Now that I have a little free time, I'm going to finally catch up on what's been going on with us since the last time I blogged, about a month or so ago. Colt was doing his away rotation in Temple from September 2nd-27th so a lot of time consisted of him in Temple and me in tax season at work. After he got back home, he was off and had an easy, relaxed schedule. Unfortunately until the end of this week, it didn't line up with my work schedule. Tomorrow he starts back up again and is in anesthesia for a few weeks.
Since this is my way of scrapbooking, I'm just going to do a week by week recap of the past few weeks.
Before I get started though, while Colt was in Temple he had to start applying for residency programs. One of his mentors here recommended he apply to like 42 or something residency programs. So far, he's gotten about 20 invites. I think he'll end up interviewing at at least 12, and his interview schedule for November, December and the beginning of January is starting to fill up. So far, I think he has interviews in Texas (of course), the Carolinas, Florida, Alabama and Oklahoma I think. I have access to his schedule but it's constantly moving and changing.
He found out how he did on Step 2, his boards that he took at the end of the summer. He did good so that was big relief and I know he feels good to be done with it. A couple Fridays ago, he had to go stay the night in Houston to take an exam. It was more clinical and an exam where he saw multiple patients (or actors). That was officially his last exam of medical school! A few more rotations and he'll be done. After lots of interviews, Match Day in March and graduation in May, we'll be starting another chapter! So exciting and definitely proud of him!
Now on to the past few weeks...
The week of Sept. 9th-15th
Colt started working later shifts his last few weeks in Temple so when he was getting off, I was already in bed so we didn't get to talk a whole lot. Our skype dates definitely ended.
It was the last weekend before the Sept. deadline so I was busy at work and had to work a full day that Saturday. My mom's birthday was that Friday. The rest of my family ended up getting together for dinner but I couldn't make it down there by the time they were eating. Colt got off at 2 that Sunday so he talked me into making the drive down to Temple that Sunday, and I got there around the time he got off. I went to the hospital until he got done. Then we went and grabbed a late lunch/early dinner at Texas Roadhouse. We drove around Temple and he showed me around a little and drove through a few neighborhoods where a lot of the residents live. Josh and him stayed the first few weeks in a motel so we got a room on Sunday night and I stayed with him and just got up really early and drove straight into work Monday morning from Temple.
That week my mom also gave me some bad news. She didn't tell me the day it happened. Instead she waited a couple days and told me. Spaz, our dog that I had gotten my freshman year in high school from my grandpa died that Tuesday. Whenever my mom or dad got home from work, he always went out to greet them. Well when my mom got home that particular day, he didn't get out of the way and she accidentally ran over him. He was to the point where he couldn't see or hear very well anymore so that probably had something do with it. He wasn't doing very well and he would've probably had to been put down pretty soon anyways but it was still sad. It's weird going to my parent's house now without him there sitting in his chair. I would post a pic of him, but most of my pics I have of him from when I got him are all hard copies.
The week of Sept. 16th-22nd
That Monday was the September deadline. That Friday, I took off work to go see Colt and spend the weekend in Temple. I left Forney Friday morning around 10:30 or so. It was rainy so I went through the drive thru at Starbucks on my way out of town and tried my very first Pumpkin Spice Latte. It was good, but I still think the White Chocolate Mocha is better. Due to the rain, it took me about 2 1/2 hours to get to Temple. By that time, Colt and Josh were staying at one of the resident's house, and I ended up staying there for the weekend as well. After I got there, Colt and I went to Jason's Deli for lunch. After lunch it was so rainy we just went to the house and watched World War Z on Colt's computer. It was a good movie. Definitely made me jump in a few parts. After the movie, we went to Starbucks for some coffee and went and drove around neighborhoods in Temple and the Belton area. He got me to come around on the whole possibility of moving to Temple thing. At around 10 or so, I was hungry for dinner and he wanted to go workout. Before he fed me, he made me go to the gym with him:) After working out, we picked up Chick-fil-a for dinner.
Saturday morning we went to a place there called Meg's for a late breakfast. I ordered the same thing he ordered and we ended up with WAY too much food. We could've split one breakfast and still probably had leftovers! I ended up eating our leftovers the next day for breakfast too. After breakfast, we went back to where Colt was staying. The guy he was staying with had a group of residents over for breakfast so we visited with them before heading to go see Chris and Leslie for the rest of the day. Chris and Leslie are our old neighbors that went to our gym and recently moved close to Waco. We played with the kids, visited and cooked fajitas for dinner. We got home late from their house Saturday night and ended up sleeping in on Sunday. Colt and I watched the Cowboys game. Then Colt, Josh and the guy they were staying with had planned on cooking steak for dinner so we headed to the grocery store. I will say that I am a fan of HEB for grocery shopping. All the guys seasoned their own steaks and had a cook-off. They all did a good job but I am a fan of Colt's! As soon as we got done with dinner, I packed up my things to head home so I could get back at a semi-decent hour. It was a fun weekend.
