cooking in med school

when starting medical school, i had high hopes of learning to cook better. it didn't go well at first - i have distant memories of a month where i ate omelettes every night, then a different month when i ate amy's canned soup. second year, being roommates with tori and having a car were keys to encourage cooking, but i still didn't manage more than 2-3x per week.

fast forward to this year. somehow, i can't bring myself to spend the 2-3 hours i am home and awake cooking. i'm somehow managing with cooking on sundays, eating that most of the week, and then eating salads, cottage cheese, and whatever i get at school for the rest of the meals. what a life. i was feeling guilty about this until i heard the following conversation last night at my internal medicine dinner orientation.

doctor at our table: so do any of you guys actually cook for yourselves?

(glance around the table guiltily)

amy: i'm a HUGE fan of the $2 eating right frozen meals at safeway. does that count?

bowen: i've gone through the entire frozen sections of safeway and trader joe's.

amy: any favorites?

bowen: well, now i can't even bring myself to go to the grocery store so i just order canned food off of amazon.

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we're living the dream, people. this is how your doctors survive.