Go together well

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 ...

After a week of immersing myself in shopping for a mortgage and making plans to buy our first house (just outside Burlington, VT , where I'll be starting residency in June), my dreams of tending the perennials and painting the door of a cute little farm house were dashed when the seller rejected our offer on Wednesday night. Buying a house is much more complicated than I had thought!  Since I tend to dwell on disappointments a bit too much, I was glad that I had no classes and an appointment for a haircut in DC the next day so that I could take advantage of the heat wave  by spending the day wandering around the capital city! {Cherry Blossoms at the DC Tidal Basin} After waking up at 5:30 am to ride with Chris from Baltimore (where we live) to Clinton , MD (where he works), I hopped on the Metro and headed toward the National Mall. I got off at the Smithsonian stop and followed the groups of tourists wearing sneakers and carrying cameras to the Tidal Basin. The che...