Doctor Prom

The new picture is from Doctor Prom which we went to yesterday. Doctor Prom is an annual semi-formal for medical students at MCG. It seems kind of silly to go to "prom" as a graduate student, but at the same time it is fun to get dressed up with friends. This year was my "senior prom" and we really did have a good time. The band was awesome and as we creep closer to Match Day and Graduation my classmates as I get more relaxed and ready to party.

This is a picture of me and my girls Shannon (Pediatrics),
Jen (Internal Medicine), and Yassmin (Pediatrics):

Now contrast to Doctor Prom of first year:

And Doctor Prom second year:

I missed third year's Prom, I think I was on a rotation. Am I looking more doctor-ish? I see a difference in Blake, not so sure about myself.

I have been Breached!

I had a freak out moment today. I was paying some bills....at work....so I logged onto my online banking to check my account balances. I am used to seeing 3 accounts - checking, savings, and credit card - all through Bank of America, it is so convenient and great and free.

But today when I logged in, I only had two accounts showing - checking and savings. Where is my credit card? I thought, weird, maybe they are having a computer glitch, I'll check later. So I got home this evening, logged in, and saw the same thing.

I stayed pretty calm, so I thought, Blake might say otherwise - I only stomped a little, and I called the customer service line. Of course it is automated and I have to punch in 8 million numbers before I get any information. Then the first thing I hear in that sweet, calm, automated lady voice is "This account has been closed. Your remaining balance is XYZ."

WHAT? The true freak out begins. I did not close the account - what is going on? I may have had a small outburst. "I need to talk to a person!" I had to wait 20 minutes to actually get a living person on the line to tell me there had been a data breach. She couldn't tell me what exactly this meant. It doesn't seem like there are any fraudulent charges on my account, but they said when something looks fishy, it's easier to close the account than try to dispute things later.

When she said, "so do you have any questions?" Uh, yes, quite a few in fact. She answered them the best she could, and I should have a new credit card sometime next week.

Issues:
1) I use my credit card for everything. I don't carry a balance at the end of the month but I use it like a debit card because we earn points.
2) My car is currently in the shop being tuned up and we had planned to pay for the service with the card. It's a good way to earn a couple hundred quick points, plus they don't take checks.....we will figure it out....I hope....I need a car.
3) We have started booking things for a trip to San Francisco in April and when you check in, you are supposed to use the same card you paid with, and now I will have a new number. The person I spoke to said this shouldn't be an issue......well it better not be!
4) I wasn't notified that my account had been closed. I just happened to stumble on it. It would have been really embarrassing to go to pick up my car tomorrow and hear "uh, your card has been denied"

I'm sure more issues will arise and this will be a bigger headache than it already is, but maybe it was caught before it turned into a major catastrophe.

Ugh, Not Again!

I consider myself an attentive and conscientious person, but sometimes I have such ditsy moments it is shocking....

So I haven't been around in a while... I'm doing ICU at Doctor's hospital. I am seeing some crazy stuff and learning a lot of good medicine. I have really enjoyed it. One of the best things about the rotation is that they allow us to eat breakfast and lunch in the doctor's lounge. No packing or paying for lunch! I love free food...

So today as I was leaving, me and the other student decided to raid the lounge on the way home. I loaded up with cokes and ice cream. Then I walked out to my car, went to crank it, and got nothing. NOOOOO - not again. I had left my headlights on in a rush to get into the hospital this morning.

I say not again because I just did this same thing about 5 weeks ago at MCG. That time I called Blake and he was able to get the jumper cables from his work and come jump me off. This time, he was already home and said he would try to find some jumper cables. So I went back inside sat in the lobby, and pulled out a push pop. I probably looked retarded in my white coat slurping a push pop like a 4 year old, but hey, it was going to melt.

Blake wasn't able to find jumper cables, so I did what I probably should have done to begin with and got security to jump me off. I was rolling in about 3 minutes. It seems my battery has bounced back after going completely dead twice now. The first time I vowed to myself I would pay more attention and make sure I turned off the head lights.....hopefully I can make it more than 5 weeks this time.