the calm before the storm.

i get nervous about transitions.

i am not good at change.

newest transition: from detroit to ypsi/aa with a baby, quit my job to be a stay at home mom, bought a house, husband becoming a medical resident... enormous change. daunting to think about.

so, for a week or so... we just didn't! instead, before all that gets going... we decided to do a bunch of date nights to prepare for the 80 hour work week that will begin... now.

fun bbq restaurant in downtown ann arbor.

blue tractor. incredible.

 cool coffee shop in depot town of ypsi.

ugly mugs. 

if you get a cup of coffee, it's in one of many ugly mugs. love it.

chocolates in aa.

gallup park.

walking the trails along the river.

sure, micah's there... but he fell asleep.

date.

whole foods. 

not a date, you say?

the food is delish. 

and we have a gift card.

and i got sushi.

and we did no grocery shopping.

date.

residency, we're ready.

#matchday13

don't worry about it.
i'm hip.
so i use hashtags.
just kidding. 

we had ourselves one exciting day on friday.
match day 2013.

let me explain... match day is when all MD students around the world find out where they "matched" for residency.  meaning they interviewed a bunch of places (hopefully) and the student ranks hospitals and the hospitals rank students. wherever matches--hospital and student--is where you go.

so, on friday we got dressed up and went to motor city casino.
classy, right?
and we were excited...

clover theme. with "W" in each leaf for Wayne State. clever. or clover. 
(nice pun, eh?)
the ballroom was all decorated...

and then they do a program at 11--give out awards, share stats about match day this year all over the country... torturing everyone a little bit.

then, someone is assigned to each table to pass out the envelopes. the students stand, we have a toast, and then at noon... they count down from 10.

and then they open the envelopes crazily.

and find out where everyone's going for the next many years.

for us, it's ann arbor.

u of m.

neurologist matt.

one of six.

SO EXCITED.

ah. let the craziness of moving and changing and starting new begin.
a2.
how trendy are we?!