heyyyy kebbie keb
long time no talk!! the korea dumps took a bit which meant regularly scheduled programming had to take the back seat and then life got real crazy once i finally cranked those vacation letters out but... WE BACK BAY BEE!!!!! so here's a ginormo dump of the first 4 weeks after i got back from korea :) real quick before that tho i wanted to tell you i got a chance to watch your bey vlog and i can't even express to you how happy it made me. literally so funny and like wistful (?) to see you be all pre concert giddy writing your lil letter preparing slogans and DIYing your outfit the way we get before we see you :'))) really grounded me again to remind myself that at the end of the day you're seriously just like us and idk that's just very comforting and makes me feel closer to you in a way.. overall though so happy for you that you finally got to see one of the literal most important people behind your decision to pursue a career in music- that too twice in a week!
alrighty let's get to this dumpy dump
monday october 23rd!!
my first day on the neurology rotation! i started off with a week of stroke, so this first day after orientation in the morning i headed to the hospital for the rest of the day to meet the rest of the team and get started w the work. i was also still fighting jet lag so i shlumped really quickly after i got home for a bit of a nap before it was time to have a lil planning call w the bar my friend and i are having our super belated joint bday party at HAHA
tuesday october 24th!!
second day of stroke week :) my team was so huge dude like there were three of us m3s then we had a senior resident, a pgy2, an intern, a med peds pgy3 on her neurology rotation, the vascular neuro fellow, and then our attending.. straight up NINE of us!!!! but they were all so much fun omfg like i didnt think neurology people would feel like 'my people', but seriously they were so nice and entertaining- especially the senior and the pgy2 like they were actually the sweetest people i've ever worked with :')
wednesday october 25th!!
we only had to work a half day on the stroke team cus wednesday afternoons on neurology are med student didactics time- it was nice seeing all my friends again since we're all on different teams each week of neuro and don't actually get to see each other during the day
thursday october 26th!!
our senior let us out an hour early since it was 85 degrees and sunny outside so he wanted us to go seize the day lol
friday october 27th!!
don't remember too much exciting abt this day but when i got home from the hospital my mom facetimed me from a jewelry exhibition thingie which was fun
saturday october 28th!!
went to a coffee shop w my friends emmy and andie for my day off (we work 6 days a week from 6am to 6pm on neuro so i decided to go in on sunday this week instead of saturday cus i needed a break lol). after getting some work done with them there i decided to head home and facetime my friends annabel and jade! we were on the phone for like over 2 hours so while i was doing that i finally got around to packing the rest of the gifts i got my friends from korea for my friends who don't live in chicago
sunday october 29th!!
went to the hospital for my last day of stroke then when i got home i just watched football and ran some errands / did some chores, pretty boring stuff lol
monday october 30th!!
litch rally no pictures from this day oops but today was my first day of general inpatient neuro! after that i had a gbm for one of the org's im on board for and so my friend who's also on the board for it and i went to dominos to pick up pizza for the meeting except they took sooo much longer than they said they would cus they were really busy so we literally had to whip itttttt back to campus to make it in time for the start of the meeting haha
tuesday october 31st!!
after the hospital today, me and my friend jinhee (one of the med students i met on stroke week cus we were on the team together) decided to start studying on campus after we got let out cus we've been slackingggg lately lol- we both just go home, shower, eat dinner, watch some tv and do some chores, then zonk out asleep without having done a single review question or flashcard
wednesday november 1st!!
the didactics room was freaking freezinggggg this day, i literally had to wear my coat in the lecture hall lol but then after jinhee and i got back to regularly scheduled programming and worked in our lil conference room again after (which was mind u far better regulated temperature wise haha)
thursday november 2nd!!
another day living the life on general neuro LOL
friday november 3rd!!
by this point i was on my 6th day straight of work and still had another day left to go, tank was truly running empty LOL
saturday november 4th!!
