The Very Sad, Sad, Story . . . September 30, 2009
Posted by Emily in : Kansas, Medical School, My Handsome Husband, New York, Trips, Utah , 9commentsWe’re moving.
Again.
We planned to stay in Kansas for all of David’s rotations, and then move when residency starts.
That is no longer the case.
Last week, as we were driving from New York back to Kansas, we got a phone call from a good friend (and fellow student) telling us that the Veterans hospital (where David did all of his rotations and had all of his elective rotations set up) will no longer rotate Saba medical students. Some mumbo, jumbo about not being LCME certified. Don’t ask me what that stands for, but it’s important.
The other hospitals in the area either don’t take foreign medical students, or they are booked until March or later of next year. That does not help us in making the 2010 residency match. David has to do rotations solid from November through May to graduate in time for residency.
We sorted through our options and have a plan. In a nutshell, I have to pack.
UGH, I have to pack! Do you know how much I hate packing for major moves? You would think I love it with all the moves we make, but NO! It’s right up there with giving birth to a 17 pound baby. Yep, right up there.
Our plan is to stay in KC through most of October, find someone to lease our place (we have a contract, so we aren’t exactly going anywhere until someone leases this place), and head back to Utah. David will be setting up his own rotations in Utah (we can only do a couple of months because there are specific rules about foreign medical students rotating longer than 8 weeks per year there) and then move on to the next adventure.
Oh yeah, did I mention David is studying for Step 2 right now? Yep. Add that to the list of things stressing us out.
I’m tired just thinking about all this. I think I’ll take the day off and just take a nap.
Yeah, I think I should do that.
