Back to School

Well, kind readers, I am but a week away from jumping feet first back into my journey toward doctor-dom. My clinical rotations begin next week in Brooklyn, NY. I have enjoyed this long break from school and, despite my complaints, I will miss playing Mr. Mom.

Looking for housing in the Brooklyn area has been an adventure to say the least. After pouring over way too many ads and seeing some places, I wound up securing a room at what basically is a dorm building. And, much to my chagrin, I will have a roommate-since they were out of single rooms. There are already a slew of jokes going on in my family about my having a younger college-age roommate! I can see it now, having to filed questions in the dorm like, "Whose dad are you?" and "Mister, will you buy us beer?" Great, just great! Pick on the old guy!

Kathy and Rileigh will remain in the Philadelphia area while she completes her contract at work. In the meanwhile I will be commuting back on the weekends. It will be an adjustment, but this whole thing has been a series of adjustments so, adapt we must.

My first rotation will be Family Practice at the much maligned Wyckoff Hospital. I drove by there last week on our apartment hunting trip and, suffice it to say, it is not in the upscale section of Brooklyn. Fortunately, I will be staying in the Brooklyn Heights area, which is pretty nice and is not entirely unlike center city Philadelphia. The bus ride to the hospital should only be about a 1/2 hour, so it won't be horrible. This first rotation is 6 weeks long and immediately following this, I will be doing my OB/GYN rotation at Brooklyn Hospital-which is reported to be much nicer. As a matter of fact, all of my rotations are scheduled back-to-back and by June of next year I will have all of my required "core" rotations complete. Then it will be on to elective rotations, but much pain awaits me between then and now; so we will take it one step at a time.

Stay tuned.