Finished with intern year!

So the day has finally come. June 23 could not have come soon enough, but it has come (and went). I am officially done with intern year of residency! I had urgent care this afternoon, meaning that I got out at 7pm. Met up with Eric for some much needed gym routine, and went out to dinner party at one of my co-intern's house. It was a great way to end the year. Pretty much everyone had the night off, and no one had to go in the next day. It felt like back in college when you finish your last final. I walked out tonight from urgent care feeling like a heavy weight was lifted from my shoulders. My stride picked up as I got closer to the car, as if I needed to get there before the pager went off. Intern year was not bad, in retrospect. I don't know how I managed to survive it, but I did. I learned a lot, and hopefully this is sufficient to be a resident.

This past weekend, I spent the entire afternoon with Eric at the beach. He and Allie had a graduation party, just finishing up his internal medicine residency and his acceptance into UCSD heme/onc fellowship. It was a hot day, but it was a great day to be outside by the beach. I went out into the waters, but still too scared to go for a swim. Maybe one day, I'll actually venture out beyond the beach. Amanda had a housewarming party that night, where a few of us just sat around and shot the bull for endless hours. It was a nice change of pace to not wake up early the next day. The next day, Doug had his 30th birthday party for dinner and bar afterwards. I felt like this past few days had been busy, and it has! It was a blast to hang out with residents and friends outside of the hospital. But man, I still feel a little woozy from that shot I took tonight.

A lot has happened over the past month or two (yes, it's been that long since I updated my blog). Two of my friends got married during this span. The weddings were great, and I got to see a few long lost friends.

So this brings us to a close to the first year of my residency, although there's still more celebration tomorrow. I hear that next year will be much more relaxed and much more fun. If it's anything like this year, I'm looking forward to it! Now comes the hard part: what will I do for this next week off?