I Said "Knish."

back from new york and had a crazy work week. our last day in nyc was nice. on our way to get breakfast, we stopped by a street vendor coffee and donut shop and shared a glazed huge donut. then we had authentic new york bagels for breakfast (awesome) and then caught up w/ some of the BHE's online musician friends so they could shop at the famous music stores...which happened to be near times square, so i went to roxy's with my cousin's hubby and we had their famous cheesecake (dear Barbara) and a knish- which for all you gentiles out there, is a flaky pastry filled with mashed potatoes or brocolli or other such things. i had never had a knish, and i must say, i am a fan of the knish. and i like saying "knish." then we had thai for lunch. then we went for ice cream for dessert.

so for anyone counting, that was cheesecake, ice cream, donut and real food all before our flight left at 6pm. needless to say, my skinny jeans are now creaking like an old house when i try to squeeze into them. sigh.

we flew in pretty late monday night and so the next day getting up for work was tough. then the whole week was kind of busy and on friday, i worked the floor on a long list of fairly complicated patients. i still get overwhelmed pretty easily when having to do medicine on the floor. there's just so much i'm not comfortable or familiar with. lots to learn. and the list is never comprehensive- there are always add-on patients to see or favors for nurses, etc, etc. so it makes for a long day. but i had some help from my coworkers, and i got through it. and then on saturday i worked for a few hrs admitting new surgical patients and getting acquainted w/ a surgeon who's new to me and can be kind of scary when you're on your own w/ him. so it was a long week.

and then we had some of my coworkers over last night for a wine & cheese party and had a great time. we had joked when putting together the plans for the party that we'd prefer donuts and jello shots to wine and cheese, so i actually made a donut bread putting recipe (but without the fruit cocktail and raisins- sounded too healthy) and pudding shots (amazing!) along with some dips and salads and stuff. it was great. did sleep pretty hard last night, though and am taking it easy today watching college basketball and catching up w/ stuff around the house.

we leave for mexico on wednesday. cannot wait!