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The SHU Box

  • Epic Journey

    I didn’t end up bringing my laptop on this trip, because we were trying to keep luggage reasonable (kind of impossible with car seats and a travel crib, but we did our best!).  But…

    August 5, 2018
  • entering August and feeling okay

    It’s August. (!) G will turn 8 months in 11 days.  We will go on our first real family vacation since June of last year — our first as a family of 5!  Annabel…

    August 1, 2018
  • clean up catch up & a dilemma

    When I take a week of call, I miss my weekly day off that comes with being an 80% employee.  But I always make them up the next week! (Otherwise, that really would be…

    July 27, 2018
  • good things! (and podcast guest reveal!)

    1) I’m not on call until September!  I don’t always mind so much but it really is so draining when G doesn’t sleep through the night yet + I’m getting nighttime phone calls too.…

    July 24, 2018
  • call stress

    What happens to me when I am forced to be available* for 168 hours? ✔︎ I feel like I am literally counting down the minutes** ✔︎ I treat my body like crap (stay up…

    July 19, 2018
  • weekend, one day late // Trunk Club Round 6

    My parents are back in Philadelphia (they stayed 6 days) and life has returned to normal in our house, which is quite bittersweet.  It was one of those weekends where things just flowed from…

    July 17, 2018
  • 10 really good things right now

    I post my share of angst-ridden things and I think we can all agree that the news is full of upsetting and disheartening stories, so this post will perhaps balance some of that out. 1)…

    July 6, 2018
  • in which I take my own advice

    Last night I received 2 work pages* just as I was walking in the door at 6pm.  I ended up having to deal with a somewhat complicated clinical situation while all 3 kids seemed…

    June 27, 2018
  • weekend report

    I haven’t done one of these in a little while.  I actually did not plan ANYTHING for this weekend.  We had residency orientation all week and it was very busy (but went well overall!).…

    June 25, 2018
  • career: timeline, and a new beginning

    2004: Second year medical student. 2005: Scientist in training (yeah, that one didn’t pan out so well). 2007: BRAND NEW intern 🙂 (first rotation = regional hospital NICU) 2008: call haikus. 2008, again: PICU…

    June 20, 2018