Day 1 of 28: Minimal productivity, slept and ate at my leisure. An auspicious start. If I have 27 more days like this, I think I will be perfectly content.

During my general surgery rotation at the VA, I had two other interns on the service. One was anesthesia and the other was family medicine, but both were girls, so they liked talking about girly things. They both offered to set me up with their friends and asked me what I liked. Somehow the final description ended up being a large, middle-aged black woman with an attitude problem, which coincidentally describes half the nurses at the VA. I don't know how I controlled myself for a whole month.

I'll be leaving tomorrow for a little trip. I'm taking whatever I can fit into my backpack. Sleep and food will meet me there.