Match Day!

So, it's clearly taken me a little while to process all this (and we've been SO busy in the ensuing 9 days!), but Devin has been accepted to a residency program in Concord, North Carolina!  While this wasn't our top choice, it's a place we are actually very, very excited about.  The program is fantastic, it gives us multiple options for Devin's career path, and we are pretty in love with the town.

Back to the drama of it all, though...we spent the week leading up to Match dealing with Calvin's first ever real sickness.  It was pretty rough.  As in, we were up with a sick, feverish baby until 3 am discussing the future and then waking up with him again at 8 am.  We didn't even get to celebrate the "You've matched!" email.  Finally, on Thursday, he was better enough for us to have a celebratory lunch...and we got food poisoning.  We were honestly doubting whether we'd make it to the Match Day celebration.

Thankfully, we got some drugs and gatorade in our systems, put on our costumes (Calvin & Hobbes & parents!), and made it out the door.  We were sooo grateful to be called in the first hour.  Unfortunately, we only lasted a few minutes past our envelope being pulled, but I'm so glad we made it!  And, we got to celebrate more with Devin's family that weekend.

This weekend, we headed up to Concord to meet the residents, attendings, and many of the other new interns at an informal mixer.  We pretty much love everyone that Devin will be working with at this point!  Calvin made a couple new friends while there, too!  Now, we just have to get our house ready to sell (and then sell it!), find a new place to live, pack up, and move with a baby all in the next couple months!