New Beginnings!

Wednesday marked my official start as a resident. This next year will be one full of ups and downs, sleepless nights, and feeling overwhelmed with work. It will also be one of many firsts and great accomplishments. This year I will learn to operate! I will deliver too many babies to count, repair wounds, show parents their child's heartbeat for the first time, identify many babies' sexes, treat illness from having too much of the wrong kind of sex, and teach women young and old about their bodies. I will probably laugh and cry both tears of happiness and sadness. This year will be a big one in my life. It will be the one where I learn the most I ever have and finally get to be a doctor. I am not sure how much attention this blog will get after my days at work as I struggle to find the work-life balance we are all so focused on. I am already thinking we need some help in the cleaning department at our house. The thought of coming home and dusting, vacuuming, doing laundry well right now it seems a bit overwhelming. But I will do my best! And who knows, maybe I will just surprise myself and find time to continue to update.

One last Mexico picture for good measure!