The adventure continues!

Well, I know that my updating of this blog has faded into mythical status again, so its about time I contribute! As Alison has alluded to, I have been very blessed in the arena of the endless process of MD/PhD application! (one and a half years spent on the application thus far and counting...) I had the recent opportunity of attending interviews at four institutions in two weeks, thereby missing the first two weeks of school for my last semester (not really a major problem as I have few classes at the moment).

To keep a long story short, I had a great time at the Mayo Clinic, then the University of Iowa, followed by the University of Alabama, and finally a stop at the Medical College of Wisconsin. This made five interviews in all (I really don't know how people can do more than this; it's a draining process even though the schools treat you really well during your stay). After all the excitement of the interviews, the dreaded wait has come...but it didn't last long!

I have been accepted into the MD/PhD programs of both University of Iowa and the Medical College of Wisconsin! I am also on the wait list of Penn State and the Mayo Clinic (accompanied by some hopeful words from the Mayo Clinic).

Certainly, exciting times lay ahead and I will update again in the future once decisions have been made and we know where we will be venturing to! It's gonna be a tough choice as all the programs I interviewed at had great pros with few disadvantages! Bye for now!

Goobers, mommies, and boogers

I can't totally promise anything but we'll try and update after the icky boogers go away. We really must since Eric has much to update on about his travels to the lands of Md/PhD interviews. Let's just say for now that he has two acceptances and one promising hold. Meanwhile, send more orange juice and soft tissues (Goober may not like tissues but they're better than my pant leg or nightgown). Achoooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tis a busy time of the year!

Happy Birthday Goober Boo!

12-16-2009

Happy Anniversary Huneybunn!

12-20-2006

The wonderfulness of eBooks

The school semester is done for me (yes, earlier than usual). I managed to survive online classes with a goofy growing and teething Goober and attempting to keep up with laundry and dishes. Will I do it again? I don't know. There are no classes I need that are being offered next semester so I guess I'll take a break again. I don't mind. That "spare time" I was filling up with school work will most likely be returned to housework time but I also hope to get in some "me time" with some sewing and other crafty things.

I've also discovered the wonderfulness of eBooks. I can read whilst nursing! And it's probably better than watching mindless daytime TV. It's much easier to push the mouse button than turning the page and holding a physical book one-handed. Booyah! One annoyance though...there are no free eLibraries. Wait...correction...they do exist but none that offer the latest best sellers like this book that I want to read - http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/guernsey/. But that's probably one of the few that I want to read right now that I'll have to get from the local library. So for now, I'll look through the CD of eBooks that my sister-in-law, Michelle, shared with Eric and I a while back. Eric has been reading these on his cell phone for a long while but I could never quite get into it until now when I discovered the benefits of it during nursing time.

I've been trying my best to keep up with The Domestic Engineer blog but still getting the hang of posting regularly. As soon as chocolate chips go on sale for a good price, I will most likely be making Chocolate Chip Cookies so stay tuned for the recipe that I'm willing to share! Seriously, I should sell it but it's not really mine to sell. Oh well. I'll have to find another way to earn money to get our little family through Med school.

One more thing...guess who's Birthday is coming up?!

The Domestic Engineer

Everybody and their dog may be doing it but so what! I created another blog purely to share my cooking, sewing, etc. exploits. I'll try my best to update it at least weekly with recipes that I've tried myself and worked as well as sewing projects I'm working on or finished. So check it out and leave me a comment on what you think - The Domestic Engineer. (It could use a picture, though, perhaps one of my sparkling clean kitchen...hahaha! Yeah right!)

Costume pictures at last

Mommy takes forever to update this blog. I guess I'll have to do it myself if I want to show off how cute I was for Halloween before it's time to plan for next year's costume. Gee wiz ma! Well, I do have to give her some credit as she made my costume as well as hers. (She sure is one busy ma.) Mommy made a pretty sweet nurse's cap for herself (sorry, no pictures) and my piggy ears were the cutest of all that I wore them for a good while.


As you may recall from previous posts, it was decided by my nerdish parents that I should be the Swine Flu Microbe for Halloween. The things my parents do to me. They even exploited me for candy at daddy's work and at the mall! Oh the humanity! Well, I guess vicariously I still get some of the loot through mommy's milk so I guess I'm okay with that. Lots of ladies at the CPD swooned over my cuteness, man, am I good or what?

What will my crazy parents think of next year? One can only hope I get a little more say in it.

And the winner is...

So the poll has been closed for quite some time now. Due to the nature of the poll ending in a tie, mommy broke the tie with her deciding vote - H1N1. A pattern has been found, fabric has been bought, now mommy just needs to measure me and begin the process of constructing the costume. Mommy also decided that she shall be an old-fashioned nurse. Her patterns have been found, fabric bought, blah blah blah. And since mommy's homework is done and submitted for the week, she can begin tomorrow! Yay! I can't wait for my first Halloween! She also has many other crafty things she wants to do in between housework. Mommy's mad at all my pants right now because most of them fit me like capris because I'm sprouting like a green bean. So to solve the problem, she's going to make me pants herself and hem them down as needed instead of buying so many brand new ones.

Nothing much else to report here. Mommy's toe could be broken/sprained, oh well. But she's not gonna pay a doctor ~$500 to examine it and wrap it with cheap tape in less than 5 minutes when she could do all that by herself for free. But she also wouldn't let me get near it at all today to inspect it myself. I was willing to examine it for free. No need to worry though as she's a tough woman. She's my ma!