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today i had a half day at the hospital. well, first off, i got to sleep till 6 am (sleeping in!), then headed to basic science lecture clutching my coffee w/ cream and sugar from the street cart, met up with my team, then caught the 9 am shuttle...there were awesome cases going on! i'm so bummed that we were late, and that i had to leave at noon. there were big cases, lots of them.:(

i have this thing where i can't scrub into cases late, or i can't leave early. i need to be there for the whole thing, from meeting the patient to reading the chart to scrubbing in to following the patient to PACU. the residents told me i can just leave early if i have to, but i feel disrespectful you know? it's like starting a song you really love and not listening to the whole thing, reading a chapter and not finishing it, just kissing a boy and not ...hahah. j/k. not really. it's like learning a language but only learning nouns. i don't know- you get the point: i'm all or nothing. so i spent the morning reading sabiston (sabiston is a big surgery test book), caught the noon shuttle back and met with the program director. i did some errands, like dropped a box in the mail- my luggage was 65 lbs, and since i'll be travellling tons on the way back, i need to drop 15 lbs at least so i dont 'get charged everytime i board a flight, which'll be like 6 flights at least. my plan is to mail back my danskos (heavy ass clogs) and clinic stuff as soon as i finish. anyway...it was sooo sooo nice to be outside during the day! in the sunlight! and today there was sunlight- it felt so good- sunny but crisp. supposedly there were snow flurries this morning. yowsers. supposed to get to 20 degrees just outside of nyc and 30 degrees in manhattan tonight. shit that's fucking cold.

anyway..did my errands, then found my way to the MoMA. i took some pictures and i'll post them later. I like that you can take photos in the museum. i put on my killers albums and wandered through the sculptures, the architecture, the photograph areas. stopped at the cafe and ate yummy creamy polenta w/ walnuts and fontina w/ sparking water as i read my 'rough guide to nyc' book...wandered through the MoMA design store, then to rockfeller center and nbc studios. they were filming something right outside of nbc studios and they were really hardcore about not letting people pass by. wandered past radio city music hall, through h&m, then back to the subway...i had some time to kill before my 'cardio video dance class', so went back to the 96 station to my korean nail salon and got a pedicure. my feet were killing me so it felt nice. too bad i couldn't wear slippers afterwards, but at least i know my toes are pretty.

i went to this cardio video dance class- it was hard! but really really fun. i hope i can remember the routine. the teacher was this girl, she's probably betwteen 25 adn 35 but was PETITE as hell, wearing knee high socks, baggy basketball shorts, and old school nike dunks, and an italian soccer (futbol) jersey. spunky as hell and a fucking kick ass dancer! the first 30 minutes was spent warming up, freestyling, then the last 30 minutes we learned the routine. i love this shit. i can't wait to go out dancing now!

i decided to stay for the pre-season sports conditioning class, and now, after 2 hours of working out i am sore as fucking hell. but it feels good.

anyway, the other day in the OR, this guy comes in to relieve the scrub tech, and he's cute as ever. filipino w/ really nice eyes. i can't help but stare at him- well i guess only his eyes, since we were all wearing masks and hats. he knew my chief, who was in on the surgery, and we all started talking, talked somemore in the OR lounge over lunch. he's so cute! found out he's a filipino boy from jersey. he recommened things to do in NYC and where i should go out...the other day i was grabbing lunch and he came down and sat next to me, and after chatting, we exchanged numbers and he asked me to hang out. very cool guy. we're gonna hang out on saturday. i'm stoked. he's very cool, into hip hop, an ex-dj, and just seems like a cool cat. i told him he has to convince me that new york city is a way better city to live in than honolulu:)

so...tomorrow' friday. i have plans to hang out with bill, my ex-boyfriend from college and hopefully we can see wicked on broadway. i'd love to see it. i'm gonna try to scout tickets out at TKTS in times square or just go to the venue and see if anyone is selling cheap ticktes. otherwise they're like easily $100. pray for me!!

sweet...another nyc weekend coming up. i'm leaving to providence, rhode island, on sunday afternoon for an interview. will be back on monday night. cool.

okay, off to eat my dinner! i'm STARVING!