Today has been one of those days...the blah kind. The kind where nothing seems to make me happy and I can't seem to smile regardless of what I do. So, I figured writing may help take my mind off of things. It has been a crazy hectic month (and 4 days). Yes, that's how long it has been since I've updated. My apologies for those of you sitting on the edge of your chair waiting (I kid, I kid). No but seriously, I can't believe it has already been over a month! SO much has happened. Where to start?
I suppose I can start with the fact that June 2 was pretty monumental! I (& 230+ others) graduated from medical school! It is absolutely, 100% official. I AM A DOCTOR! WOW! One of my childhood dreams was realized on that day as I walked the stage. You know, maybe it wasn't actually as I walked the stage but more like after as I was sitting taking it all in. Frankly, all I was thinking as I walked the stage was to not trip and fall and make a fool of myself! I successfully made it across without stumbling, thank God. Because I am now and "A" and not a "V" in the alphabet, I walked very early in the group and had a VERY long time to sit and contemplate life and doctoring and how the two are going to be forever intertwined for the rest of my days. It's truly unbelievable how I have been blessed beyond measure and for that I am so thankful. The weekend was jam packed with family time and MOVING.
Yep, the big move finally happened. We decided at the last minute to go ahead and hire a crew to load the truck that we rented. SUCH A GREAT DECISION! They had the truck completely packed in less than 2 hours. That would have taken us all day and we would have been bent-over in exhaustion at the end of it. Cleaning was a major task in and of itself. Thank goodness for family helping! My mom, dad, brother, brother's gf and grandmother were all there. Driving off the island was surreal. It felt good but there was definitely a twinge of sadness to be leaving the life there behind. The Hubs drove the moving truck 250 miles across the state at the beginning of June WITHOUT A/C. Bless his soul...I would have died. For real...croaked. We made it to SAT and unloaded the truck into the GARAGE of our new house. Why the GARAGE you ask??? Because we weren't able to actually move INTO the house for another 7 days. That meant another week of bumming at the brother-in-law's house. It was SO nice to finally move in and have our own place. Not that I don't love our family, but having a place of our own is priceless. Crashing at other's homes is taxing and got old pretty quick.
The following week was spent unpacking and setting up the house. I say that like we are done. We are not. There are those pesky boxes of "stuff" that have no real place that I haven't figured out quite what to do with still sitting around. That and the pictures covering the couches in the living room that I can't decide where to hang or set out.... Anyone want to come help?! Otherwise, we are pretty settled. The location has already proven to be pretty great and convenient.
That brings us to last week...the beginning of orientation. I will save that topic for the next post.
To be continued....
