Recap of the Week

Just to point out before I give you a quick recap of our week....it is -9 degrees outside right now! Now why did someone have the brilliant idea of putting the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN?!? Just kidding...it is just one of those days where it feels so nice just to stay inside.

Brandon's schedule this past week: waking up at 4:30 am, getting to the hospital by 6am for his orthopedic rotation, getting home around 5pm unless he is on-call, going to bed around 10pm...he is on call every 4th night.

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Kristen's schedule: waking up at 7:30 when my alarm is set for 6:30 (it is hard to get up when Brandon isn't home!), working until 5pm, working out, then going to bed around 11pm.

= We haven't seen much of each other!

Brandon was on call last night and is still not home yet, so I am excited to see him. After work last night, I made cookies and dropped them by the hospital so that I had an excuse to see him! I heard that the other people on-call enjoyed the cookies too which is nice. Katy and I then worked out last night since both of our husbands were at the hospital. I didn't get home until 10 pm and then found things to do around the house until midnight. This morning, I woke up around 8:45 and went to a "strictly strength" class this morning at the gym with Bekah. Katy met us afterwards and we biked then ran a little. Both Katy and Bekah are thinking about signing up for a triathlon with me in Rochester at the end of June. It has always been my goal to do a triathlon and this is probably the best point in my life to do one. I am proud of myself that I have worked out every day this week, however, I know that I will be super sore tomorrow and it will be tough to keep this up until June.

Cookies for the boys on call

Brandon is really enjoying his ortho rotation. He gets along with the team that he is with and even though he isn't getting to do a ton of things in the OR, he still enjoys it. Next week, he will be with the doctor that he is doing his hip research with, so I bet he will like that too.

Since I haven't posted any pictures since we have been back in Rochester, here are a couple from New Year's Eve at Jen and Andrew's house with Katy and Steve.

Andrew, Steve and BrandonMe, Katy and Jen

Hope everyone stays warm today! And, for my family in Oregon, you can't complain that it is cold there!