Another rotation behind me! I really enjoyed diagnostic services. Most of it was clinical pathology, which I like because it's pretty much just a puzzle you have to figure out and the clinicians were all great to work with. Lots of microscope time which hurt my eyes after a while, but I feel like I developed some good clinical skills as well as problem-solving abilities (read: I re-remembered everything we learned the first few years of school...)

Up next is small animal medicine, which I'm dreading more than a little. It is a notoriously difficult rotation, not all that different than the small animal surgery rotation that just ate my life for three weeks. I'm really not looking forward to early mornings and middle of the night phone calls, even if I do learn a lot.

But I still have two days before the madness begins. I'm going to attempt to make it an even mix of productivity (cleaning my apartment, starting my clinical conference paper) and relaxation (finishing "Salem's Lot" by Stephen King, sleeping in). The next three weeks also hold some things to look forward to: awards night, opening of the Match for applications and the buddy potluck dinner are all happening, which means I have one big thing to look forward to each week.

After small animal medicine finishes up, I have three one week rotations and then one last three week block. Then Danny comes to pick me up and I head for home for good! So nine more weeks of internal rotations, nine more weeks of long distance marriage, nine more weeks of no Chipotle...I hope it goes quickly :)