excellent patient interactions (#2 in a series)

"are you having any diarrhea?"
strong worcester accent: "not exactly, but it's like... i don't mean to be crude, but ya know that joke about when you get old... nevah trust a faht?"

excellent patient interactions (#1 in a series)

(90ish demented lady)

"oh, look at all these nurses! i never went to college. i think it's great you're going to be nurses."
"mrs. x, we're your doctors."
"you're learning to be a nurse?"
"we're your DOCTORS."
"you ARE my nurse?"
"we're your DOCTORS, ma'am."
"oh!!" (claps hands.) "you're learning to be a doctor!"
"yes!" (-ish)

ponies!

my new senior resident is lovely. rather than heading back to our little separate call rooms last night, she and i set up camp on the reclining ends of the sofa in the conference room and slept there for the night so she could field calls with me. this was exceedingly nice of her. so while we were passing the hours in our little conference room, she mentioned that she rides at a nearby barn, and they're very nice, and very accomodating to her schedule, etc. etc.

this set my mind totally racing. polo had already gotten me thinking. then, i started looking at boots and breeches and whatnot, and i was practically drooling over my laptop. i'm torn.

pros:
i love riding
i don't get enough exercise
i need more hobbies

cons:
so expensive!
along those lines, i'd need all new equipment
do i really have time for a new hobby?

i might reassess at the end of this month when i have more time. but it might make me happy.
thoughts?