If...

A while back, there were a couple of "You know your husband is a med student if..." posts. See here or here. There are some things that only other medically minded wives understand. :)

Now that we are in residency, I have a couple more to add and I thought that many of you could appreciate them. :)

You know your husband is a resident if...

• you regularly use the word "STAT" to get his attention. Example: "I need you to take the dog out, STAT."
• you can hear a vibrating pager from anywhere in your house.
• one of your weekly laundry loads is mostly scrubs.
• your friends consult you to find out your husband's call schedule before they make plans for the upcoming months.
• you refer to your weekends by color. (Golden weekend = entire weekend off! No call!! Black weekend = on call all weekend...sucky!)
• you eat a weekly meal in the hospital cafeteria, not because you are visiting someone who is sick - but just to spend some time with your spouse.
• the phrase, "I'm capped!" does not refer to wearing a baseball hat.
• you frequently tiptoe around your house in the afternoon - not because your baby is asleep but because your husband is post call.

Feel free to add to these if you have some good ones...medical school or resident ones!