The weekend

You have no idea how nice it is to actually have a weekend off. I can't remember the last time I had both Saturday and Sunday to recharge for the week ahead... I definately have to try to do this more often. Unfortunately, most of my rotations only allow me to have 4 days off for a whole month so if I take a weekend, half of my days off are used up. Days off are like solid gold in residency. I look forward to sleeping and relaxing on these days. I rarely force myself to do anything work related. I also use these days to do normal things like get my hair cut, go to the dentist, shop for things I need and clean the house. Oh yeah, most of my days off are spent mowing the grass as well.

So this weekend I crammed a whole bunch of things in. We went to see the new batman movie (excellent by the way!). We also went to a cirque du soleil show here in KC. I've laid around and slept quite a bit also. Glorious! The only bad part is that I have to go back to work on Monday and I'm on call. Cross your fingers that it's a quiet one.

Neal Anson, MD