Interview Trail

Devin's been in the process of interviewing for residency positions recently! Actually, he is pretty much done with them at this point. Last month, Calvin and I accompanied him on his Chattanooga interview. As this is one of the programs we are most interested in, we added an extra day on the trip to really get a good feel for the area, do some site seeing, and get a mini vacation out of it all!

Calvin was a trooper on the car ride (it was timed to largely overlap with his morning nap), but his favorite part was definitely the short break we took in the grass.

Even with all the travel he's done alredy, this was his first experience staying in a hotel, and it was an especially unique experience.  We decided to stay on the Delta Queen, a historic riverboat docked in the middle of the city.  The staff was wonderful, the view was fantastic, and the location couldn't be beat.

Unfortunately, with so much going on, Calvin mostly only napped in this car seat or stroller the whole trip.  Thankfully, he is an amazingly resilient baby and was wonderful and happy even in his state of sleep deprivation.

Calvin woke up in time to see the penguins diving and swimming.

Calvin LOVED watching the jellyfish!

He was a little perplexed by the gopher hole in the middle of the giant crab tank.  No fears, though, Devin was holding him.

This is Stewy the green sea turtle.  Calvin watched him for a while.  He appeared to be waving his fin the whole time.

Calvin also squealed at the tank through the whole dive show.  The divers later found him and said they loved watching him.  They gave us a shark tooth for Calvin as well.

In the gift shop, Devin decided to let Calvin choose a stuffed toy.  He actually dove for this turtle and carried him to the register.  The cashier actually cut the tag off with Calvin still clinging to it.  I loved it.

After this, we had Devin's pre-interview dinner with the residents.  It was actually a very helpful meeting, and we all enjoyed it.  Devin interviewed the next morning, then.  Now, he is actually in Chattanooga for the month doing an away rotation...aka, an audition rotation.  While it's not very fun being separated  we'll actually get to see him a couple time.  Calvin gets really excited to Skype with his Daddy, too.  This program is still a top choice, too, so we are glad to have this opportunity.  We can submit our rank list in a couple weeks (although we can also wait until late February), and then we'll find out where we we'll be for the next three years in March!!