I feel really alive tonight. That doesn’t happen every evening, although
it seems to happen on the nights when I am supposed to be working on homework (especially
if it is due the next day). My dear
mother said I should at least check in and let the bloggy world know that I am
still alive and while I have the energy to do so. So I am.
Pleases understand that I have had so many good intentions
about blogging. I actually had several
lined up…and then later couldn’t find them (I still can’t!). Reality is that I have been busy…and tired.
And not wanting to look at a computer screen when I have just spent4 – 6
hours looking at one. I will be brief. Let me give you the highlights of the space
that has occupied the silence of these last 4-ish months.
Internship Activities….
·
I have completed my dietetic foodservice
rotation at my hospital St B and a nearby school district.
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I have conducted plate taste studies, interviewed
countless nutrition program directors, counseled moms in the WIC program,
written several papers/reports, conducted an outreach activity to Dr.’s offices,
modified diets, conducted a cafeteria survey and begun to understand our
complicated freeway system…..oh the hundreds of miles I have driven already!
·
Began my clinical rotation this week. I am sporting a nice white lab coat. Boy do I look official (don’t be fooled
though, I don’t totally know what I am doing!).
I will pretty much be in this rotation until June.
Other Activities….
·
Went
cross country skiing for the very first time over Christmas break and fell in
love with it. I have discovered my “inner
Norsewoman!”
·
Went on some hikes with family
·
Got together with friends for a “friends-giving”
·
Food I
have fallen in love with …. roasted beets and a carrot celery crunchy salad
with flaxseed and dill dressing (a recipe entirely of my own creation!) I must
say I am addicted to the “crunch” of it all!
Flaxseed oil is amazing…even as a face moisturizer! No joke!
·
Fallen out
of favor with other foods….turnips and I don’t get along! Unfortunately I must abandon broccoli, cauliflower
and their cousin Brussels sprouts too! So sorry fellas!
·
Started
going gluten and lactose free and found much relief from the bloating! For years I never knew what that uncomfortable
feeling was every time I finished eating.
Always wondered why everything
used to bother my tummy. On the one hand
it has been a “yippy skippy” and the other an “on my” challenge. Good thing I am a Foodie or this could be
tougher cuz there is really no going back now.
I finally feel like I have fallen in to some sort of grove of being a dietetic intern. The other day that I actually realized I had the mindset of anticipation what is next rather than that uncomfortable uncertain feeling of lost-ness despite that craziness of it all. There are still months ahead of challenge and no doubtless uncertainly, but I am trusting God with all of that. He has blessed me in incredible ways and I marvel and His sustaining hand.
I look forward sharing more with you about it all….hopefully
before yet another 4 months slides by!
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