a new one. Now that the Bush presidency is coming to a close, I might just get by without too much hassle. My last passport is full of stamps to evil places such as Pakistan and Afghanistan. Hopefully no super-vigilant Bush minion will decide that I look like the terrorist sort. If they do, please come down to Guantanomo, or however you spell it, and bail me out.

P.S. Yes, I do start working in Houston in 2009, not 2008 as previously posted.