Justin (photo: Reed)
Working now creates some new challenges to keeping up with my commitment. On the plus side, I have some positive cash flow! On the negative side, my days have become much longer trying to keep this up while working.
Well long days and short nights of sleep are nothing new to today’s recipient. Meet Justin. I was leaving work and walking toward Dupont Circle when I ran into him as he was walking home from GW Hospital in his scrubs.
Justin is a 1st year resident in the department of radiology. Originally from northwest Indiana, he went to medical school about an hour away at Chicago’s Northwestern University. He recently finished his internship at a hospital in Akron, OH.
When I ran into him he had only been here a few weeks and when I asked how it was going he said, “So far it’s pretty good for me.” Pretty good attitude for a first year resident. He’ll spend the next four years here going through intensive training.
So how is residency life? “It’s ok, I mean there is just an overwhelming amount of stuff that you are required to learn,” Justin tells me. Although he said summer in DC was really hot, he likes the city. He was already familiar with the DC area before moving here. In fact he spent a summer doing research at NIH which he says definitely played a role in his choice to come here for his residency.
I wonder how you decide that you want to study radiology. Check out why Justin says he chose it.
Miraculously he finds some time to relax and enjoy life. When he is not soaking up endless quantities of knowledge at the hospital, he enjoys playing music. He started playing bass guitar a while back and would like to get a band together here in DC. For a guy who is new in town, he already has a guitarist and a keyboardist lined up. They need a drummer though. “We need a beginner/intermediate drummer who wants to play some rock music,” he tells me. My brother hasn’t played in a long time, maybe he wants to get back into it.
Justin right before he turned my $10 into dinner (photo: Reed)
So what does a first year radiology resident do with $10. Eat! That’s right he said that he was going to take the $10 straight to Potbelly’s to get some dinner. He kindly let me tag along as we hiked the 8 blocks over to the sandwich shop where he got his dinner.
Bon appetite Justin!
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