Off!

I have spent 23 of the last 24 days hard at work in the hospital. My last day off was 15 days ago but tomorrow I am FREE! I'm so excited to sleep in, look at apartments, finally fix my malfunctioning toilet, meditate, and tackle the massive accumulation of laundry that has left me with nothing to wear.

Ok, so looking at apartments may have to wait until my Golden Weekend (2 days off!) next weekend, but I can at least look at places online. I'd also really like to see this movie that supposedly explores the brighter side of human nature, what's wrong with the world, and what we can do to make it better.

My excitement about these fairly mundane activities reminds me of the "low level ecstasy" that Bill Bryson champions in A Walk in the Woods, his memoir about hiking the Appalachian Trail. Some of my most cherished free time during internship has consisted of enjoying small things that somehow amount to everything.

As much as the hazy lens of retrospect has made me nostalgic for internship before it's even over, I will be so happy to hand off my intern responsibilities to the next group of bright-eyed youngsters in just 48 short days!