Confession: I'm still spinning from the last three weeks. On balance, it's been good. Very good. Just exhausting, wearying-to-the-bone, and fast-paced. But very, very rewarding at the end of it all.
Today I am trusting that this week I'll manage to dig out from my personal avalanche of stuff I didn't get done while I was busy with my patients. And that I'll get some rest. I'm mostly looking forward to the rest, especially since I'll be resting somewhere warm.
Today I am grateful for too many "little" things to mention. If I were to make a list, I would be afraid of leaving something out. So let's just leave it at year, I am grateful. Wildly, blissfully grateful.
Today I am inspired by several different emails and notes that I got from students and residents this week for a variety of reasons- as well as by what students told me about the current reputation of the surgery clerkship (it's now loved, not feared). It's a reminder to me that all of that extra stuff that I do, the stuff that complicates my life sometimes, is worth every bit of the effort- and it motivates me to keep trying to change the world, one person and one day at a time. I'm getting comfortable in my skin as Doña Quixote.
Now listening: Bob Dylan "Forever Young" (Planet Waves is 39 years old this week. Enjoy.)Labels: TGIF