CHRISTMAS BREAK!

I have been waiting for this beautiful Tuesday for about... a month [or 4 ;)]. I am so happy I can spend 3 weeks without classes and obsessive studying (obsessive being the key word... there will always be studying).

-I do want to take a minute to congratulate the entire OUWB class; whether you are married, in a relationship, have kids, dealing with friends, family, money or just daily living... and still made it through the last 4 months- way to go!

There is more on my mind, but more on all that junk later... its been a very long few weeks and I think I need time to sort my thoughts :)

 my very sleepy Josh has passed out at 7:30pm. Sweet [non medical] dreams love.



Goodbye for now,
-Felicia

The Routine

school, study, work, school, study work... repeat.

that is our life right now. 8 days. CHRISTMAS BREAK.  (too bad spouses don't get honorary christmas breaks also)

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I am 'officially' starting my new full time schedule tomorrow, which is 6am-2:30pm... I'm not really a morning person... well, scratch that, I'm not really a "wake up to an alarm clock person".  it could be 10am [and have gotten more than 10 hours of sleep] and I'd still be mad at the alarm clock. But, I am so glad to have a day shift, and regular full time hours. So, I'll get use to it, and be very tired tomorrow.

I feel silly complaining about being tired though, I don't think I am or ever will be as tired as my med school hubby. He has been putting in 14 hour days at the library this weekend and I'm sure he will be pulling some late nights this week.


[I don't know how they do it.]


that is all, goodbye and goodnight for now.

-Felicia

Happy Thanksgiving!!

This has been one crazy year but I couldn't be happier with how everything has turned out for Josh for and I so far.

I'm very thankful for many things this year, but mostly I'm so thankful and grateful to all my wonderful hubby, my friends, and family. They have been so supportive through this huge change in my life and I would be lost without them.

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This is a great week so far, Josh and I only had two days of class/work, and we were able to get out of town to visit friends and family. It's the first time we have been back to Grand Rapids, and I'm surprised on how much I've missed it. Seeing familiar faces and places are such a comforting feeling and it makes the holiday season even better.

Not much else has been happening these last two weeks... Pretty much just working and doing "education training" for work.

Have a great thanksgiving everyone!

-Felicia

Random Thoughts

I remember a conversation Josh and I had one day - we were only 16 or 17 years old. We were talking about when we would be able to get married and were being so practical about the whole thing.  "We could wait until after college, so we could save money, and then you could go to med school." (something along those lines)

Not many 17 year olds have such an accurate out look on the future. Although not everything has gone according to "the plan", but it seems so crazy to be sitting here in that scenario right now. Somehow knowing when we were 17,  we would be here- and life would be great.  Pretty cool :)

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on a different note; I forgot to show everyone my cool new outfit...

The med schools new hoodie/pants combo. I love it because... its warm, comfortable and when I go somewhere in the hoodie, people think I'm in med school and it makes me feel smart! haha ;)

anywho, I have a very messy kitchen to clean up and a wii fit that is calling my name!

-Felicia

Although slack off week has come to an end; I can enjoy our memories we've made this week and look forward to next month's Christmas break!

1. Josh passing his exams! woohoo!
2. Drinks with friends
3. being able to relax at home
4. Connect Pot luck dinner/drinks (Connect is the med-school spouse group)
5. saturday date night (pizza, beer and a movie - my kind of date)

Over all A+! And I didn't even have to work that much so it made it even better.

Of course, Med school man still studied.  But, that's good. He was able to prepare for the week ahead and I was able to get our 5 loads of laundry done - apparently I was busy last week.

Other than that, life is pretty normal around here, and the storm I was worried about hasn't hit yet. So I can't complain :)

-Felicia

Health Care

I always knew that I wanted to help people. Help people organize, help care for people, help clean their homes, mow their lawns. I loved knowing that I could do something for someone if they weren't able to do it for themselves. I'm sure that's why I love the elderly (and they're just so darn cute... well, most of the time :)

I have been working with the elderly since I was 19, and even when I have left to do something else, I always seem to come right back to it. Elderly people are so fascinating and if you have the time and patients to really listen to what they have to say, they usually have a pretty cool history.

-It's nights like this that I have to remind myself why I am doing what I'm doing. I am currently on my break at work and there must be something in the water tonight. Everyone is absolutely crazy. It could also be that I have had a head ache for four days straight and haven't had a full day off in more days that I can remember... So, my patients is thin and no matter what, they will not move faster if you try and make them.

Anyways...
enough of all that. My med school man has all his tests tomorrow and I know he is going to kill it! That also means.. *Drum roll please*.. that we have slack off week!!! woohoo!! We actually have things planned outside of work, the library, and our apartment. I could not be more excited.

Well, my break is almost over... back to the crazies! ;)


p.s. Good luck to all the med school students, I know you guys will do great!

Calm before the storm...?

I was just telling Josh last night that October was a pretty chill month. I saw him almost every night for dinner (if i wasn't working),we were able to slip away to midlnd for two nights and things just seemed less hectic.

So I'm thinking, we are just getting acclimated to our busy schedules... or this a calm before a very stormy november. Hopefully it's the first one, and then either way we will be able to tackle a busy nov, and dec.. The holidays are coming, right?

Not much else to say... All I've been doing is working. Anyone else trying to balance two jobs? Most days I'm fine, but I'm not sure how long this will last.

it's almost time for... BFCP #3

BFCP stands for... hmmm, I can't remember at the moment, but, it's a big test or "assessment" (I hear that word more times than I hear my own name) for the med students covering all of their science classes. and it is now two weekends away. ahhh!

The process goes something like this:
study study study study study, freak out, study study....etc.
1. Take test
2. Freak out
3. Think you're going to fail for at least 24 hours
4. Getting test back, picking apart every little thing you did right or wrong
5. Go through "week after test syndrome" .... this is where all of your bad study habits come out, you take more naps, spend more time with friends or those special people in your life that stick around because they know you're going to make a lot of money one day :) (only kidding!)
6. Then, reality kicks back in and you repeat the entire process.

Well, right now Josh is in the reality kicking back in portion and he knows he has to put in some extra hours due to a slightly prolonged "week after test syndrome".  (we watched 2 hours of dexter the other night, pretty crazy!)  But, I know he will be just fine... he puts in the time and understand the material so when test day comes *even though he doubts himself* I know he will kick some booty.

That is all for now.  I have a messy apartment to tend to, and will be savoring the last 12 hours of my day off.

-Felicia

Married Life vs. Medical Life

Welcome to my blog!

I have decided to start a blog about being married to a 1st year med student.  Mainly this blog will be for me, but I hope other people who are in a similar situation can find comfort or support from this also.

I am only 2 months into the whole medical world, but so far its been one wild ride.

Let me give you a little back ground info;

-Josh and I have been together for 8 years and married for 4 months.
-He is attending OUWB, and 11 weeks into his first year. (kinda feels like 2 years already)
-I work as a CNA for the elderly.
-We love watching dexter and weeds when we can.
-He is interested in Internal Medicine.
-we are adjusting well to being married, and I have only had a f e w melt downs during the process. :)

I'm hoping to update regularly and share what our lives have and will become.

Thanks for reading!
-Felicia