The Time Has Come

Have you ever seen Harriet the Spy? Well, there is a part in that movie where the nanny is helping Harriet get ready for bed, they recite a rhyme the goes like this:

“’The time has come,” the Walrus said,

“To talk of many things:

Of shoes—and ships—and sealing-wax—

Of cabbages—and kings—

And why the sea is boiling hot—

And whether pigs have wings.”

I’m not sure why this poem is the one running through my head but perhaps it is because for us, The Time Has Come!

     Match Day was on St Patrick’s Day. On March 17, 2011 after a year of preparation; weeks spent perfecting the application, 3 months of away rotations, interviews all over the country, several drafts creating our ideal rank list and weeks and weeks and weeks and years (well, really one year but it felt like more) of waiting…..and still more waiting we know now where Sean’s next four years of medical training we be.

     On Monday March 14, 2011 we received notice that we had in fact matched. This was wonderful news
because it meant we did not have to scramble. Now we knew we had a place go but we would have to wait until Thursday at one o’clock to find out where.

     It was kind of surreal week, we went about our regular routine in anticipation of Thursday but I don’t think we’ve ever been so excited for a week to pass us by.

     On Thursday we got to work about 7:15 am. Sean went off to rounding in the hospital for his cardiology rotation and I went to my office.

     5 hours later we were finally off and on our way home…. The Matches were going to be posted at 1:00 pm. We raced home so that we could ready. Sitting on our couch watching as the computer imitate a snail had us biting our nails in anticipation!

     At last the screen that came up! I was frantically scanning the screen, seeing nothing as my eyes went over and over again the information they so desperately wanted to see but couldn't stop long enough to process it. Then while in my panic search I hear Sean say “Oh my gosh!!” Ahhh, what what? What does it say….. Reno Nevada for intern year he tells me…and Dallas Texas for years 2, 3 and 4 for training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation!

     Wow! Is all that could be said. And from there that is about all that happened for approximately 10 minutes.

     We were both a little bit in shock- trying to get the news to sink in. Don’t misunderstand though- we are thrilled! Reno was our top choice for Inter-year, only a very short 8 hours away from home plus they have a good program to offer! Dallas was right at the top of our “ideal rank list” motioned earlier; it was just a little off our radar.

     Sean felt really good about Dallas when he interviewed there. The people were great. The area is really nice and the program was just what he was looking for to get the best training he could. We decided before the Match even happened that where ever we were supposed to go is where we would be Matched. We didn’t rank any program that we could not be happy at. We cannot wait to find out what Reno and Dallas have in store for us.

     So now, for Sean and I, The time has Come! Instead of shoes, kings, pigs and boiling water however, we will be talking of many different things: places to live, moving vans, graduation, road trip across the country and whether we will melt in Dallas.

     The initial shock has worn off and we are still so excited! We love this adventure we are living, who would have thought- Dallas Texas!


xoxo