From the minute I heard about the opportunity to do a sports physical therapy residency, I knew that it was my next step.  For so many reasons (the beach not being one of them), I was ready and excited to pack my bags and move to the Midwest.  Some of […]

I’ve procrastinated writing this post.  Not because I didn’t know what to write, but because I have been busy and just assumed that it would somehow get done.  Yet, here I am on Monday night trying to pull a post out of thin air.  And, just now it hit me.  […]

The question bothered me, but I didn’t know why.  I was halfway through one of my job applications when it asked to me to rate how lucky I thought I was on a scale from zero to ten.  I’m sure they had a good reason for asking it, but answering it felt […]

  I was in Barnes and Noble the other night when I caught myself.  I was on my way to the checkout when I looked down at the three books I was holding and decided that I needed to put them back.  I haven’t read in almost three weeks.  My […]

The other day, my friend was telling me about how she started growing peppers last year.  She named about twelve different peppers that are in her garden.  She said that some were hot peppers and others not so much.  When she was preparing a salsa and cutting a poblano (mild […]

Anyone who knows me, knows that I don’t watch movies.  I haven’t seen a single Star Wars movie, any of the Batman movies, or Fight Club (but I don’t think I’m supposed to talk about Fight Club even if I had seen it). While I openly admit it now, it […]

I looked at the menu for a while trying to decide between a latte and hot cocoa.  I had never been to this cafe in Chicago so wanted to make sure that I chose correctly.  When the server came to take our order I asked for his opinion.  Cocoa or […]

I doubt he remembers, but I do.  I remember because it has been seven years and I still carry with me what he told me that morning. I was a student teacher my senior year of college.  Every teacher had a morning duty and on the way to mine I […]

Earlier tonight, the current residents finished their final practicals.  One at a time, they got up in front of the group and went through their assessment, clinical decision-making and treatment on a patient.  They were in the center of the room as the residency faculty, fellow residents and a handful […]

A friend’s mom started sending her brain teasers last week.  The first one was a word problem and I was instantly hooked.  It took a few minutes to get, but the challenge was welcomed (I love words).  The second one required you to complete a pattern of numbers.  Now, I […]