28 Hours

That’s how long Geoff is on call. I won’t see him till about 9am tomorrow (Sunday) morning. It’s bittersweet being alone. On one hand I get to starfish in the bed and have a night/day of have a night of self-care. On the other, I miss hanging out and his presence.

It’s a schedule that I will eventually get used too. But this is the territory that comes with residency. It’s going to be like this for the next few years and that’s okay. We will find a balance.

This will all be worth it. ❤️

3 Years

One Year Wedding Anniversary Surprise 🤍

My mother in law and father in law helped us pull off the surprise in the video. It was about to be our one-year wedding anniversary and Geoff was up in WA doing an away rotation. Before this plan came together, I was disappointed that we wouldn’t be together for our anniversary. Sure we’d have been together at that point for 9 years, but your first wedding anniversary is special. ❤️

Today we’re celebrating three years married out of the eleven years we’ve been together. It’s been a crazy ride and I wouldn’t change it for the world. We’ve gone through college, medical school, and now in the middle of residency together. Each period has brought its own challenges for us both personally as individuals and together as a couple.

Three years down, a lifetime to go. ❤️

#GetOutside

This weekend my husband and I went on an overnight backpacking trip. We had so much fun and cannot wait to do it again! As with trying anything for the first time, you make mistakes and learn a lot. Our mistake? We forgot utensils to eat our food with. Kind of important if you ask me. But we ‘did more with less’ (a Zappos core value) and used some mugs and gravity to shovel food into our mouths.

How lucky am I to live in a state with more than one National Park? We went to Mount Rainer National Park and will definitely be back! Here are some photos of our trip!