Liberal Lion

The Senate has lost an icon. 

And to imagine, I almost worked for him (through a contact I made selling my furniture on Craigslist... but that's another story for another time). 

I {heart} Julia

Some quotes from Julia Child while watching the chicken episode:
"You can tell that this chicken is of legal age" - talking about how to tell a roasting chicken from an old hen.
"Now's the time for a butter massage!" - how everything is better with butter.
Just had to share.

Watching Julia

So, I have nothing else to do on a Sunday night other than watch public television (no, I do not have cable).  Alas, who is on public television except Ms. Julia Child herself.  As I'm mesmerized by watching her make omelettes (without a cooking utensil, to boot), I realize that she's cooking on an electric stove.  Electric!  Now I can't give the excuse of a poor electric stove to explain away my cooking.

Getting outside

Last weekend, I eagerly stepped out of the flourescent lights of the hospital and into the bright sun. My friend, C, organized an outing to Point Reyes, to hike the Alamere Falls trail. I have to admit that at first, I wasn't very eager because I knew it would be my only day off in over 2 weeks and all that I really wanted to do was sit at home and veg. However, given my new resolution, I jumped right at it.

As a side note, as I looked at this description of the trail, I realized that it was a trail that I had been searching for since college. Back story is that when I was going out with this one guy, we went hiking with some friends to this beautiful trail. I had no idea where it was other than in Marin County. I had no idea what the name was. All I knew was that it had a waterfall on the beach at the end. And alas, I found it!

Swept away

When I was in Maine, I had the chance to go to Thunder Hole several times, enjoying the non-thunderous sound of the waves. Apparently, I should have waited until a hurricane was called. Kinda sad.

Inspiration

To be truthful, I have been neglectful of nearly every aspect of my life in the last month or so besides work.  Life as a second year is tough and when I get home, I'm lucky if I don't collapse on my sofa and watch tv for the rest of the night.  I haven't been cooking.  I haven't been swimming.  My apartment was such a mess that I was stressed out when I thought about it.  I hadn't done laundry in a month.  My mail was stacking up.  My "garden" is a mess and in desperate need of repotting (but the lemons are doing wonderfully). 

So, tonight, to get myself out, my friend T and I went to see Julie and Julia.  It was a good movie, kind of light entertainment and upbeat.  What I didn't expect, and maybe should have, was to be inspired.  I was inspired to branch out in my life.  To keep on pursuing those outside interests that keep me, well, me. 

I know that it seems silly, especially to those who haven't gone through residency, but it is hard to maintain a sense of self when you spend 80 hours a week serving others and bending to the will of others. 

My new resolutions: to work out more (which would mean working out at all), to cook more (no more CSA = no more veggies to force me to cook), to get back to exploring the south bay, and last, but not least, to go back to updating the blog. 

Also, to learn how to poach an egg. 

Dear blog,

I am so sorry that I have neglected you.  You are probably starving for attention, and posts.  I did not mean to totally neglect you.  You see, I have been busy - but I know that that's no excuse.  But I feel as though I need to explain myself.

 

First of all, I went on vacation.  That's what started the whole thing.  I forgot to have someone tend to you while I was gone, as I had someone water the forest of plants in my apartment, I should have done the same for you.  My apologies.   I went to Morocco in June, which isn't the best time to visit as it gets very hot in Morocco (who would ever guess that the summers would be hot?!).  But I have plenty of pictures - but please don't ask me for them as I haven't had time to sleep let alone edit and upload pictures.  However, as a preview, you can see my pictures from Casablanca, which was definitely the least exciting of the cities I visited.   

 

Secondly, when I came back, I came full steam ahead into second year of residency - literally (I landed at 10PM and went to work at 6AM).  It's been busy, to say the least.  However, it's definitely been fun. I get to do c-sections nearly everyday.  I get to supervise people and feel as though I actually know something (whether I do or not is another question).  And, I got to deliver my first set of twins (via c-section, unfortunately)! 

 

And yes, lack of sleep.  Because I have been so busy (and yet to unpack completely from my trip), I am suffering from lack of sleep.  Because of this, I have prioritized sleep over you, dear blog. However, things look up and I am hoping to nurture you back to health.  Just give me a few more days, please. 

 

Sincerely,

yenniet

I'm back!

And have to get up in 5 hours for work.  Yay!! 

Details to follow.

I'm still here

Yeah, yeah, I've been MIA.  I know that that's one of the worst things you could do in blogger world.  Whatever. I have a good excuse.  Will explain later.

 

And when did Michael Jackson die?  Dude, do I live in a cave? 

 

Long time, no see

My dear, it's been a long time since I have posted here. My apologies to my loyal reader, as I just haven't been inspired. That's not to say that I haven't been busy. I started back on my obstetrics rotation, which means that I have been infinitely busy. Hence, I am enjoying my first day off in two weeks by doing none other than cleaning my apartment. It was so messy that it was making me stressed out just looking at it. Now, with it spic and span (sort of), I feel much much better.

Also, I'm planning my trip to Morocco. I'm usually a much better trip planner and not so last-minute, but here I am less than two weeks away from my trip and I have to still plan the itinerary, book hotels, book trains, figure out what to see, when. Ah! Who knew travel could be so stressful?

Alas, I have also been cooking. My pasta maker finally came and I put it to good use the other night making herbed pasta (use a simple pasta dough recipe and run it through the pasta machine several times on the lowest setting, then out to around "7" and then place various herbs (I used thyme and mint) on the pasta and fold it over once. Run it through the machine again several times until it's as thin as you desire).

Here is my apartment after my pasta making frenzy:

And it was all worth it for these gals:

Just look at this spread: