Match Madness!

This last Thursday was National Match Day, the day when, at the same time all across the country, 4th year medical students find out where they'll spend the next 3-7yrs of their lives in residency. It's the day they've been waiting four years for! This year it was Josh's turn, and in two years it will be mine and Jordana's.


Josh matched at an incredible program in Seattle, Virginia Mason, where it seems he will be a perfect fit! So come May he'll graduate in Carnegie Hall and then it's another cross-country road trip back to the great northwest. Jacqueline couldn't be happier to be moving back to family, friends, and drizzly Seattle weather. There's always Zokas on those drizzly Sunday afternoons after Bethany!



Josh with two of his classmates, both heading back to the NW as well! So it can be done!! Guy is going into Radiology and Sharon is doing General Surgery. Mark my words, Josh and Guy will be climbing Pilchuk, Baker, and Rainier together before you know it.

The Real Top Chef

Jordana's mom, Jane, making these incredible little stuffed shrimp. She'll say something like, "oh, those are easy to make", but that's just her. Let me tell you, they're not that easy to make and they're super tasty! It's got to be the professional chef coat!

New Phones and New Service!

Finally my horrible contract with Cingular/AT&T/Cingular/AT&...Yeah, they can't even pick a name! Jordana and I have been waiting for this day for quite some time now, lugging around heavy, fat, ugly phones for the past year-and-a-half. Finally, she got her cute little RAZR and I invested in a smartphone. It's smart, see, it can do anything! Phone, internet, drug reactions, differential diagnoses, calculator, calendar, games, etc. Plus I'm planning on getting one of those snazzy leather belt cases that all the important doctors wear. That'll be us in just a few short months!
Oh yeah, and we switched to Verizon which everybody says is the best. We'll see. We'll probably be counting down the 24months until we can switch again. I'm not expecting any miracles here.

So my new # is 860-866-8433