3 weeks
I have three weeks left of school. Well, really 14 days. I'm not sure if I'm excited or not. But, it feels pretty seismic in my world. I worked for two years after Dartmouth, but I was taking courses for a masters then. So, in short, except for my leave when I had Joe, I've been in school since we were at Dartmouth. Granted, that means I've been spared the disappearing 401K that Jay seems to have...but, in case you were wondering, that basically means that I've never been gainfully employed (well, I guess Pfizer counts as being gainfully employed, but I definitely spent that money eons ago). Luckily, a resident's salary will likely not shock my system, since it works out to less than minimum wage, or so I've been told...but holy cow! I'm about to finally grow up (at least a little).
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aw kris, don't kid yourself. i've technically been gainfully employed since we graduated and i'm pretty sure you've always been more of a grown up than i've ever been - in the best way.
one day i'll get the words "dude" and "totally" out of my vocab. hopefully before i have kids. ;)
Just yesterday I said to a prof who was trying to teach us ACLS (advanced cardiac life support, sounds wayyyyy more technical than it is...), "DUDE, seriously, you MUST stop!" He kept talking about how they "used to do it"...as if I give a shit. Anyway, if Dude has to be purged before you're a grown up, well, then, I'm screwed.
Don't worry, Kristin. When Joe is 5, you can start to act like a 5 year old (sans tantrums) and people will consider it bonding with your child. Kids can be used as an excuse for all kinds of wacky stuff.
Having been grown up myself for a year now, I'm going to have to say that it's a mixed bag. I'm not sure if medicine is like a university, but, if so, it turns out there's quite a bit of boring grown up stuff (meetings, paperwork, vision statements) mixed in with the fun stuff you like and plan to finally get paid for (teaching, reading, writing).
Of course, there also seems to be a real possibility that I might get paid next year to sit around and drink coffee with students. So, I suppose I shouldn't complain too much.
Except for a brief relapse when quoting Beavis and Butthead while painting a fraternity room, Josh has been grown up for the last 25 years. He just wasn't getting paid.
Lincoln quoted Beavis and Butthead on Sat. night at a baseball game. There is zero correlation between length of time in the work force and maturity level.
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