One of the most exciting events is FINALLY here...MATCH WEEK!!! For those not in the medical field, this process is very strange...well, it is even for us who are in medicine. I've been asked many times in the last few months if I had heard anything from my interviews, but the way the Match works is a ranking system, not just an interview and job offer. Yesterday felt like the most important day of the week to me, when I found out whether I matched or not. I had interviewed at 5 locations, all for a position in an OB/GYN residency, and Monday was the day I finally got the results on whether I would end up at one of those 5 places. And....I MATCHED!!! I had spent the last weeks and months coming up with possible "what if" scenarios and trying to convince myself I would be happy in something other than OB/GYN if I ended up having to settle for something else. Thankfully, my efforts to accept becoming another type of doctor were unsuccessful and unnecessary! I am going to be an OB/GYN!!! I've only known that is what I wanted to do for about a year, but that was enough for me to fall in love with it. Thankfully, as Jeff put it, somebody wanted me!!! I have a job starting July 1st!
Now, my thoughts for the rest of the week are being consumed with where we will end up for the next 4 years. This Friday at noon we find out where we matched to, and then the real fun starts! We get to house hunt and job search for Jeff. Another question I've been asked a lot the last few months is what Jeff was going to do when I moved. There was never a thought of him staying behind at his current job and me moving without him. We spent years at opposite sides of the state and I hope to never go through that again. I know that we can live anywhere for 4 years as long as we are together. So, come this Friday we will know we are heading to one of the following places: Augusta, GA, Charleston, WV, Huntington, WV, Odessa, TX, or Kansas City, MO. And after that, a few short weeks to graduation and the rest of our lives!
The email I was waiting not so patiently for!!! All smiles here!
