Brooklyn Pub Crawl

Went out with Brett (aka Dr. Levitzke, my new boss) and a group of his friends last night - just for some "beers". Yeah right, I should know better than that! Started off at Ceol, the Irish pub across from the clinic. Next, late night dinner at Bar Tabac and lots of wine. Finally - Camp. Not even sure what time we all passed out. But, I did make it into work this morning to check on patients :-) Only took me all freaking day to recover!!! But, I officially love Brooklyn....

3rd Day of Work...

Well, yesterday wasn't completely crazy busy. I had the one hospitalized patient that was doing better and two new appointments...but nothing stayed .

Today - that was an completely different story. I was supposed to only have one MRI/spinal tap. BUT - then there were two ER transfers, one walk-in ER and another dog that I saw yesterday that got worse....I did a surgery, 2 MRIs, discharged 4 patients and hospitalized 2. I worked almost 12 hours straight. That is not unheard of, especially with my previous ER work early in my career. But this day shift stuff is CRAZY!!!! Being that busy makes me absolutely exhausted. I promist to take pictures of my patients tomorrow and post them. They are so freaking cute!

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So, this picture to the right is the little strip of grass two blocks down from my apartment where Noble will actually pee and poop. She still refuses to go on the tree trunks and concrete. There is a park down the street....have I said this already??? But, I was too tired to walk all the way to the park tonight. Plus, I bought a bottle of wine before I took the subway home from work...

More from Brooklyn tomorrow I hope. I am looking forward to the weekend...there are so many things to see here and I want to make it into the City again :-) Miss everyone

First day of work!!!!

Well, I had the first day of work today. It was actually great - really busy, which I absolutely love, love, love! I had three appointments and one transfer from the overnight emergency service. All the people at work are tons of fun and I just love getting to neurology cases again. The best ones are the really weird ones where even I have to think hard to figure out what is wrong. Tons of cats here too, which is different than Colorado or Texas :-) AND I already have one appointment set up for tomorrow...so I can't wait to get back at it tomorrow.

So - the torts are also happy here in Brooklyn. Eating like champs :-) Just in case anyone else was worried...

This just makes me laugh

Ok, I had to upload this one. Shout out to Brooke - my future roommate and partner in crime from the drive to Denver to Brooklyn!!!! This was in a Motel 6 somewhere in Ohio (I think). Crown just goes so well with Dr. Pepper and tastes so freakin' good after driving for 16 hours.

Monday

For those who don't know ... New York City is NOT just Manhattan!!! I live in Brooklyn and the new hospital is in Brooklyn too. Specifically the northwest corner of Brooklyn - I can see Manhattan from the street, depending on where I am.

• Today I went to the "local" Wal-Mart. I had to move my car anyway (depending on the day, NYC cleans the streets - left vs. right - so you have to move your car every few days) so found the closest Wal-Mart on-line. Yes, that makes me white trash!!!!
• There is a Target within walking / subway distance, but Wal-Mart is cheaper :-)
• It took two unloading trips (from the car to the apartment) with my cart, I should hope I don't have to go back for another month. Geez!

I got wireless set up in the apartment and it is raining, so likely gonna stay in. I start the new job tomorrow and am very excited. An update tomorrow for sure!!!!!

Brooklyn walk

Noble and I walked from the apartment down to the Brooklyn promenade. This is a strip along the water where you can see Manhattan, the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges and the statue of Liberty. Very cool - also walked through a few parks on the way to and back. My feet and legs are sore and Nobie is exhuasted too. The round trip took about 3 hours. Hopefully I will sleep great tonight! Good thing I have cold beer in the fridge :-)

On my way out -

Heading into the "city" - that is what apparently New Yorkers call Manhattan....meeting some friends from work at Otto's Shrunken Head. Sounds interesting...taking the subway and printing off directions on line. The whole house is unpacked, put away and cleaned. Noble is also doing great with the outside thing. More soon - miss everybody.