by Alden | Sep 22, 2014 | General, Residency, Twins
A few weeks ago I read a blog post about keeping a marriage together through residency. There were a few things that really struck me as good ideas: taking a yearly vacation, and “buying time.” I don’t think that I need to explain what taking a...
by Alden | Jun 27, 2014 | Residency
I’ll admit, I’ve been terrified about Patrick’s residency starting. If you’l recall, I wrote this post a while back about the pros and cons of residency, which was just a way for me to mask my terror for a while. I’ve cried more than a...
by Alden | Jun 15, 2014 | Brush Ranch, Twins
I’m feeling entirely uninspired today, as sleep training the twins is not going well. I feel like we’ve had 3 pretty easy months (as far as sleep goes), and less than a week before Patrick starts residency, the kids decided they do not want to sleep. Day...
by Alden | Jun 11, 2014 | Residency, Twins
Over the past 8 or so years I’ve given Patrick countless pep talks. He is an incredible student and an incredible person, but has a way of doubting himself that can bring him to an almost standstill. First there were the pep talks about getting into med school...
by Alden | May 20, 2014 | Residency, Twins
Gottcha! My identity was totally not stolen but I thought it might get some of you to read at least the first line of this post. Ha! This is a post about my identity though and it does feel a bit hijacked at the moment, but it’s something I need to come to terms...
