Welcome back!

So, I guess must apologize for my unplanned hiatus. With all the excitement of the summer I just never seemed to take time to write a post.  John had 11 weeks off, during that time we moved, went on an anniversary weekend in Traverse City (a month late, but hey), wedding weekend in Grand Rapids, a trip to Seattle, and tons of cook outs.  I still worked all summer, in addition to overtime, while John did a 6 week cardiology internship, so to say we had a busy summer is a complete understatement. I would say John's cardiology internship was a success.  For the time being he feels very confident in his decision to pursue an internal medicine residency with the intent of being a interventional cardiologist.  He also felt as though the internship significantly helped increase his understanding of cardiology which will be important come step 1 (and I guess the rest of his career).

M2 officially started on Aug. 13th. and, don't tell DH this, but I am so thankful for life to get back to normal.  John has class Monday through Friday, studies a couple hours a night and over the weekend.  We still manage to go out with friends and visit family but for the most part during the school year our outside life just slows down.  We quickly figured out last year that there is just not enough time for us to make it to everything.  We love our family (yes my in-laws too) and so appreciate the fact that they understand, because of their understanding we have never felt pressured to balance more than we can handle.  I do have to say that M2 is 100x better than M1, and that is not at all from an academic standpoint as I have no idea, but going into M2 John and I knew the expectations on the other person...maybe this being our second year of marriage helps with that as well.  John helps with the home when he can, I have learned how to allow him the time he needs to study, we are just clicking so much better than last year.

I am still working at the Children's hospital in Detroit. Come Tuesday I will officially and permanently  be in the PICU, although I have spent a decent amount of the last couple months working there anyways.  John keeps talking to me about graduate school and I think we have decided to put those plans on hold until he enters a residency program.

That is all for now, hopefully now that life is back to normal I will be able to post more frequently.
Take Care!
Stephanie