NATIONAL HOLIDAY 3/3: MY DAY OFF!

I can't remember if I've blogged about days off, but obviously it's been so long since I've had one that I definitely don't remember writing about them, as all of my non-medical thoughts have been overwritten by medical thoughts.

Regardless, I feel like honoring my one day off this month with an entry!

Days off are bittersweet.  And this year I've learned that having two days off is worse than one.  Why, you ask?  Days off are great, you get to sleep in until 9am, and get the stuff done you haven't done in a month (laundry, cleaning, errands, groceries, etc).  But then you start to realize toward the end of the day, I didn't absolutely need this day off and probably should have taken it next week so I could have had two days off in a row.

So when you get those rare, coveted two-day vacations (I get one the weekend of St. Patty's day YAY!), you just can't believe your luck (no pun intended).  You do all that stuff on the first day thinking, I'll have a whole day to relax tomorrow!  Alas, being a medical student (or resident or doctor or other busy professional) you can't actually relax and you begin to become extremely anxious and start doing work or feeling guilty or doing hardcore work around the house. Three weeks ago I started painting the trim in my new place.  I took a picture this morning, as it's clearly unfinished (there are two unfinished ends, if you haven't inferred).

beautiful unfinished trim

So then you wish that you had taken that one day off earlier, to get the work done but not enough to make you feel guilty.  Or that you hadn't spent 6 hours painting part of your house.

So my advice would be to spread out your days off rather than taking them all at once, UNLESS OF COURSE you are going on a wonderful vacation, like to HAWAII!

107 days till my HAWAII VACATION!