Life After Residency

We all knew life after residency was going to be busy and Matt wouldn't be home much.  We had mentally prepared ourselves, but had not/could not physically prepare ourselves for the physical toll.  More so Matt than me, but both of us are running at full throttle.  Getting to wear that long coat is a lot of work.

Matt worked 80 hours last week.  80 HOURS IN 1 WEEK.  Lord help us!!  We do what we can and squeeze in moments here and there though.  I send Matt a lot of picture messages so he can see what the kids are doing and see them awake.

 Like all of these.

 This was her reaction when I broke the news to her that Louboutins didn't come in her size.

She is ready for her own set of golf clubs

 This one was titled 'night night da-da'

And 'ta-da! look at my new shoes!'

I'm sure it seems crazy to people that have not gone through it, but thousands of people do it every day.  I always compare our situation to military families and our situation pales in comparison.  He is not being shot at and he comes home most every night (except when he's on call).  We have been blessed beyond belief and this season of life will be gone before we know it, but your prayers are welcome until then :)!

Oh and I also need to document Matt's first page as a long coat.  It's Sunday afternoon (after his first day on July 1) and his pager goes off.  We weren't sure what it was, but then quickly realized it was a page.  After spending about 5 minutes trying to figure out how to call the number back, he got a nurse on the other end.  "Is this Dr. Miller?" she asked.  A pause on Matt's end, "Um, yes ma'm" as he looked around to find Dr. Miller only to realize she meant him. She was calling to give him an update on a patient and he was still trying to grasp the fact that he was the one she was looking for.  It was so funny!

Happy Monday everyone!!