Yesterday I woke up shamefully late as usual, and decided against cycling in the morning because I wanted to "get some things done" during the day. What things, exactly, I didn't know. I just knew that , for some reason, I had to be productive in some way that day. I guess I was referring to pre-reading for residency, but I can't be sure. I started doing a bit of reading, then I went to Target, then I came back, and I realized at some point that there's a very real possibility I may not be able to do this whole "commute by bike to work" thing that I planned on doing, and I may need to simply work out, shower and then head to work in the morning. What happens when "the morning" is "be in the hospital by 6 30 am" ? I would have to wake up at 4 30 to work out and then get ready and drive to the hospital.
I then decided I would have to get my workout going in the evenings, so I decided to do a "trial run" of evening workout yesterday. I don't really know how I thought yesterday's minimal-doing day would lend itself to simulating me after a full day's work in residency, but I went ahead and went for a ride anyway. Strictly from a workout standpoint it was a really good idea to go for a ride, and I managed to get to the hospital in 33 minutes, easy-riding most of the way. I easy-rode back and made it home in 39 minutes. Tomorrow I'm going to wake up as early as I possibly can (going to really try for 5 30 am) and I'm going to ride as hard as possible all the way to the hospital and will see how long it takes me to get there. Then I'll add five minutes for carrying a backpack that has a lunch bag and a cereal container in it, and we'll see how quickly I estimate I'll end up getting there.
The whole plan also depends largely on whether or not I'll be able to store clothes and towels at work. If not, then loading all that into a backpack may make things "interesting" to the point of it being way too cumbersome to ride to work, but we shall see.
Yesterday I went to target to buy, among other things, salt. I bought the only salt container they had, and I returned home eager to pour the salt into my salt grinder. I realized, upon seeing the salt spill out the bottom, that I bought the salt powder when I should have bought the salt granules. This means I have to make a trip to the grocery store today to buy granulated salt just to be able to put it into my salt grinder. I sincerely hope all my problems in residency are of this nature, but I sincerely doubt my life will remain as such.
Today I finally woke up at a semi-early time considering my record late wake ups last week (7 30 am, then back to sleep, then 8 am). I should be able to wake up earlier tomorrow. I haven't mentioned this on the blog so far, at least I don't think so, but I am traditionally a morning person. I think that puts me in the overwhelming minority of the population.
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