Saturday Morning Update

We're at the library this morning (yes, I do realize it's a Saturday morning - don't all of you miss this phase in your life?), so I figured I would procrastinate a little more and update everyone on the past week.

Final update: I've got 5 residency interviews total: one this past week, February 2, February 9, February 11, February 25. Needless to say, with all of those (on top of the Brad Paisley concert and half marathon during the first two weekends in February), we're going to be on the road a lot during the month of February.

Thank you so much for all of you who asked about the interview this week - I can't tell you how much having such a fantastic support system means to me! The interview went pretty well. Through all of this, I have discovered some things about me.

1. I hate interviewing.
2. I feel like being an introvert puts me at somewhat of a disadvantage.
3. I've also discovered that I can be somewhat uncomfortable talking about myself with people I don't know well (especially large group settings). And it has nothing to do with not wanting people to know about me - generally, I like to be a transparent person. It's more of a (bad?) habit that I've established. Most of the time around new people I ask questions about the other person and try to keep the focus of the conversation on them. So sitting in front of a group of 8 pharmacists and talking completely about me and "what makes me great" is very uncomfortable.

It's something I'm trying to work through and get better at. So, hopefully these 5 interviews will gain me a residency position and make me more comfortable at interviewing =). I just keep reminding myself that if a program doesn't like who I am and the personality I have, interacting with them on a daily basis would not be a beneficial situation for anyone involved.

God's given both me and Luke a real peace about the whole situation next year. If you had asked me one month ago where we'd be, I would have spouted out a "top 3 list." Now, who knows. It could be any of the 3 cities I'm interviewing in. Or the Lord could bring us through all of this to say that none of these options are right, and we need to move to California. So, we'll see where we end up (but hopefully not California). My hope and prayer is that the Lord would give us patience and peace throughout this whole process, that this next step would be abundantly clear, and that we would be entirely willing to follow wherever He calls.