Home call....

Is NOT all it's cracked up to be....it is divided between 2 people which means 15 days of home call for each...It is hit or miss...sometimes no calls for several days but often hubby gets home after staying late only to be called back in to operate...it is very hard on our daughter.... :(

It also means that even if he is there the better part of the night that he is expected to be there all the next day, too. On-call means you work overnight and go home the next day and can get some rest....Home call not so much....As a wife and mommy, I preferred on call as I knew when he wouldn't be home and could get in the mind set of being single mom for the night...Home call means, I don't know! I HATE not knowing!

This year is feeling a LOT like PGY2- lots of work, seeing little of hubby and still living on a shoe string budget...The only up side is that he is doing research which for him is a fellowship and he seems to be really enjoying it- he's tired but I think all residents are- sort of the nature of the beast and all...Oh, and in year 2 we still had over half a decade to put in...sounds like a sentence? Well, it kind of is....but our sentence is now under 2 years...HOORAY!!!!

Plus, those loans he said he might be willing to take out could happen...I am needing to buy small toys for the kiddo to present her with every time he comes home and leaves...Her heart breaks every time and it is not fair to her so yes, I bribe her....

She is not impressed with him working so much but has come up with a great solution. She can go to work and help him....She is really good with her little toy drill and screw set- she might be quite helpful in the operating room- she just needs a step stool....sigh...less than 2 years still feels like a LONG time....