The worry wart returns...

So it's been awhile since I last posted, as usual... apparently google has acquired blogspot, which gave me yet another excuse to procrastinate on posting! Life has been great for the last few months, since I last posted. I went to Corpus Christi for my pediatrics rotation and fell head over heels in love with pediatrics, which was a big relief. I was afraid I wouldn't like it and have to start figuring out what else to do with the rest of my life, but the kids were great and I was excited to get up every morning to go help them.

I also just finished my only elective month of third year, and got to work with a pediatrician in Fort Worth, learning the outpatient side of pediatrics. Now the new challenge in our life is figuring out where we'll be going for residency. We would love to stay in the DFW area, but there's only one pediatrics residency but two PMR (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation) opportunities for Stephen. So I'm hoping that we'll both like the programs and will get to stay in the area and continue to in the vicinity of all of our family. We're going to apply for the "couples match" to give ourselves a better chance at matching in the same city. I've decided that if we don't match in the same city, I may just take off a year; I couldn't stand to be away from Stephen and I don't think it would be good for our marriage. I'm not sure exactly what I'd do in that year (being a mom has come to mind!), perhaps research.

That's a short synopsis of the last few months, I've spent tons of time on the computer researching programs and trying to set up rotations at the ones we are most excited about. Please pray for us as we try to discern where and "what" we should be in the coming year. I can't believe that we only have 7 more weeks until we're upgraded to fourth years!! Which means that it's only a little over a year until graduation and being a doctor... this all blows my mind. But I have faith that we'll end up where we need to be; everything worked out wonderfully for medical school, even when I wasn't sure if God knew what He was doing! I can't wait to see what the next year has in store for us. Peace out!

See below... my new favorite song, "Home" by Daughtry

I'm staring out into the night,
Trying to hide the pain.
I'm going to the place where love
And feeling good don't ever cost a thing.
And the pain you feel's a different kind of pain.

Well I'm going home,
Back to the place where I belong,
And where your love has always been enough for me.
I'm not running from.
No, I think you got me all wrong.
I don't regret this life I chose for me.
But these places and these faces are getting old,
So I'm going home.Well I'm going home.

The miles are getting longer, it seems,
The closer I get to you.
I've not always been the best man or friend for you.
But your love, it makes true.
And I don't know why.
You always seem to give me another try.

So I'm going home,
Back to the place where I belong,
And where your love has always been enough for me.
I'm not running from.No, I think you got me all wrong.
I don't regret this life I chose for me.
But these places and these faces are getting old,
So I'm going home.
I'm going home.

Be careful what you wish for,
'Cause you just might get it all.
You just might get it all,
And then some you don't want.
Be careful what you wish for,
'Cause you just might get it all.
You just might get it all, yeah.

Oh, well I'm going home,
Back to the place where I belong,
And where your love has always been enough for me.
I'm not running from.
No, I think you got me all wrong.
I don't regret this life I chose for me.
But these places and these faces are getting old.
I said these places and these faces are getting old,
So I'm going home.
I'm going home.