is this for real?
so apparently i am graduating from medical school on SATURDAY. which means that in less than a weeks time, i will be a doctor. it doesn't even seem real....people keep asking me if i'm excited and all i can do is nod and say "uh huh!" like a goon. at this point, i'm just going through the motions hoping that at some point....preferably before i walk across the stage on Saturday....it will hit me. the flood of emotions is kind of interesting. i'm definitely excited. but i'm also admittedly terrified. i KNOW how to be a student. i've done it rather well for the last 20+ years of my life, thank you. becoming a doctor and starting intern year on july 1 is totally and completely uncharted territory for me. it means fumbling, looking stupid, asking the proverbial dumb questions, being inept......but more than anything, having the absolute time of my life. i keep pinching myself and asking...is this for real??? :)
playing catch up !
.....so i haven't blogged in a while and am playing big time catch up! things that have happened in the interim:
1) WE MATCHED AT UF for Internal Medicine, our TOP choice and are absolutely over the moon elated!!!!! this means so much to us for so many reasons (see the post below). I am overwhelmed with gratitude towards my unabashedly supportive husband and our family and close friends. Without all of your love and support, I never would have even gotten half this far. Although it doesn't even come close to capturing the depth of my appreciation....thank you.
2) Our beautiful wonderful Margaret visited from NYC!!! Coffee dates, poolside time, and our vegan chocolate cake tradition (thank you Top!) made for the perfect little slice of heaven. We spent alot of time drooling over our new obsession with Twilight (*eyeroll) and her upcoming adventure to Ireland!!! Oh how we love you Margaret, you shine from within.....no matter how far you travel....you are always with us :)
3) We've started the process of becoming first time homeowners!!! We are currently living in the house that Ryan grew up in and while we absolutely adore the house, we were (until a few weeks ago) unsure of where we were going for my residency training. Now that we know....it's full speed ahead. We've already started remodeling and are knee deep in home projects. I love it! It is such a fun experience growing as a couple as we work together to make this home ours......we are both so excited to be homeowners and to continue our journey together!!!
4) We participated in National Rebuilding Day! Ryan sits on the board for a fabulous non-profit called Rebuilding Together which has a branch in North Central Florida. Their focus is offering home repairs/renovations to low income families in our community and around the country (check out www.rebuildingtogetherncf.org). Ryan organized one of the Gainesville sites and recruited friends from work and his wife to help with the project. I just have to brag for a second on how proud I am of my amazing husband and his huge heart. I was so impressed by his commitment and work ethic and the efforts put in by so many around town. I got goosebumps seeing how so many people were willing to take time out of their schedules to participate and really make a difference in the lives of people around them. It was such an amazing day.
.....thats all for now! i vow to at least TRY and be more on top of this whole posting thing :)
1) WE MATCHED AT UF for Internal Medicine, our TOP choice and are absolutely over the moon elated!!!!! this means so much to us for so many reasons (see the post below). I am overwhelmed with gratitude towards my unabashedly supportive husband and our family and close friends. Without all of your love and support, I never would have even gotten half this far. Although it doesn't even come close to capturing the depth of my appreciation....thank you.
2) Our beautiful wonderful Margaret visited from NYC!!! Coffee dates, poolside time, and our vegan chocolate cake tradition (thank you Top!) made for the perfect little slice of heaven. We spent alot of time drooling over our new obsession with Twilight (*eyeroll) and her upcoming adventure to Ireland!!! Oh how we love you Margaret, you shine from within.....no matter how far you travel....you are always with us :)
3) We've started the process of becoming first time homeowners!!! We are currently living in the house that Ryan grew up in and while we absolutely adore the house, we were (until a few weeks ago) unsure of where we were going for my residency training. Now that we know....it's full speed ahead. We've already started remodeling and are knee deep in home projects. I love it! It is such a fun experience growing as a couple as we work together to make this home ours......we are both so excited to be homeowners and to continue our journey together!!!
4) We participated in National Rebuilding Day! Ryan sits on the board for a fabulous non-profit called Rebuilding Together which has a branch in North Central Florida. Their focus is offering home repairs/renovations to low income families in our community and around the country (check out www.rebuildingtogetherncf.org). Ryan organized one of the Gainesville sites and recruited friends from work and his wife to help with the project. I just have to brag for a second on how proud I am of my amazing husband and his huge heart. I was so impressed by his commitment and work ethic and the efforts put in by so many around town. I got goosebumps seeing how so many people were willing to take time out of their schedules to participate and really make a difference in the lives of people around them. It was such an amazing day.
