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My Everyday Life
Each one of us is dealt a unique set of odds. Follow Jon, Emily, Alex, Molly, and Rachel as they navigate the odds of their everyday lives.
TUESDAY - 29 ACROSS: “YOU’LL BE A BETTE DAVIS IN BOSTON.”
I’d like to say right off the bat that I can’t take credit for that line. It is the title of a song in a musical written by a friend of the person who has come to be known unto me as Dating Disaster #3
MONDAY - THE RE-EDUCATION OF JON PITTS-WILEY: THE $64,000 QUESTION
So, are you gonna get a tattoo for your daughter?
FRIDAY - MAKING ROUNDS: ON
It was midterm feedback day, meaning half of the rotation was over, and each student was scheduled to meet with the rotation director to find out how we were doing—like a report card day.
THURSDAY - KNOCKED OFF BALANCE: GOODBYE BIG JOHN
My grandfather died this week at the age of 88. We were all so lucky and thankful to be there with him and for the fact that he didn’t suffer for as long as he could have. Sitting in his hospital room while he floated in and out of consciousness, I thought about the legacy my grandfather will leave.
WEDNESDAY - LETTER FROM AFGHANISTAN: KILLING TIME
Sometimes I think people derive too much of their perceptions of war from the movies. What they don't see is the other side of war. The boredom.
TUESDAY - 29 ACROSS: THE OTHER WOMEN
Growing up, I had like 12 Ghanaian moms. Actually, there were four, but it seemed like more and it might as well have been 12 for how ever-present they were in my life.
MONDAY - THE RE-EDUCATION OF JON PITTS-WILEY: GREAT
I spend a fair amount of time staring at my wife’s stomach wondering about the child inside, and as I stare, my wonder and amazement often give way to feelings that are somewhere in the family of guilt.
FRIDAY - MAKING ROUNDS: DO NO HARM
Alison, my resident at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) tonight, walks up to the counter, her eyes full of tears. “What’s wrong?” I quickly ask, alarmed. Alison stays silent, too overwhelmed to say anything.
THURSDAY - KNOCKED OFF BALANCE: MOLLY, MASTER PAINTER
In my constant pursuit to believe that there is more to me as a person than a mother, wife, and employee, I’m always signing up for classes or taking on hobbies that A.) I don’t have time for and B.) I frequently have absolutely no talent for whatsoever.
WEDNESDAY - LETTER FROM AFGHANISTAN: THE PATH NOT TAKEN
So I had a lousy day yesterday. Nobody died, nothing blew up. I got lots of sleep. I even talked with my mom and dad on the phone. My day was ruined by Facebook.
Archives
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2010
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May
- Tuesday - 29 Across: Between Health Care and a Hard Place
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: How Many of Us Have Them?
- Friday - Making Rounds: Time to Worry About Myself
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Anatomy of a Tantrum
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: Things Have Changed
- Tuesday - 29 Across: New Kid On the Block
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: Sock It to Me
- Friday - Making Rounds: Loss
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Moving On?
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: Staying Connected
- Tuesday - 29 Across: Crossing Paths in Mumbai
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: A Thousand Words
- Friday - Making Rounds: Is It Worth It?
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: The Hard Truth
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: The Perspective From Here
- Tuesday - 29 Across: The Ups and Downs of Being Alone
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: The Nature of Dreams
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April
- Friday - Making Rounds: Parents and Doctors Don’t Always Agree
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: The Yeller
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: Guts, Glory, and Gummy Bears
- Tuesday - 29 Across: Once Upon a Bloody Spring Dawn
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: If I Could But Forget
- Friday - Making Rounds: Life? What Life?
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Deep Thoughts
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: Running in Circles
- Tuesday - 29 Across: This Just In: It's Not Easy Being Green
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: One Month Later
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Never Enough
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: "Sir, We Have Something"
- Tuesday - 29 Across: “You’ll be a Bette Davis in Boston.”
- Monday - The Re-education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: The $64,000 Question
- Friday - Making Rounds: On
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Goodbye Big John
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: Killing Time
- Tuesday - 29 Across: The Other Women
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: Great
- Friday - Making Rounds: Do No Harm
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Molly, Master Painter
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March
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: The Path Not Taken
- Tuesday - 29 Across - Gotta Hit the Sauce: Tales of a Crossword Addict
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: Right on Time
- Friday - Making Rounds: White Coat Imposter
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: What Mothers Give Up
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: Sphincter Control
- Tuesday - 29 Across: Crazy Enough
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts Wiley: Can I Holler?
- Friday - Making Rounds: Baby Steps
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Nature or Nurture?
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: Skirmish—Avoiding The Hurt Locker
- Tuesday - 29 Across: Let's Call Him Oliver
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon-Pitts Wiley: Controversy
- Friday - Making Rounds: Lookin' for Specialty Love
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Cold Feet
- Wednesday - Letter from Afghanistan: The Burden of Leadership
- Tuesday - 29 Across: The Daughter
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: The Well of Woman
- Friday - Making Rounds: Class Rank and File
- Thursday - Knocked off Balance: Guilt—a Way of Life
- Wednesday - Letter from Afghanistan: Baptism by Fire
- Tuesday - 29 Across: Happy Birthday to Me—Twenty-Fine
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: Juicy Fruit
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February
- Friday - Making Rounds: My First Time
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Jockeying for Position
- Wednesday - Letter from Afghanistan: In Country
- Tuesday - 29 Across: Plus One
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: Lessons of a Feather
- Friday - Making Rounds: "It's Just Like Grey's Anatomy!"
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Doing Time
- Wednesday - Letter from Afghanistan: Flashback
- Tuesday - 29 Across: The Reluctant Bostonian
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: The Odds of Me
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May