7th straight day of working LOL but after i got out of the hospital i went to a coffee shop w my friends ash sade and dan who are all on other rotations so it was nice seeing em :') later in the evening i had a gala for an org im on the board for!- we catered thai food for dinner and it was so yammy :D
sunday november 5th!!
started the day off at a coffeeshop w my friend anna then ran a bunch of errands (classical day off activities) including going shopping w my friend taylor for something to wear at my mega belated bday party hahaha
monday november 6th!!
first day of neuro icu :) after the hospital i went to a coffeeshop to get some caffeine so i could study double time since i knew i wouldnt be able to study the next day
tuesday november 7th!!
after the hospital i went to jimmy brown's concert! i've been listening to him for over 4 years now and always wondered when he'd make his way over to north america- when he finally announced this tour i was so excited! it was originally supposed to be in may but then they had to push it back to november which was a bummer but the wait was seriously worth it cus what a special niiiiiight it was
wednesday november 8th!!
anotha day on neuro icu not much else to say <\3
thursday november 9th!!
after i got out of the hospital i swung by my parents' work building to pick up a holiday snack box since today was diwali :) then i ofc went to mine and jinhee's study room ofc to share the goodies. as if that wasn't enough she decided we should uber eats korean food for dinner so we did that too and just had an absolute feast
friday november 10th!!
we had the day off of clinical activities for this full day of lectures and practicing procedures thing that happens every couple of months but that was the less exciting part of the day cus we finally reached the day of my joint bday party w my friend andie! my birthday's in september and hers is in october so we always celebrate together but we had to push it back super far back this year cus of the way our school scheduling worked out haha. we got ready at andie's apartment then had some people over to pregame before heading to the bar where we were hosting the event! we had this unlimited drink wristband deal thing that we worked out and it actually was so much fun!! after the bar a few of us went to this mexican restaurant next door for a midnight snack hehe
saturday november 11th!!
literally got like 4 hours of sleep then went into the hospital for my last day on neuro icu lol. after i got out, i went over to my friends amy and roberts' apartment to study and watch some college football together
sunday november 12th!!
went to a coffeeshop to have a last big study day before my neurology shelf exam
monday november 13th!!
first day of neuro clinic which means i got to SLEEP IN since that shift starts at 8am as opposed to 6:30 like the previous 3 weeks- today i got to work in epilepsy clinic, was supposed to work in emg clinic as well but that fell thru <\3
tuesday november 14th!!
worked in movement disorder clinic in the am and headache clinic in the pm! then ofc daily routine of studying w jinhee in the evening
wednesday november 15th!!
worked in the generando neuro clinic in the morning then had didactics in the afternoon and mine and jinhee's last day studying in the conference room together in the evening before the shelf exam hehe
thursday november 16th!!
studied at this new filipino cafe that opened up close to me! the food and drinks were both so yummy and i don't get a chance to try filo food that often so im super happy w this place
friday november 17th!!
finally the much anticipated day of my shelf exam!! i say much anticipated bc i was starting my elective period right after which meant life was abt to get real fun :DD
saturday november 18th!!
went on a lovely morning walk w my roomies and our friend marina, ran some errands, then had two friends' separate birthday parties! then had my parents pick me up drunk in the middle of the night to drive me all the way back to their house in the suburbs so we could watch the cricket world cup final match together (it started at 2:30am LMFAO)
sunday november 19th!!
so india ended up losing to australia around 9am after being undefeated thus far in the tournament (including beating aus in an earlier game 😭) so that was a very sad let down then i ran some errands for my parents, watched some football, and cooked an indian dish for a potluck later that night with jinhee natalie and one of our neuro residents now that the rotation was over
this was absolutely gargantuan- if you made it to here thank you for liking me enough to endure it LOL so since i finished neurology i started my 4 weeks of my elective period which the first 2 weeks consisted of me being in an online asynchronous class and the second 2 weeks was me being completely off from school and deciding to travel SOOOO get ready for a much more exciting next dumpy dump :))))))
love you loads friend 🩶
from: 4ever kebbie's wannabe bffie, tanmayi 🤍
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