Quick Recap

This last week was hectic and it was nothing compared to what is coming up this week.

Quick recap - I spent 3 days in Phoenix, Arizona last week. While there, the weather was relatively cold and it RAINED!!!! Apparently they say it only rains like 5-10 times per year and of course I land when it decides to pour. Oh, well at least I'm used to it. 2 interviews in Phoenix. Sief had one. We visited with a former Penn State grad who is an Emergency medicine resident currently. I spent time with a former Penn Stater who is a family med resident about to graduate. We walked around downtown Tempe and I ate frozen yogurt! YUM. I decided that Tempe is the smoothie/frozen yogurt capital of the US. Seriously, every single store sold one or both, which is totally awesome. I have a soft spot for frozen yogurt with sprinkles. As, I was walking down the street eating my yogurt in 50 degree weather, I turn to Sief and say, "you know why they have so many places that have smoothies/ice cream/ and yogurt? It's because it's usually hot here!" He looked at me and said "you just figured that out"

Anyway...some good programs in Phoenix, we're excited.

Next stop was Houston, Texas. It's weird even though I never lived in Houston - a part of me feels like I'm going "home" when I land in Texas. I'm suddenly surrounded by familiar Texas chain restaurants and stop lights that are horizontal. I stopped at a fast food joint- Taco Cabana to get some yummy tortillas and queso. Sief joined me a day later and again we met up with another Penn State Grad. It's nice to see familiar faces along the interview trail.

I made it home last night. Only to unpack, wash clothes and....start all over again.

This week here's my schedule:
Sun- dinner in San Jose with O'Connor program
Mon - interview in San Jose
Tues - fly to San Antonio (I'm super excited about this, but will only be in San Antonio for a few hrs), drive to corpus christi, dinner with corpus residents
Wed - interview at corpus, fly to Tucson
Thurs - interview with 2 Tucson family medicine residencies on the same day, fly to Oakland
Fri - interview at San Francisco
Sat - Sief comes to Chico to visit & we go to Marianne & Conway's for a Christmas party
Sun - FUN & GAMES with the family!

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I will try to write when I get back next week. No guarantees though. Wish me luck! Let's hope I survive this week :)
I guess this is just preparing me for how tired I might feel during residency.