Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring

Today was one of the first golden spring days of the year. The first official day of spring is on Tuesday, but it really felt like spring arrived a little early today. I had to work of course and I'm on call, but I'm grateful that I still got to spend some time on my balcony in the sunshine. I even took a nap in the sun, it was so refreshing. 

Spring is the season of renewal for me. It's like starting brand new. The first season of a new year. A clean slate, pastel colors, sunshine, crisp mornings, and longer evenings.  

I've been in sort of a slump this week for no particular reason, so it was really nice to spend some time in the sun. In fact, I"m typing this on my balcony as the sun sets behind the Empire State Building. It's days like this that makes me long to stay in this apartment. I truly love where I live and I'm going to have such a hard time letting go of this magical oasis of an apartment. This is the first place I've truly felt happy and that has felt like home to me. It's the only thing that's keeping me here at my current job. Unfortunately if I do go locums, I will have to let go of this apartment. I have been contemplating with the idea of getting a studio in Manhattan while I do locums, but there are downsides to that as well. It's such a tough decision. But I am going to make the most of living here this year in case I have to let go by the end of the year.  

I have so many things to look forward to this spring! Creating my balcony garden, watching the flowers bloom around my community, birds chirping in the morning, spending mornings on my balcony, baking my favorite pastel m&m cookies, making sourdough bread, visiting plant shops, al fresco dining, brunch with my friends. I also have so many trips ahead - Disney next week, Tampa, Seattle, Vancouver, and of course some local road trips around the tristate area. So much life to look forward to that makes you realize that there is more to life than just work. It's so easy to get wrapped up in the negative and the toxicity of the day to day grind. But when you stop to realize that there is so much beauty and radiance in this world and so much more to life than patient care and work and getting up on the "corporate ladder", life really starts to become beautiful and worth living for.