.....thats all for now! i vow to at least TRY and be more on top of this whole posting thing :)
...final countdown...
in a little under 2 weeks....we will find out where we will be going for my residency in Internal Medicine. as many of you know, we are hoping to stay here at the University of Florida for a whole host of wonderful reasons....a fabulous program with amazing physicians and residents, Ryan's job that he loves dearly, and of course our wonderful friends and family. i'm not sure that either one of us ever imagined that we'd become Gainesville lifers....i know i sure didn't....but the thought of this becoming a reality is so exciting to me in a way that i cannot explain. i love this town to my very core. i love the weather, the beautiful green that surrounds us, the progressive thinking of the people that live here. there are things i don't love of course but why belabor the point.
the point is...i've spent the last....well, entirety of my life....working for a degree that i will be receiving this May. and we'll find out in a little under 2 weeks where the next part of this journey will take us. words fail at capturing how lucky i am for the support of my amazing ryan. while other people's wives are busy having jobs and actually contributing to the financial soundness of the household....ryan has singlehandedly carried us through. he has stood by my side for every major decision i've made both personally and professionally and he has lifted me up on days that i thought i just couldn't do it anymore. he is, simply put, amazing. he is and always has been my rock. i know that no matter what happens, i will be ok because i have him.
so....march 19th is dubbed match day. i will be handed an envelope inside which my fate lies. i will get up in front of my classmates and announce where i am going for residency. stressful, yes. exciting, yes. finally.....hell yes :) say your prayers for us!
laissez les bons temp rouler!
our friend Kyle turned the big 30 on Febrary 21st and his wife threw a Mardi Gras style surprise party in his honor. here we are celebrating :) laissez les bon temps rouler!
full speed ahead!
its so funny how many times i've been asked "how's married life treating you??" in the last 3 months. i mean, i guess its an entirely fair question. i DID just get married. i think, however, that the concept that you get married one day and then wake up the next day and suddenly everything is completely different is not only strange....its absolutely horrifying. luckily for me, my husband ryan is the same man as my fiance and boyfriend ryan.....and that's just how i like it :) he's more or less the same guy i fell in love with 10 years ago and try as i might, i'm still the dorky girl he made eyes at in math class. the last three months of 2008 flew....i'm talking lightspeed. the wedding, the honeymoon, the holidays and bam....2008 was gone. before i even knew what hit me, it was all over. i guess thats sort of a lie since i remember telling ryan at one point that i felt like one of those little balls in the arcade pinball machines. i felt like i was bouncing around from event to event, dinner here, a get together there and was spinning by the time it was all said and done. the end of the year had its way with me and i was quite happy when 2009 showed its lovely face. its been nice to slow down a little. not as many obligations and things to do. we've managed to get some considerable work started on the house - if for no other reason than its serving as a tangible way to ground me again....bring me back down to earth after all the craziness going on around me. i'm looking forward to keeping that forward momentum going. in many ways, ryan and i have been putting so many things on hold until we find out where my residency will take us. he's been so supportive of this journey i've chosen and some days i grapple with this immense feeling of guilt for making him wait with me. but, we are so so close!!! so, we woke up on January 1st and we both just threw our hands up with the waiting....i can't keep my life, our life, on hold anymore. as i look out over 2009, i see that as a recurring theme. no more life on hold. way more full speed ahead :)
And we have lift off....
It has been one HECK of a year for the two of us. Move...check! Get married...check! Work like crazy....check! Residency interviews.....check! Between Facebook and Myspace, email and phonecalls, life catches up with you (ahem....us!) and its hard to keep in touch with the people that you love most. It shouldn't be this way - In our perfect world, life would be like our wedding day - a room filled with all of our most favorite people (everywhere we turned there was someone we love!!). Alas, reality sets in and life goes on. This blog is an attempt to keep in touch and up to date with all of you in a way that goes beyond what is possible with everyone's busy schedules. In this holiday season we are reminded, yet again, how blessed we are by a life filled with such wonderful individuals. We hope you'll have some fun here....leave us comments....get a good laugh at our silly antics....and just generally enjoy the ride. If you're reading this....it's because we love you....thank you for all that you do to make our life a richer more colorful place. Cheers!
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