The Blizzard

So it's been an extra busy week in the city.. I had my first "Off-Campus Clinical" on Thursday which was really good but somewhat overwhelming. My group was placed at NYU Langone Hospital and our instructor had us meet there at 6:30am. I was not so stoked about the start time.. I got up at 5:30 and thought I had plenty of time to make the "23 min" commute but being me, I somehow missed the only train that would get me there on time. I ended up running at least 5 blocks in the dark dressed in my scrubs & embarrassingly white shoes. Anyway, an interesting start to a very long day but everything went pretty well. My partner & I had some really great patients to take care of for the day and we survived our first 8-hour shift. This was a nice view on the walk back home:

That night, I met up with some new friends in Hell's Kitchen for a surprise birthday gathering for Sumana. 

Someone in the group ordered a martini and somehow it caught on, they were very very dangerous!

The next day was spent catching up on sleep that I had lost the night before and getting some studying in while watching the first bits of snow fall outside my window :)

Tired of studying alone in my room, I ignored the blizzard warnings and ventured out to veg on a friend's couch. We spent the night eating junk food & watching Hello Dolly!, the campiest musical I had never managed to see before. Barbara Streisand is the real deal! 

We woke up to a winter wonderland.

Snow pups!! I love how everyone's dog has a winter coat.

I eventually made it back to my building to get more studying in (this is the outside mom).

This is the old firehouse building across the street (it now houses a film institute).

That night we went out for ANOTHER birthday celebration, this seems to be a running theme.. All you can eat sushi and sake, this also seems to be a running theme. It was a fun night with tons of new faces, none of which i managed to capture in a photo!

Having New York brunch was the next thing on the agenda. We went to Schiller's which is run by a cute older British gentleman who served me tea in a cute little pot (I was obviously thrilled about the whole experience):

My salmon Eggs Benedict, perfectly runny & delicious.

Welp! Back to studying! Hope you've enjoyed my little update & let me know if you have any burning questions!

Love,

JP