I'm Back!!

I'm back (and very lucky if anyone is still following this blog)!!

Yes, I am still in school and loving it (mostly) and yes, things are improved on the home front. Christmas break did hubby and me a world of good. It was nice to get some time to relax and reconnect. It is hard to make time for each other with our schedules but we have been doing much better and it makes a big difference.

So the quick version of what I have been up to in my absence: I had my Christmas break in which I spent a lot of time with family and friends! My dad was home from Haiti and I actually hosted Christmas at my house, lol. It made our little 2 bedroom place quite full for a couple days but everyone had a great time. I made a great Christmas dinner and my dad taught me how to make gravy :) All my brothers were home (2 from college, 1 from the marines) so I got to see them too. I also spent some time in Midland (my home town) so I got to see my mom's side of the family and a lot of my friends from high school/undergrad.

I also had my birthday so I am now the ripe old age of 24. On my birthday the actually Dr. Patch Adams that the movie was based on was speaking in Dearborn so I got to hear him speak and meet him afterwards (he signed a book for me!!) It was probably my most memorable birthday yet. I wrote an essay my first time trying to get into medical school about how he was the one person in medicine that I would want to meet and now I have. He is a very inspirational person and I promise to dedicate and entire post to the experience sometime in the future. My mom, grandma and brother came to visit the day after my birthday and we went out for pizza and a couple weeks later my brother (youngest) visited again and we did a late b-day trip to Chuck-E-Cheese. So overall I felt very loved and was happy to turn another year older.

Now I am finishing up my BioChemistry and Physiology courses so I can have spring break at the end of the month. Then it is just one more round of courses and I will be done with my first year of medical school in May!! I can hardly believe it. I am hoping to do an externship this summer either at a local hospital or in Haiti with my dad. Again, more on that later.

Hopefully I will keep my blog up this time. Thanks for reading!!