Mom and Dad B flew home. Christmas decorations are coming down. 2010 is officially underway.
I wasn’t planning on doing one of those year-in-review reflection summary posts. But here it is.
2009
January – Brandon and I rang in the New Year in Saskatoon. It was blizzarding. His first visit to meet my family and experience Canadian winter.
February – Booked tickets for parents to come to Nevis.
March – MED 5 has a garage sale as we all prepare to leave the island.
April – Finish Basic Sciences. Say good-bye to Nevis. Initiated refund process with Travelocity. Whisked away on a surprise trip to Venice. Engaged!
May – Bought wedding dress at first stored I tried. Nightmare getting it fitted. Mornings at YMCA with mom. Days at Moose Jaw library with Step 1 material. Fought with Travelocity for refund.
June – Brandon surprises me by driving to Moose Jaw. More studying. Robin and Aruna visit the farm on their way to Ontario.
July – Finally receive refund from Travelocity. Step 1 is done! I passed!
August – Married! Rotations start in Oklahoma City. Deliver a couple of babies.
September – Husker season starts. Ob/Gyn is replaced by Family Medicine. Suh joins our little family.
October – Family Medicine (and H1N1 flu season) ends. Enjoy Internal Medicine.
November – Brandon cooks his first turkey for American Thanksgiving. The Roughriders make it to the Grey Cup.
December – Mom and Dad B come to visit! Brandon takes Step 1!
I can hardly predict how this year is going to top the awesomeness of last year… but here’s a sneak peek at what’s to come.
2010
January – Finish Internal Medicine rotation. Start Pediatrics. Apply for and arrange fall elective rotations.
February – Head to Vancouver for a few Olympic hockey games. Joyce takes Step 1!
March – Psychiatry rotation.
April – Take Step 2. Start 3-month Surgery rotation.
May – Maddy turns 7!
July – Roughriders are back in Mosaic Stadium.
August – 1st anniversary!
September – Husker season starts again!
December – Brandon finishes his MBA!
Today’s photo is of the Survivor Tree at the Oklahoma City Memorial for the Murrah Federal Building bombing. I absolutely adore this tree. I don’t know what it is. Maybe the old grainy black-and-white photos of it sitting in someone’s backyard decades ago. Or the way new growth sprouted the spring after the bombing when everyone needed to believe life would go on.
I am thankful we are more than just “surviving” this time in our life. We are soaring and celebrating. Life is awesome.
Wow, when you summarize it like that it really is impressive how many things we were able to accomplish in such a little amount of time. It is amazing to me that we were on Nevis just this time last year. It feels like such a long time ago now. I am really excited to see what the year will hold for us and I am certain it will be one of the best yet!!