I turned in my grant at 11:30 this morning. It was pretty anti-climatic, I have to say. After working on tightening up my language and being more concise this AM, I discovered that I was a whole page shorter than I had to be.
So I increased the font to Arial 11.5, which had been what was recommended anyway.
Then I sent that puppy in.
You know how I blogged about how awesome it was to finish my core clerkships? How it was every bit as amazing a feeling as I imagined it would be? Well, this was more like when I finished step 1. I'm more like.... meh.
I took the Boo to the dog park for a little while. There was nobody there, and hence NO DRAMA. I filled in the tub o' water for her to wallow around in, and she enjoyed chasing the orange ball and running through the tunnel. Then we came back home. Now she is sacked out. It's nice having a dog who is less fit than last year!
This afternoon I have an appointment with the hematologist. This is for mild and completely asymptomatic thrombocytopenia. It turns out I'm also a carrier for hemoglobin D. I'll let you medical professionals look that one up to figure out what it is and why it matters at all. If we ever learned about this during our heme block, I definitely didn't remember it..... It never even came up during my heme-onc rotation either, but that's probably because the rotation was annoyingly onc heavy. I will never be a breast cancer doctor, that's for sure.
Then I plan to swing by Chipotle for dinner (mmmmm..... vegetarian soft tacos....), maybe have a swim at the pool, and come home and try to remember where I left off with all of my other work.
Off the top of my head I KNOW that I have revisions to make on a manuscript, which I am *hoping* to submit before we go to Italy. But am not counting on. I also have to write an IRB amendment, start thinking about my next dissertation project(s), learn about survival analysis on my own, and start skimming the book for the class I'm TAing this fall.
ACK!
I have a lot to do.
7 Pearls of Wisdom:
When do you go to Italy, and where? Because I'm a geek, one of my favourite things to do in Italy was visit some of the old medical/biological museums. I hear that Florence has a great one (didn't make it there, sadly), and I loved the ones I visited in Bologna and Sienna. If that's not your thing, there's always wine and food (they seem to have universal appeal).
OMG - Chipotle on Walnut & 40th (or somewhere around there - near Fro Gro) was my addiction - so good. Although my number 1 all-time super-addiction was Hummus. Please tell me you've tried it.
Oh also, if you have any interest in mexican food at all, you should know that the best burritos in Philly (and honestly, the best anywhere for me) are at the Don Memos food truck near...hmmm... near Wharton, I think it's between Walnut and Sansom on 38th, It's been a while - right north the footbridge that goes from campus to the 3 big towers. Anyways, good hunting :)
SD -- Most of Italy will be spent visiting in-laws. If we have time and the weather is good, we're hoping to make it up to Cortina for a few days. I like your suggestion about the medical museums. My PhD program director would be so excited! I think Padua has a medical amphitheater that they used to use for public dissections.
congrats on finishing! Enjoy Italy, you deserve a break!
Oh my god, I love Chipotle. I want it now.
(I'm fairly certain I warned you that I comment even when I have nothing to say)
We live on Chipotle.
Seriously, guys. When I moved to Philadelphia, there was no Chipotle in the area. It was really a downer. When they opened up the one in Ardmore 4 years ago, it made my life about 100% better. When they opened up the one in West Philly 2 years ago, it happened again. I am totally addicted.
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