Project "Live Like a New Yorker" kicked off this week. Part 2 of my project includes practicing grocery shopping for only things that I can carry with me. I will admit I failed at this today but that is because I bought sheets and scale. Doing this should help me eliminate buying stuff I don't need (hello impulse buys...just because it is on sale doesn't mean buy stat) and force me to be more proactive in meal planning. This week: Cooking Light Tempeh Coconut Curry but with NO Tempeh, just chick peas. I had lunch this Friday afternoon again with my rotation buddy and his roomie at this a-AMAZ-ing Thai house, leading me to a curry kick.
Speaking of proactive, we take a practice management course in dental school and have done things like have guest speakers, take the DISC test (I am an "I" for Influencer and my word was "inspirational") and are now embarking on readying the Covey classic, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Funny to note -- the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People are verbatim the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, which I read in high school. I guess I would have thought ol' Covey would have been more creative for his teen readers, but no go.
I also said two goodbyes this week.
One was to my first denture patient.
I delivered her final prosthesis on Thursday and she came back for the follow-up on Friday. Barring she has any difficulties, I won't see her again for 6 months. My Thursday appointment was kinda of a spectacle. Enter moody people at school and a clinical remount that I did 3x. I left with plaster in hair. Silver lining? My patient was completely unphased that the appointment took a longer that I anticipated. She loved the way her new dentures looked and happily read her book, aptly titled "None of Your Business" while I got plaster everwhere and broke my bunsen burner when I tried to get it off my cabinet because it stuck to the paper and the alluwax I used for my CR record. No joke.
The other goodbye took place at a going away party for a friend who is going and serving Costa Rica for 6 months. He is going with Engineering Ministries International (EMI) to serve as a landscape architect intern. EMI is a non-profit, Christian organization that gives architects, engineers, and other design professionals an opportunity to serve impoverished people around the world.
Andrew is the on the right. Check out his blog to be praying for his mission work in the CR.
And that about wraps up Friday. I snuck in a nice run this Saturday, got free "Only 8" frozen yogurt since it is the 8th of the month, grocery shopped, got backed into by a Sequoia in my Honda while in the parking lot at the library studying for an oral path exam (she claims my car is below her rear view mirror) but had no damage, and it is only 6:30 pm. The night is still young.
Per Jesus Calling (if you haven't heard about this devotional...get in hardcover or iPhone app ASAP)
"Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer."
Romans 12:12
PS Its supposed to SNOW tomorrow...again!
I feel your pain with the day in clinic! We all have our days:) Congrats on getting done with your dentures. That is such a great feeling!
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