The Beast that is Second Year

So, I started a blog in July.  Enthusiastically.  And then second year started and it all hit the fan.  Now it is October.

For a blogger, that's an epic fail.  I apologize for that (I guess that goes to you, my two whole followers, that I happen to see in person every day).

It's not that second year is that much harder than first year was.  It isn't.  There's just so much more coming at you all at once, and it's impossible to learn everything.  Have you ever heard of the fire hose analogy?  In the medical community, it is said that med school is like drinking from a fire hose.  You can only drink a fraction of the water coming at you.  I never really believed that analogy to be true until this year, and I have to say that it explains second year very well.  There's so much material to learn, and although it is (mostly) fascinating, you just can't learn everything.  I've had to learn to separate the meat and potatoes from the... parsley?... and focus on what's most important.  It doesn't help that we have required afternoon activities about 3 days per week, leaving even less time for independent study.

Computer in my lap, glass of wine in hand, and ideas in my head.  Here come a few posts.  And I promise I won't abandon Mommy MD-To-Be for this long again.