Contentment

At times I struggle with being content with things/events in my life. Currently, it's this internship that's been bothering me. But today I think I finally have come to the realization that it's manageable enough, and I can make it through this semester even if it's kinda boring. I've made a truly conscious effort to look for the positive aspects. I am learning lots of practical and clinical things from the PT's that I'm observing. For example on Monday I learned that I don't have a palmaris longus muscle in my right arm. But no worries, we don't really need it. The PT showed me how to test people's arms to see if they have one too. Apparently about 16% of people are missing one palmaris muscle and 9% are missing both palmaris muscles. Interesting? Yes!

Notice the Palmaris Longus muscle on the left side of this picture of the forearm

(just thought I'd help everyone out a bit)

Another good thing about my internship, I continue to get "oooo's and ahhh's" when I talk about going to Delaware for PT school. It continues to reaffirm my decision. I've picked a top notch program. It's nice to hear all the PT's recognize it, and talk about all the great research that comes out of there including studies on stroke patients, pediatrics focusing on cerebral palsy, running techniques, and the list goes on. It makes me more and more excited everyday. The only thing that continues to get me is switching from a Tiger to a Blue Hen... hm. I don't think I'll ever get over that one. I will always be a Tiger at heart!

So I'm pretty sure that the Tiger could swallow that bird whole...

Good Morning Glory, How Do You Dew Drop

Each morning that I have to wake up at the crack of dawn, the more I dread and despise it. Is this seriously what is in store for me for the next 40ish years?! I'm not sure how I feel about this. I've always been a "night owl" according to my mom. And mornings just aren't my thing. While I absolutely am in love with the career that I am pursuing, I wonder how I am going to be able to get up early every single day from now on. Only having Saturday to sleep in?! Not good sir. Not good.

During my 45 minute commute there and back to the clinic I realized just how much I enjoyed my schedule during the summers. Go into work at 4pm each day and working til 11ish. So perfect for me! I got to enjoy staying up late and sleeping in... bliss. Wish I had that this semester.

Last day at work this summer

This past weekend Kelly came home with me to run a 5k for Haiti. I was a little hesitant about it, because while I consider myself to be in good shape... I have never been a "runner." During the race, there was lots of rain, rough terrain, and extremely high tides. So it wasn't exactly the best conditions. We ended up not being able to do the entire 5k because there was no more beach to run on, so we probably ran about a 3.5K. And thank goodness because I realized that running is still not my thing!

After the race