Finally done

Today I had my case study presentation- which is the major project of my internship.  It feels so good to have that done! It's like finals week, stepping out of your last final, finally able to breathe and relax a little. Except that I'm not done, I have to go back tomorrow...

This project marks the end of my clinical rotation, which I have been in for the past six months. And for about half that time I have been working on this project.  If any of you have nothing better to do you can read my report, I thought it was interesting at least :). Though I guess I shouldn't put anyone but Eric through that. The patient I did the case study on had end-stage AIDS with complicating opportunistic infections which made providing adequate nutrition very difficult. Yep, interesting stuff.

Next week I will start doing my community and outpatient rotations.  I get to start out at the eating disorder clinic. That will be interesting, though probably pretty depressing.

Just to make this post a little more fun, here are some pictures that I meant to post and never did. We interns put on a nutrition fair at a local elementary school a few weeks ago for National Nutrition Month (which was March as I'm sure everyone knew, right? :)- so fun!

Here is me with the other interns, Edna, Natasha, Sam, and Mei- super fun girls! (there are a couple med students mixed in who were also helping out)

Isn't that clever- Sam (another intern) had the kids make a 'plant' out of veggies on a pita. Can you see his tree?

At my booth we had a blast talking about fruit- yum!

When life gives you lemons...

...an inspiration to us all.

Running

Running as a form of exercise must be something like being pregnant. If you remembered how painful it was, you'd be a lot less likely to try it again.

A museum worth visiting

It's not often that Kiersten and I are both available on a Tuesday to take advantage of Balboa park's Residents Free Tuesday. Yesterday, we were. With the sun shining bright, it was off on our bikes to the San Diego Air & Space Museum. I've always been a lover of airplanes, and this museum was not a disappointment. Here's a few of the sights:

Other than just love at first sight, I don't know why this one is my favorite. But the P-51 Mustang takes my heart away every time I see one.

Can't miss a photo op with Chinese aircraft, this one flown during WWII for dangerous supply missions crossing the route through Himalayas known as the Hump. Oddly, though, it was seldom flown by Chinese pilots. Instead, skilled pilots (such as former Flying Tiger crew members) took the helm of these beauties. If that wasn't enough to make this plane not actually Chinese, the plane itself is actually a C-53 Skytrooper on lend-lease from the U.S.

Here's part of the World War I section of the museum. Up front is the Fokker E.V., an influential German fighter.

And, what would a trip to the museum be without a handshake with Mr. Charles Lindbergh and his Spirit of St. Louis?

It's a new look!

In celebration of finished finals and the beginning of spring break (and combined with the fact that I wasn't allowed to go to sleep last night--doctor's orders)... we have a new blog! There still might be tweaks here and there, but we are happy to present our new look. Unfortunately, this new look comes with no guarantee that we will actually write more posts.

But, in the spirit of my first post in quite a few months, let me show you what we did last weekend.

Kiersten's parents came down for the day, and we took advantage of the beautiful sunshine and added company to head over to Cabrillo National Monument. I've been wanting to see the Old Point Loma Lighthouse for some time now, and it was no disappointment. Built over 150 years ago, but still shining as bright as ever.

Actually, it never did so well as a lighthouse, due to its position 400 feet above the water and the pesky clouds and fogs that would block its light from the poor lost sailors. But, good or not for the sailors, you can't beat the position of the bedroom window overlooking the ocean. I'd move there in a heartbeat.

Under Construction...

Don't be scared...or maybe you should be, but if the design looks a little freaky, hopefully it won't next time you visit.

Finding My Lupines

Growing up I had many favorite books, and one of these was Miss Rumphius, a great story about a lady who as a little girl had a dream to make the world more beautiful in some way. She found a very simple way of doing this: she planted lupine flower seeds all over Maine. A very simple story, but I loved it. And until just a couple of days ago, I had never even seen lupines before, except in the pictures in the book. Then a couple days ago, as I was running down in Mission Bay by the water, there they were! I knew right away that they were lupines. So of course I had to stop and take some pictures. I mean, you don't see lupines every day, right? Well, since then I have realized that they are all over San Diego. Who knew!