Waiting Game

Well, tomorrow’s the big day! The Match starts at 11am, but I’m sure we’ll be getting up pretty early in the morning to get the kids ready and get over to the school in plenty of time to get enough seats for us and all our boys next to each other. I have not really been nervous so far, waiting for Match Day, but tonight am feeling it a bit – not really nervous, I guess, just so many questions and thoughts running through my head. If we went to California we could be with my family . . . if we went to Texas I have heard the housing is so cheap . . . if we went to Pennsylvania we will be in a pretty small town, how would that be? . . . if we stayed here, I would be pretty bummed to have to last through four more Milwaukee winters . . . but if we stayed here we wouldn’t have to leave our friends . . . what is there to do in Ohio? . . . if we happened to get into New York City wouldn’t that be such a cool place to live? (and how could we ever afford it with all our kids?) . . . if we got into Florida that program has totally free medical insurance for the whole family – that would make a big difference . . . what if we ended up in some other Wisconsin program and had the cold winters to deal with, but didn’t have our friends? . . . if we went to Utah, we could live with my Grandma and save up for a house . . . how are we going to figure out if it is best to buy a house or just rent, no matter where we go? . . . I just have to keep telling myself to just wait one more day and then most of these questions won’t matter anymore because we won’t be going to all of these different places, just one or two of them. It’s pretty exciting! I’ll be sure to post tomorrow what we find out . . .

First Dermatology Interview

Michael just got his first invitation for a dermatology interview at Texas A&M in Temple, Texas. He is waiting to hear back from them, and hoping for an interview date in the end of November. It is really exciting to get a derm interview, especially since we've heard that most derm programs don't send invitations until November. I wanted to keep track of his interview locations and dates, so I made a map of them and posted it down at the bottom of this page -- you can scroll all the way down to the bottom to take a look. Please keep our family in your prayers over the next few months as Michael gets more invitations and as he goes for his interviews that we will end up going to a residency program that is good for Michael and good for our entire family. Thank you!