Go Go Sox!

One of our attendings has these season ticket seats for the Chicago Sox, that he gives away to residents every now and then. So today, I found myself in possession of four awesome seats to the game against Minnesota. I was feeling exhausted (I've been working 9 days straight), had a headache, and today was supposed to be the HOTTEST day of the summer, but I went and had fun learning how baseball works (again...), snacking on nachos and frozen lemon ice. Plus I think I got a nice tan, to supplement the color I already got from being in California a couple weeks ago.

The hematology/oncology rotation is going better, now that we're a week into it. It's been rough getting adjusted to my new role as a "senior," and also our program's restructuring of all the teams. It's no secret that I prefer the old system that our program had, but it seems like I may be in the minority. And part of that may have to do with the fact that the heme/onc team is so different from the others and we are always super busy with a lot of really sick kids.

This past weekend, I had to work both days but I still managed to fit in shopping, and dinner at the May St. Cafe in Pilsen and Joy-Yee's in Chinatown. May St. Cafe is quite good. It's Tex-Mex/Cuban/American fusion? I had the fajitas with chicken and different vegatables in a cinnamon chipotle sauce. Very good. But my favorite was actually our appetizer- brie and pear quesadillas.

Joy-Yee's has moved to a larger location in the same shopping mall as before. No wait!! It was incredible. I had the thai iced tea freeze with tapioca and the duck curry, which I enjoyed. I wished that the duck came boneless, however. I hate having to work to get my food.

A couple doors down from Joy-Yee's in this great little bakery where I got mini red bean moon cakes. YUM.