The week of Sept. 23rd-29th
Colt got home that Friday, the 27th, close to midnight. I had to get up Saturday and go to work until lunch. After I got home, we went to Christina's and then catched up on some of our shows we had missed while he was gone. That Sunday, my parents came up to visit and Colt cooked us all steak for dinner. I also got to give my mom her late birthday presents. Before they headed home, we went to DQ and got some ice cream for dessert. I was happy to have Colt home after him being gone for a month. He loved his month working at the hospital in Temple. From what he's said and his evaluations while he was there, it seems like he did a great job!
The week of Sept. 30th -Oct 6th
I worked a full day on Saturday, and Colt had planned for a group of friends from med school to come over on Sunday. Josh and Brianna got to our house around 3 or 4 and we played a little cornhole before everyone else got here. Around 5:30 or so the rest of the group showed up. Colt cooked burgers for dinner. Unfortunately, we bought some cheap meat at Costco that didn't make the best burgers but it was still a good time! This was the first time since the first or second year of med school that we've had the whole group over. Most of their families have definitely grown since we started med school. In addition to Josh and Brianna, we had: Brock, Lindsay and their two kids; Ben, Debbie and their two; Adam, Katie and their little girl; Garrett, Kelsey and their two; and Tiffany, our neighbor, also stopped by and brought her little boy. I don't think I forgot anybody. We had a full house though!
The week of Oct. 7th-Oct 13th
It was the last weekend before the October deadline (it's a neverending cycle) so I worked until late that Saturday to get enough done so that I didn't have to work on Sunday. Sunday, Colt's Aunt Kristal was getting married in Ft. Worth. That afternoon we headed to Ft. Worth with Dede and David to go to the wedding. After the wedding, we stopped at On the Border in Mesquite and had dinner with them and Blake and Victoria before heading home.
The week of Oct 14th-Oct 20th
The deadline was on Tuesday. Based on Monday, I had expected to get done around 2 or so but that didn't happen. I ended up not getting done and out of there until later. Once I got home though, I will say it felt SO good to be done this year! When I got home, Colt and I went to Oscar Delta to grab dinner. I was tired so we ended up just watching a movie in bed. I was off work on Wednesday and Thursday. Most of the day Wednesday, I did absolutely nothing! Colt went and worked out on Wednesday morning but I stayed in bed. While he's been home he's been working out 2 x's a day and I've been working out none or maybe once a week lately! He has me watching Breaking Bad on Netflix so I spent most of the day doing that. We started watching Season 1 together. While he was home and I was working, he totally passed me and was on Season 5 when I was still on 2 or 3. Needless to say, I had and still have some catching up to do. I've watched a lot today too though so I'm on Season 4 now. He'll be done by the time I catch up, I'm sure! We were headed to my parents to spend the day on Thursday so we left our house Wednesday around 6 to go and stay the night. My parents were having game night Wednesday night so Colt and I stopped for BBQ in Mt. Vernon and then started watching Man of Steel when we got to their house. In my opinion, that was a bad movie! Thursday morning my dad and Colt put a lift kit on Colt's truck and then ran to town to do a few other things, including spending a few hours at the gun shop. Once they got home, we cooked burgers for lunch. My dad got a new truck and was trading in his old one. His new one ended up not being ready Thursday so not only did Colt end up with a lift kit and alignment, he ended up stealing my dad's running boards too. My mom and I just visited most of the day. After Colt and my dad got done messing with all their stuff, the four of us headed to Paris to look for toolboxes for my dad's new truck. I had to work on Friday so we headed back Thursday night. Before we headed back, we met Heath, Jennifer and Tenison in MV at DQ for dinner and ice cream. It had been a few months since I had seen Tenison so it was fun to see him! He has a cute little personality.
After I got in from work Friday, we went and worked out and then went to dinner at Christina's. Saturday morning Colt had a mock interview at school. That morning, I did some stuff around the house including switching our closet out for fall and winter. About the time Colt got home, I left to go to Rockwall to take Lucky to the groomer. Colt was going to the gun show so I I just ran errands adn did some grocery shopping in Rockwall until Lucky was done. As soon as I got home, it was time to get ready to go to Grand Prairie to the horse races to celebrate David's birthday!
We also celebrated Alex's 5th Birthday on October 17th. I'm a bad mom. Since we were at my parents, I completely forgot about her birthday until we were on the way home that night. She got some treats when we got home to celebrate her birthday!
This week will be a busy week full or meetings and interviews, but I am looking forward to getting back to a better routine. I'm ready to start eating meals at home, working out again and spending more time at home period.
