In preparation for my furniture’s arrival from Boston tomorrow, I decided to continue my “smart apartment” set up by upgrading the stock Honeywell thermostat to an Ecobee3 Lite smart thermostat. I went with this particular model since it’s compatible with Apple’s Homekit and reasonably priced. Fortunately my apartment has a…
I arrived in Boston on July 1, 2017, and in the two years since then, completed two fellowships in critical care medicine and adult cardiothoracic anesthesiology. I left Houston to learn a new way to practice medicine, and am now packing up to return back home to teach trainees and…
Last Thursday, I received my car, washed it, and unloaded all the clothes I had packed into the trunk to finally generated some semblance of a wardrobe. :-)
I’m feeling a myriad of emotions at the prospect of leaving all I have ever known this morning. I’ll never forget the day that I received my medical school acceptance from Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) – December 10, 2008. It was the one day that it snowed in Houston…
I’ve booked many round-trip flights in my professional career for meetings and interviews, but earlier this week, I booked my first one-way ticket. The reality of leaving my home (and safe zone) in Houston is starting to finally hit me. I know I’m about to embark on a journey which…
With just over six and a half months of residency left, I need to start consolidating things for my move to Boston this summer. I haven’t figured out the logistics of exactly how I’ll be doing that, but either way, there’s a lot of stuff in my current apartment which…
Although I loved my previous apartment at the Venue Museum District, my lifestyle didn’t justify renting such a large place. I decided to downsize to a smaller unit at within the same complex.
Tomorrow I’ll be moving to another unit within my complex at The Venue Museum District. Although I absolutely loved my last two years in this unit… my very first apartment ever… it’s just too big for me. I can definitely benefit from saving money as a resident physician too. ;-)
13, 23, and 27 – the distance of my commutes (one way, in miles) to high school, college and medical school, respectively. Living five minutes from the Texas Medical Center will certainly be a very new experience as I begin residency. I’ll primarily commute via the Metro Light Rail system…