Married to Doctors

If you haven’t checked out this podcast, you definitely should! It’s been so much fun to listen to on the bus to/from work. Not to mention, it’s nice knowing that there is a community of people who know EXACTLY what it’s like to go through the journey of medical school, then residency, fellowship, etc.

My mother in law says that by sticking with them through this process we have earned out WMD (wife medical degree) or HMD (husband medical degree if the female is the doctor). I thought that this was clever and humorous. And damnit, we’ve earned it!

Cloud 9 ☁️

Today was/is Match Day. It has been the day that we have been waiting for since we started medical school. Geoff and I FINALLY know where we are headed for residency.

WE ARE HEADED BACK HOME! Home to the Pacific Northwest. 💕 We are so excited and CANNOT wait. Here are some photos from earlier today. Congratulations to everyone who matched!!

Living In A State of Uncertainty

Geoff will graduate from his medical school in May of this year – 2019. Let that sink in for a minute. I will be D O N E with the medical school part of this journey in just a little over 5 months. Craziness. The next part, if you know anything or nothing about the process of becoming a doctor, is residency. Residency – in the simplest of terms – is where one goes to further learn their specialty and practice their specialty under the watchful eyes of attending physicians.

It feels like all of fourth year has been this fluid state of uncertainty. Not knowing exactly where your S.O. (and you for that matter) will go for the next part of his training can be quite anxiety riding if you ask me. But trust in the process that is The Match and everything will work out they say. So…you’re telling me that Geoff and I will be putting our lives in the hands of an algorithm. Coolness. The EASIEST way to explain The Match is with the YouTube video below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvgfgGmemdA

Source: National Resident Matching Program YouTube Channel

What is even more nuts is that Geoff and I will find out where we are headed in March 2019! That’s roughly only two and a half months away from today – January 4th. Everyone always asks us where we would like to end up, where our #1 choice is. Our answer? Home – Washington State. However, should that not be the case, we’re blessed to have several other great options available. Rest assured that I will share with all of you where we are going upon finding out and that I will continue to share our journey through life in residency!

xoxo