great day today. was allowed to first assist on a vaginal hysterectomy. i haven't been able to do enough gyn surgery recently since ob/gyn's travel in pairs and don't often need our help. it was really interesting and challenging. i'm spreading the word among the ob/gyn's that i'm interested and want to specialize in that direction....while still doing general surgery, of course. none of the other PA's will argue with me there. gyn cases are considered less than pleasant for most.
weight loss efforts are coming along. the BHE and i joined a local globogym and i've been going pretty regularly. we've been roughly following the weight watchers program but are going to actually officially join on thursday and start going to meetings. so far so good. i have my cravings for sweets and stuff, but i'm curbing them with low fat sugar free pudding and hot cocoa and fruit and stuff. awesome. the PA dept is doing the 'biggest loser' competition for 10 wks, but we're tracking our progress weekly. i lost 1/2 pound last week. i would have been thrilled, but i was WAY behind the other members of my team...who lost anywhere from 3-11 lbs! in a week! things will even out eventually, i think. but still i don't think i'm imagining the dirty looks they're giving me as they watch me suck the low fat ranch dressing off my carrots in misery.
it's COLD here and windy and snowy, so i'm spending most of my time at home under many blankets on the couch with my brand new netbook laptop thingy. it's tiny and light weight (weighs less than 3 lbs! less than an inch thick!). i busted my old laptop months ago and we've been making do on the BHE's PC but he's tired of me hogging it, so i got a new toy. i will eventually get used to the itty bittyness of it. i think it will be great.
we've also been watching lots of reruns of alton brown's "good eats" on the food network. it's like cooking for dorks. it's great. do you know it? but, cruel fate...the last 2 episodes have been on making donuts and chocolate chip cookies. why, why, why?
so that's what's new here.....now if you'll excuse me i have to go cry over some raw vegetables. again.
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