<p>bdm. Saw that today googling around. But that was probably not her only motivation. In fact, I have no earthly idea what her motivation is.</p>
<p>I also suggested she call an overly-educated friend of hers. ;)</p>
<p>Oh I’m sure it’s not her main motivation. GI (as it stands now) is a combination of procedural with internal medicine, which a lot of folks really like. Certain types of cardiology are the same way (e.g. interventional, or electrophysiology).</p>
<p>That sounds more like her. ;)</p>
<p>I also noticed a huge male domination in the field.</p>
<p>Loved kristin’s quote about the dolla, dolla bills.</p>
<p>D1’s joke has always been her class’s goat wants to a proctologist. Says he has the world’s best sense of humor…</p>
<p>~~~</p>
<p>And in other news, she just texted me a pix of her standing atop of 150 foot high red rock pillar. (Just like on the CitiBank Rock Climbing commercial–only for real. Can we say adrenalin junkie?)</p>
<p>^Today I texted my mom a (ridiculously hilarious, in my opinion) picture of a grey squirrel on the bird feeder on my window ledge. The next Nat Geo photog, perhaps? (Have iPhone, will travel!)</p>
<p>Another “status” has passed - assuming “pass” on the last exam, D. is officially MS3. She has lined up few rotations and has her year 3 rotation schedule. They had “send off” party after the last final exam. Real tough times are here, “survival of the fittest”, I understand that residency will be harder, but we will think about it when the time comes.</p>
<p>Anytime I hear proctologist, I get reminded of Seinfeld and those license plates Kramer gets by mistake.</p>
<p>Kristin’s ID dude may have something. All the GIs I know seem to have McMansions.</p>
<p>In case any of you are interested in this:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/1470082-anyone-waiting-anxiously-match-day-3-15-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/1470082-anyone-waiting-anxiously-match-day-3-15-a.html</a></p>
<p>Brag alert. Brag alert. Brag alert. There. That should be enough warning. Got my weekly call. D had received her evals from IM and read them to me. One I didn’t understand 
but this one I did. “The most complete medical student I have seen in years.” Dang. Hope that gets sent along. ;)</p>
<p>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^YAHOOOOOOOOO!!! Such a good brag! But hey, such a great girl!!!</p>
<p>Big Daddy must be proud! AGAIN!</p>
<p>Kat</p>
<p>Brag away, Curm! You’ve always known you had a special girl but it’s always nice to hear somebody else say it. :)</p>
<p>Yup. Proud, I am. It’s all in the genetics. We had a real smart pool boy around the time of her conception… and I’m the one who hired him! ;)</p>
<p>Who knew tending to chickens, goats, and cows helps so much with bedside manner?</p>
<p>Remember when they were all still in high school? And the basketball and football games? And the band concerts and dance recitals?</p>
<p>And we were all on here wondering where they’d end up?</p>
<p>Sigh. </p>
<p>Kat</p>
<p>Congrats! Congrats! Gotta make her daddy proud to hear her praises.</p>
<p>Took D1 and her BF out for dinner (gotta love restaurant week!) last week to celebrate the milestone of having her STEP 1 completed. It was nice to see her so relaxed after all the stress of studying. </p>
<p>Clinical rotations start next week. Stay tuned!</p>
<p>For fun, D1 is doing some ride alongs with the local fire-rescue and ambulance services paramedics. Apparently in EM, part of the job is to supervise the paramedics who serve your hospital so she’s getting some experience with how these services operate. She’s also applied to the EMS academy to be reinstated so she can complete her EMT-P certification–which she says will also help with residency placement.</p>
<p>Don’t forget the waitressing at the small-town cafe. I still think that was worth it’s weight in gold. She can talk to anybody. ;)</p>
<p>A big huge sigh WOWM for your D.</p>
<p>I’m wondering if my princess will be able to wait tables this summer after her surgery this past Tuesday. It went great, she didn’t like the drugs. I got to play nurse maid for 5 days post op, it was great to feel needed but the 20 plus times up and down the stairs daily nearly killed my old self.</p>
<p>Curm–I worked in food service or retail from 16-22, and I’m tellin ya, it’s insane how similar working wedding receptions or a holiday cash wrap or a little kid swim meet is to managing a lot of health care stuff. Everything’s hectic but you still have to be friendly, polite, professional, and accurate. Totally agree that learning those people skills was probably the best thing I did in HS, and among the best things I did in UG. And way to go to your kiddo!</p>
<p>@ GA2012MOM</p>
<p>Glad to hear the surgery is over and that it went well. Now the long rehab process begins. Sending good thoughts her way!</p>
<p>~~~~~</p>
<p>RE: waitressing. Add D1 to the list of med students who worked in the food service industry. She waited tables for 4 years. At both casual dining and high end establishments. Everything kristin said---- Yup. Yup. Yup</p>
<p>Maybe med schools ought to add waiting tables to the list of expected pre-med ECs!</p>