Medical School - Year Three

Friday was M's med school rotation lottery. We were on the phone throughout the day discussing the different options. His first choice went well: Surgery will be at his school's hospital in October and wrap up before Christmas. Internal Med and Neurology will be at a hospital less than 2 miles from my work from January - April. We'll be less than ten minutes away all of tax season 2014! I am glad we used the good choice on the longer blocks. I can't imagine if he had to have an away rotation for two months, especially if that rotation was the dreaded Surgery.
His second choice was unfortunate. As nearly the last one from his group to choose, all the rotations that were near us were gone. The first rotation, Family Medicine, will be at a hospital 45 minutes away. That's one annoying commute at 6am in the summer. His second rotation (Pediatrics) is four hours away for 6 weeks. At first we were really bummed about such a long distance - we finally just got adjusted to being with each other. Overall, I think it's good for him to be at a hospital in a city we might potentially choose for residency. OB and Psych will be back in our town just in time for my second mini tax season.
So, Friday sucked. Saturday I worked till the late afternoon and then went to go hang out with friends. Having friends close by has been the best part of moving back to Pennsylvania. My weekends in Maryland were so lonely before, and tax season was a blessing because I was too busy to have free time. This time around my work isn't too bad, deadlines aren't as strict, and I am capable of handling that much stress.
So, as part of our Valentine's Day weekend- since we just stayed in that night, we went to a brewery with some college friends and spent the night laughing and drinking good beer.
We also went to see the newest Die Hard movie, which wasn't very good. I never saw any besides the first one, so have no idea if this was a gradual decline or a sudden drop in the quality of Die Hard.
Regardless of the crappy movie, these friends are the same people that went to weekly trivia night in college where I met M. It's like a tight knit family of men and me, the token female. It feels great to all get together so often even though we've been out of school nearly three years.
I wish all nights ended with me laughing in stitches with friends.