{"id":1400,"date":"2012-09-09T16:14:31","date_gmt":"2012-09-09T21:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/?p=1400"},"modified":"2012-09-09T16:14:31","modified_gmt":"2012-09-09T21:14:31","slug":"labor-of-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2012\/09\/09\/labor-of-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Labor of Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Labor_Day\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1523\" alt=\"2012.09.09.a\" src=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/2012.09.09.a.gif\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guglhupf.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1524\" alt=\"2012.09.09.b\" src=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/2012.09.09.b.gif\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>Labor day this year was truly a weekend of labor for me. Between covering trauma call and retina call, I was stuck at work for more than 10 hours each day &#8211; repairing retinal detachments in the operating room, performing tap &amp; injects for endophthalmitis, or rounding on inpatient consults with the residents. I was reminded once again that this fellowship is meant only for those who truly love their job. Fortunately, all that busy work also meant more surgeries for me, although I had little time left to prepare for our research presentation on Tuesday . After 2 hours of discussion, I was still left struggling to find a clear direction and good mentor for my research here. Outside of work, I&#8217;ve been trying to unwind by picking up some cooking again, regaining skills that had begun to dwindle while living with my wife. I&#8217;ve also explored the Durham dining scene some more with my co-fellows over Indian buffet at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sitar-indiancuisine.com\/\">Sitar<\/a>, and brunch at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guglhupf.com\/\">Guglhupf<\/a>. My otherwise introverted life here has kept expenditures low as I prepare for my move to a smaller apartment at the end of the month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Labor day this year was truly a weekend of labor for me. Between covering trauma call and retina call, I was stuck at work for more than 10 hours each day &#8211; repairing retinal detachments in the operating room, performing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2012\/09\/09\/labor-of-love\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1400\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}