January
Completed a rotation at UVA in Peds with Marcia Buck. Waited to hear back from residency programs and started scheduling interviews.
February
Trips all over for residency interviews: Seattle, Boise, California, Virginia, and Texas. Started my second to last rotation at Buford road. Lots of rock climbing with Jordan.
March
Final rotation in Shiprock, NM. Which included tons of trips to the four-corners region. Saw the grand canyon, mesa verde, santa fe, flagstaff, and so much more! Made the drive from NM to VA by myself in 2 days (and I am not sure if I was totally crazy or amazing). Oh yeah and I celebrated turning 26...if you can celebrate that...
April
Organized everything for my boards. Started studying. And spent time with the people I loved in VA. Lots of wonderful walks with Sandy and tons of conversations with Jessica.
May
Graduated from pharmacy school. Proudest moment of my life. So very grateful for my family and friends who made the moment spectacular.
June
Took my boards and passed! Had some crazy moments with Scott Backus in Newport News. Started to say goodbye to old friends.
July
Packed up my home in VA. Spent as much time as possible with my favorite people. Saw the final Harry Potter at midnight and then drove with Stephy and PapaBear to Texas. (After of course staying up all night talking to my Best Friend Jessica. And doing everything I could to hold onto the moments we had left.)
August
Suffered from heat exhaustion every day in Texas. Met my co-residents and office mates. Arianne came to visit me! Lots of adventures.
September
Research. Visit with Uncle Mike. More Texas heat. Lindsay and Bobby moved in for a bit.
October-November
Complete blur. Internal Medicine rotation for 2 months: 4am to 10pm. Texas is still hot. Crazy. Awesome Halloween party. Trip to PapaBear's for Thanksgiving (what a wonderful break and amazing time-I am so very grateful for my PapaBear)
December
New Orleans to present my research! Finished out my first six months as a resident! Spent Christmas in Texas-finally getting cooler.
The move to Texas was huge for me. I wish that I could write and talk about how wonderful it has been-but that would be a stretch. Its getting better-don't get me wrong. But it really is hard to uproot your life, to leave the ones you love, and start over again. Texas has brought a lot of growth in itself, a lot of depending on the Lord, and I am really excited for the new year to focus on my new theme and learn to love texas.
But before we get to all of that, last year's theme and goals:
My theme was based around the quote: "In order to become what we want to be, we have to consistently be what we want to become."
Make the Choice to simplify my life
This has been an ongoing process. With the move to Texas I have started to declutter my life and am continuing to work on that. Luckily I haven't had a lot of extra money, so I haven't been able to spend it on needless things. I've not been excellent on focusing on the key relationships in my life, but I have done a lot better then normally. I really focused on seeking out Christ in the Book of Mormon and through that process, came to understand him better-to understand the better parts of me. So overall, I give this a check!
Make the choice to act and not be acted upon
This theme was a major plus from January through August. And then I lost my footing a little. I became overwhelmed with the fear that I had made the wrong choice in moving to Texas, that I had misunderstood revelation. However, after a few weeks of floundering, I found my footholds again and really chose to not be acted upon. So I will give this a check!
Make the choice to be healthy
A perpetual struggle. However, I ran some races (thanks to Jessica Donbrosky!) and I finally got a gym membership! I was going to classes every day for a week, but then Christmas break came and I got lazy. So overall, no check! But there is always next year.
Make the choice to be productive
This one is hard to write, especially after the last week where I have not done a great job. However, I think overall I have done a really good job at focusing on things and accomplishing them. There is still tons of improvement to be done, but I managed to complete residency applications, to study for my boards, to move to Texas, to complete my courses and research project, to teach students, and to complete internal medicine! Thus, CHECK!
3/4 checks! Not bad. Good year. Improvements to be made, but there will always be improvements. So here is to next year-and the theme that is to come.
1 comment:
Ha! I love that October - November were a complete blur. Sometimes I feel like all of 2011 was like that for me. I can't beieve that you graduating and moving were all part of this year. It flew by and yet parts of the year seem like they happened so long ago.
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