Adapting
How ya likin’ Pokey?
So, raise your hands. How many of my friends thought that I’d end up settling in Pocatello, Idaho? Let me tell you, I never would’ve guessed. I get asked fairly often (probably just to make conversation) how I am liking Pocatello. As I am ever-willing to over-answer a simple question here’s a full-on blog post. … Continue reading
A life-changing decision
I’ve been trying recently to craft a beautiful and eloquent blog post on my struggle to balance career and motherhood. Mostly trying to sort through my thoughts after turning down a full-time reporter’s position. I scrapped that blog post after seeing this video. It says it all. The decision to scale back my career (for … Continue reading
The crazy roundup
Have ya noticed I’ve been missing from the blog lately? There’s good reason. Moving stinks! In chronological order, here are the contents of our big pot of crazy. 1. In February we loaded up the moving truck and left Redlands. That little city of orange groves, tree-lined streets and incredible people will always hold a … Continue reading
The Good Stuff
The medical school life and I are having a little tiff at the moment. OK, I’ll be honest. It’s on the receiving end of red-headed hormonal fury. It’s easy to let the stressful stuff take over sometimes. But if it does, I think I’ll end up forgetting about all the amazing things. With all the … Continue reading
When life gives you lemons
To say this has been a crazy week would be a slight understatement. It’s been full of experiences, but let me share one of my favorites. It starts on a dark and stormy morning as the clock strikes 4:45 a.m. David was on his way into the hospital, and just 500 yards before reaching his … Continue reading
The life of a surgeon
David’s internal medicine rotation is officially over and we are moving on to surgery –– a whole new specialty with a whole new schedule. The ability to experiment with different schedules has been nice for me, helping me understand what a surgery residency would be like for our family versus an internal med residency versus … Continue reading
Lately things have happened. I promise.
The last 12 weeks are going to go down in history as a strange blur in our lives. We are back in the United States, we have a dishwasher, cars and all the $30-per-month utility bills we can ask for. I am also happy to announce that I have started contributing a tins’y bit to our living … Continue reading
Lincoln in Strange Places
Tucked away beneath the palm trees and orange groves lies a shrine to a Civil War hero. Abraham Lincoln’s memory found a home in a place where he never visited nor likely knew much about – downtown Redlands. In 1880, an old Derbyshire England boy traveled across the contient to his new home in California. … Continue reading
Midway there
This western girl went exploring this week and found a little slice of open space and a good gulp of mountain air. Just a 20-minute drive from Heber City lies the Wasatch Mountain State Park – 22,000 acres of unfettered hiking, biking, fishing and mountain frolicking heaven. The easy 3-mile visitors center hike was a … Continue reading
What I should have said …
“Hey everybody, we have an announcement.” It was the Significant Others End of Term Social and 100-plus people were eating, chatting and having a great time when my sweet friend Emily, who served on the SO Board as Fundraising Coordinator, got up and thanked me in front of everyone for being president this past term. … Continue reading
