Dinner is on the stove, but I thought I'd just take a moment to say...
LAST YEAR OF RESIDENCY HAS BEGUN!!!!!! YIPEEEE!!!!
Can you tell that this makes me VERY HAPPY??!! Because it does. And while Adam has decided to do a fellowship (booo!) I know that it won't be ANYTHING as stressful or time comsuming as residency and for that I'm truly grateful.
I was thinking the other day how naieve I was when we started this whole thing, 22 years old with a little 2 1/2 month old to take care of. I had the mindset of "once we get through med school it'll all be EASIER from there." Boy was I stupid. Wrong. And naieve. But I'm SO glad that Adam chose the specialty that he did, can't beat the hours and the way call is set up. And the money will pay off student loans (until Obama-care changes things in a few years anyway), that's good. And even residency could've been much more torturous. I think I've blocked out his first year, internal medicine year, of residency because that was so terrible, he was gone all the time. A bout of PTSD for me, truly. This truly has been a journey. We've been getting sentimental over here, thinking of selling our house, moving onto a new life in a different city and all the change that will bring. We've come to love this place and our home, it's going to be tough. Would I do this again? No. I can honestly and adamantly say that. Being a doctor's wife (through the actual schooling years) is not for the faint of heart and I'm glad that we can almost check this off our list of things we've survived. But we've learned a lot. A. LOT. I'm grateful for that. And I love my husband more as I've watched him change and grow. Only one more year to go babe, then it'll be "all roses" from there...haha. Right? :)
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