I am Mary: wife of med student, mother, sewer, baker, gardener, oh this list could go on and on
Richard: Med student at OHSU class of 2013, father, husband, runner, volunteer (seriously he volunteers for everything)
Tilly: 9m old daughter, giggler, reader, crawler, stander, learner, and trier of all things new
Bruno: 16 yr old doggie, sleeper
We are the Brunos and our life is about to change. Really it is always changing but we are taking a big step and starting school this month! I had originally thought of starting this when Richard started school, but really this school process started... what was it a year ago? when he took the MCAT. So far it has been a wonderful process with lots of ups and few downs.
Richard applied to SO many schools his top choice being OHSU. We lived in portland for 3 years and LOVE it, I especially did not want to leave (but of course i would have). We found out he got accepted in Feb. and the day we found out we went looking for a house on the hill. We found one that day!
So from then until now we could have just relaxed right?! Richard was still working for the sleep lab at OHSU and we both had a lot going on with trips and family visits. And all the sudden school life started. I joined the Oregon Family Resident Network (ORFN) or spouse club which is a wonderful way to have support. Contact me if you would like info!! Richard started a Med13 group on the facebook and the class has had 5 parties so far! He has also taken on volunteering for an adhd study (something he worked on previously i believe) and he still continues to volunteer for another children development study with a former boss while still helping at the sleep clinic oh and hosting a sleep apnea support group once a month!
I love that he is involved in everything! I pushed him to run for national student delegate at the American Academy of Family Physicians conference that he went to Kansas City to give a speech for and only did not make it after 5 runoff ties. Bummer! I will continue to support him to be involved with everything he can. It is hard for me sometime to think about how much he does and wants to do, it leaves me thinking about how little time he has with me and Tilly. But he always makes time for us, and when there is really to much going on I just slip into his calendar "FAMILY DAY DO NOT PLAN ANYTHING" and he will stick to that! I am hoping that will still work while in school, I really don't know what it will be like! I am excited and nervous and anxious for it to start!!
So I have started this to get it out there how I deal with school, how much time we really get together, what years are harder than the rest. I am hoping it may help someone going through it to know they are not alone, and mainly so that I can look back in 4 years oh make that 10 after all the fellowships/residency/
I won't pretend to know all the fancy words Richard comes home with, to be honest I do not like blood or needles and am not looking forward to hearing about the cadavers!! I did just listen to him talk about an eye surgery he watched and I managed to sit through the whole thing!! But I will do my best to write what really is going on and how we are making it work!
Here's to the next 4-10 years!
Mary, you're the best! Your positivity and partnership with Rich is simply a joy to behold, and an inspiration. I'm so happy to have come to know and appreciate you better over these years in Portland, even if we don't see you guys as often as we'd like. I'm so happy--for selfish reasons, but also because it's what you wanted most--that you guys will continue to live in our beautiful Portland. I hope Jess and I can stick around, too! We love you guys, and we're so proud of you both (well, you all--Tilly is achieving more by the hour than we adults can hope for in months or days, really, right?).
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