
My final vacation week of residency, probably my last vacation for the next 2 years, was spent at home as a “staycation.” Although intended initially to tackle the pile of errands I had accumulated while traveling in India, much of my time ended up being devoted to creating the senior skit – which I once again was suckered into doing. Compared with our junior skit 2 years ago, the endeavor was more challenging this time as most of my co-residents were out of town. But alas, my compulsive personality trumped my better judgment, and I spent yet another 50+ hours editing the video to split-second perfection. Our theme this year was an instructional video for senior rotations like the Togus VA and India blocks. Fortunately, my week off gave me plenty of time to have the video ready for graduation on Friday. Although it was somewhat anti-climactic to have commencement 4 weeks before the actual end of residency, it was nice to have my wife and parents by my side to enjoy our video masterpiece, meet my attendings, and dine in style at the Fairmont Copley. Despite the busy week, I did manage to unload a bunch of stuff in the apartment on Ebay and Craigslist, as well as finally finding some tenants for our apartment. Having already mentally checked-out of work, I plan to spend the rest of the month playing Uncharted 3 and, more importantly, preparing for our big move from Boston.