Ultimate Coffee Date: February 2017

Hi everyone! What’s been going in your life? Pull up a chair and come catch up on life with me for the Ultimate Coffee Date!

Ultimate Coffee Date: February 2017

If we were having coffee/tea today, I’d tell you that…thus far, I’ve completed 5 (of 14) weeks of what one of my senior residents like to refer to as my “death schedule.”

(In other words, I’ve survived over a month of 80-hour work weeks thus far and only (haha) have another 2.5-ish consecutive months of that left to go before I get a break. And oh, what a glorious break that shall be!)

Last weekend, we (me/my co-interns) managed to have our 4th collective hangout since we started residency! :D (We try to do one once a month but it’s been tough to find mutually free days.)

Thankfully, our potluck (some of the food is pictured above!) managed to happen!

If we were having coffee/tea today, I’d tell you that…despite the crazy hours and only getting to see sunlight maybe 1-2x/week, I’ve actually been in pretty good spirits.

I attribute part of this to finally having a somewhat consistent workout schedule again (yay!). Rutgers is also back in session, which means parking sucks again, but I’m actually really glad they’re back because it means I can finally join their clubs! :O

Guess who joined the Rutgers Powerlifting Team! <3!!! (+ the BJJ club and the Salsa club…)

Earlier last week, I briefly mentioned that I’d volunteered at a USAPL meet on my day off–I went to the first practice last weekend! I’ve only ever lifted for fun and haven’t ever had a coach before, so I’m super excited for what this year will hold!

I’ve always very much appreciated the spotters/loaders at meets, but after being one, I have even more of an appreciation for them. :O

I really hope my schedule will let me compete sometime this year. I want new PRs (and would eventually like to set state records in a third state! ;P )! I’ve apparently unintentionally lost several pounds since residency started, likely because of the inpatient diet (aka no time to eat :[ ), so I may try to cut to a lower weight class. :O

If we were having coffee/tea today, I’d tell you that…I got to go with the sports med fellow to cover the Rutgers gymnastics meet against Cornell, Michigan State + Ursinus last weekend! (Rutgers won! <3!)

It was a lot of fun and thankfully uneventful in the sense that no one got injured. I know I’ll be working on one of the days of the Big Ten Championships in March but I’m super super hoping I’ll be able to cover at least part of it! *-*

(For the record, I used to do gymnastics back in high school, and it still remains the one thing I was completely ungifted in that I absolutely loved.) When people see me now/hear about my interests, they usually assume I did some sort of sport in college, but…I did not. :'( But better late than never?! ;P

See past ultimate coffee dates here!

(Link-up with Coco @ Got 2 Run 4 Me, Lynda @ Fitness Mom Wine Country, & Deborah @ Confessions of a Mother Runner!)

• Did you play any sports in college?
• What are you doing this weekend? I’m actually in NYC with Trish at the moment because one of my co-interns is working the day for me since I took one of her call days last year–follow along with me on instagram for my weekend adventures!