Ginger vs. Molly

First I want to thank you all for your words of encouragement and support. This whole relationship thing is still relatively new to me, since I've prided myself on being a single girl at heart... a heart that is going through some changes for sure

I'll be moving back to Boston in one month. I can't believe it! While NotMexican and I have made some moves towards seeing each other and staying together, he decided he wanted to make another move as well.

We went to a shelter last night and got a golden retriver for him. He has been wanting a golden retriever for a really long time. He did all the research and there is a shelter in colorado that specifically takes in golden retrievers.

NotMexican was very specific. He wanted a boy, adult but not old, lighter hair color and gentle. We walked away with all the criteria except the dog is a girl.

She is wonderful minus the bad breath. She loves people, follows us everywhere, is quiet, slept the whole night without issues, already learned to go through the doggy door... and so much more.

Now NotMexican has someone with whom to cuddle while I'm not around. The only question is what to name her. Poor thing was essentially abused at her prior home, so we have to change her name to make sure the prior owners never find her again.

I like Molly... NotMexican likes Ginger.

I wish I had taken a pic for you guys, but any thoughts on what to name her?

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Two trips here, Two trip there

First and foremost, I should announce that I passed my board exam. Thank God! It's not my last board exam, but it's the last one that will involve all the topics of medicine I hate.

Ok, so I booked my trip to Denver in August to visit NotMexican. In fact, I booked a second trip in September for his birthday. There... I did it.

And no one could be happier than NotMexican. His biggest insecurity for the past couple of weeks was the fear that I wouldn't book a trip and thus hasten the demise of our relationship.

I don't want that... ever.

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Winding Down

My year in Denver is coming to a close. I've got one month left and it's gonna be crazy busy.

I've secured my apartment back in Boston. I'll be back in Beacon Hill, and I got a great deal for a 1 bedroom. The realtor was kind of a douchebag and relatively incompetant in my opinion, but I had to go through him to get this place. BTW, I had NO IDEA that a realtor fee in Boston would be an entire month's rent. So heinous... but in the long run still a good deal.

NotMexican has already booked his trip for 4th of July, so I'll only go a week without him, which should give me plenty of time to fix up my place. It's now my turn to book a trip in advance to come back to colorado to visit him... but I'm feeling hesitation.

I know that if I book the trip, I'm truly comitted to making this relationship work. And I've never been truly committed to making any relationship work. I still haven't told RedSox about him because I think it's rude to break that kind of news over facebook, email or text. I'm just overall feeling nervous I guess.

Plus I'm kind of down about work. My year of internal medicine didn't go as well as I hoped. I can't fake enthusiasm and in a female dominant field, the attendings made it very clear that they did not like my lack of interest. My only goal was/is to take care of patients, and for the most part I think I did as well as any other intern. I'm kind of annoyed that I was targeted for lacking enthusiasm when I know all my other co-preliminary interns had the same attitude... but fortunately for them... they had male advisors.

So much to do and hopefully this last month will fly. Of course, I'll be keeping you posted on the drama to ensue once I return to the Bean.

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