Today was my last vacation day of my intern year, and it was a treat yo' self day for me. I've been doing outpatient family medicine for the past month, and it has actually been a pretty relaxed time. I didn't have to get to work until 8 am, I took several days off when Chris's parents and brother were in town for Easter, and, as an intern, I usually only see 8-9 patients per clinic day. But I needed a preemptive vacation for the 4 straight months of inpatient medicine that will start on Cinco de Mayo (ICU, family medicine inpatient service, inpatient pediatrics, and another month of family medicine inpatient service). So today, as suggested by my lovely husband, I treated myself to a haircut AND an hour-long massage. I woke up late, took Tessie for a leisurely stroll, did a few sun salutations , and headed over to the Aveda Institute (I tend to seek out Aveda schools wherever I live for haircuts because of the price, the tea, and the scalp massages). It ...