Monthly Archive for June, 2006
As of July 1st, I will officially begin my maternity leave of absence from medical school. In all practicality, it began as soon as I answered the last question (I think it was number 368) of my Step 2 CK exam (National Board exam) last Thursday. It was the final exam of 5 or 6 major exams that I had to take over the past 2 months. It was nice to finally be done. But, that night, after my exam, I couldn’t sleep. Usually it is the night before an exam that sleep comes slowly, due to nerves. For me though, I couldn’t fall asleep after the test. It wasn’t that I was mulling over the questions that I missed on the exam, but rather my mind was finally allowed to think about the baby. I was up to nearly 3 am thinking about all that I needed and wanted to do before Trey comes.
So now the work begins. Everyone keeps asking me what I am going to do with all my free time. I really don’t think I will be as bored as people think. First of all, I have an entire house to clean and a baby’s room to put together (at a slower than usual pace). Then, there are several books that I want to read, boxes of junk packed away from college and earlier that desparately need to be thinned out, blank drawing pads, empty canvases, etc. I also plan to volunteer with a medical mission group called New Frontiers Health Force as they begin a local outreach program called Project Hope. While I may not be in as high a gear as I am in medical school, and will have a little more time to relax, I think that I will keep myself busy.
Heidi finished her last big med school test so we treated ourselves to our last vacation together before the 3rd Haun shows up. We headed over to the east coast of Florida to place called “Hutchinson Island” just below Cape Canaveral.
We just relaxed and enjoyed ourselves; hanging out on the beach, watching World Cup soccer, hiking through the mangroves, and visiting some museums. All in all, a great weekend!
After the mix-up at Babies’R'Us (which resulted in them deleting our entire registry) it took a while before we could muster up the strength to go back and register all over again. Did I say “we”? Ok, I never did muster up the strength – Heidi did it. And a special thank you to our friend Sarah Span for going with her to keep her company.
The Babies’R'Us registry is now available online as is the Target registry. Thanks to everyone who has been so generous and given us baby necessities already – we greatly appreciate it!
I’ve put up photos from my first baby shower for all to see.
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