A quick summary

It has been such a long time since I've posted--so long, in fact, that I may be sending this out to the void because probably no one checks our page anymore. But, when we miss our old friends it's nice to read their stories, check up on them. So maybe one or two of you want to check up on us too...

I feel like so much has happened this year (obviously, I'm still in academia-- since I am referring to the "school" calendar year, which for residency, is July to July), yet I find it difficult to really expand on any one thing. The truth is, I can't believe how fast it has flown by. My last post was right after my first vacation in intern year. I still find my job as overwhelming and terrifying as I did back then, but I am surprised by how much more manageable it seems. "The Match" was last week for the incoming class of interns--meaning we have now hired our incoming 1st years. I will still be a 1st year until July 1, but it made me realize how soon I'll be a 2nd year resident. It's scary how fast it went.

So, since my last post a lot has happened. Nothing ground-breaking. No babies. But we've had some pretty good times with each other and our friends in this crazy city. So here are some highlights (ok, they are the only events in which a camera was present--otherwise, I would be lost in a sea of memories all afternoon trying to sort them out).

In chronological order:

We saw the last series at the original Yankee stadium



The Self Family tailgate grew a LOT. Our small contribution, a beer pong table...





Alvis met a new Hoyer



The Village Halloween Parade (John and Jim)



Thanksgiving with Lori



Around this time, Niki came to visit, but since there are no pictures, I will have to pretend like it didn't happen...

Christmas with the Fam...look closely, they're all there



A visit from the Huffines



A trip to Hershey, PA to see Dave as Sweeney Todd in the Broadway National Tour (of Sweeney Todd)





We residents took a ski trip



We got Guitar Hero (and yes, I rock)





I dyed my hair again (I know...I don't have a picture of my sister visiting, and I have a picture of this?)



So there is the brief synopsis of our recent lives. I will try to post more often. But more than likely I will stop for another 6 months and just continue to enjoy the blogs of everyone else.