The house: I am all moved in! Dad came up last weekend with the rest of my stuff, I bought a kitchen table on craigslist, and my first big girl piece of furniture... a couch! My little place now feels much homier and really takes on my personality now that I've got my things scattered about. There are a few projects left that I'm waiting for Katherine to come help me tackle, but overall I'm ready for company! By my calculations I can comfortably add 5 guests... just call 15 min before you get here!
The friends: Strangely enough there is a fellow Chapel Hillian that just moved to Louisville last week. We think we played soccer together in 2nd grade and know tons of the same people. Thankfully she's a Carolina girl too. We hit up the Highlands last weekend and have a laundry list of things we want to do together in the coming weeks from the Bourbon Urban Trail to biking the riverfront to the Kentucky State Fair.
The other NP's and people in the Peds Emergency Medicine Dept are awesome. I think you have to have a great personality to work with kids and you've got to be funny and light hearted to work in an ED. I'll fit right in.
The neighborhood: Dad and I ventured out a little bit in my neighborhood, Crescent Hill. He said the second he drove up he could tell that it was my neighborhood by the cute shops, restaurants, and artsy, neighborhood feel of the area. There are a number of nice restaurants right at the end of my street that I'm dying to try: A Mediterranean, sushi bar, some place with white linen tablecloths, and a Mexican joint. Thankfully there's good running nearby too because I'll need to work off all that food!
The job: What you've all been dying to hear... So far, yes, the move was worth it :) It was a pretty traumatic first day but the rest of my days have made up for it. My supervising physician is fantastic, as is the rest of the team-- so smart, kind, and a great teacher. I reduced my first elbow today! It is a real challenge to my skills and education, but I'm learning so much and seeing patients with confidence. Thankfully acuity is low in the summer and so there's time to be a learner without packed waiting rooms of wheezing babies. The nurses are great and everyone has been really welcoming. My schedule is so much better than as a nurse-- I work four 8.5 hour shifts per week. During my orientation I'm precepting with the attendings who I can ask questions and present with my patients, but at the end (after my credentialing is complete) I'll be working with the NP's more. I am supposed to "cherry pick" the patients that come in based on skills that I need to master: lumbar punctures, long bone fractures, foreign body removal, suturing, splinting, etc. And being in a teaching hospital is wonderful because there is always time for education. I've grown accustomed to the teaching hospital atmosphere (from UNC to Dartmouth to Duke) so it was something I was hoping for but not something I was sure I'd find. Maybe one day I'll have some grasshoppers following me around :) That day won't be tomorrow.
I used to think I was hard core when I was in the PICU... then I went to the Emergency Dept and realized that wayyy more crazy stuff happens down there. And you honestly can't make up the stories of what walks through the door.
Missing home: Getting to sneak home last week was something that I desperately needed. It is a difficult transition to make from lifelong townie to KY transplant and I needed that dose of tar heel to get me through and show me that home is a quick trip away. Having Daddy last weekend was wonderful too because it made me proud to serve him after my year-long stent rocking out with the 'rents. You are all invited. Karibu!
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