Tag, I'm it

Okay, finally a topic that is not about school! Whew!
Here's a little insight into the lives of my hubby and me!

How long have you been together?  9 1/2 years (man I'm getting old!)

How long did you date?  Almost a year: dated 6 months, engaged for 5 months.

How old is he?  32, to my 29

Who eats more?  Are you kidding?  He does!

Who said "I love you" first? I think he did, but don't remember.

Who is taller?  Is there anyone who isn't?

Who sings better?  He does, and I try.

Who is smarter?  I'm more book smart, he's more everything else smart.

Who does laundry?  Me, although he used to help...

Who does the dishes?  Usually me, occasionally him.

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed?  I do (Is that the right side when looking at it from the foot of the bed?  That always confuses me.)  =)

Who pays the bills?  I do

Who mows the lawn?  He does, thank heavens.

Who cooks dinner?  Usually me, but he's a great cook.

Who is more stubborn?  This is a dangerous question, and I'm not sure I even know the answer.

Who kissed who first?  It was a mutual make out.  (Oh, did I just say that out loud?!)

Who asked who out?  I think he asked me.  We hung out with the same group, so we knew each other and hung out a lot.  Not sure about the first "date".

Who proposed?  I did.  He had  a proposal go wrong, and told me I was going to have to propose to him when I was ready.  Then he made it official by "asking me" and giving me the ring.

Who is more sensitive?  Do you mean who cries more?  I do.

Who has more friends?  Not sure...I probably have more people I socialize with.  

Who has more siblings?  He has 5 siblings to my 4.

Is this wrong?

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Thanks to my friend, Colin, I took a quiz that gave me this answer. Some of the questions made me laugh out loud! Apparently I'm not cut out for fighting children like he is, but I think I could hold my own!

The Latest Scoop

Okay, since I know you are all on the edge of your seats just waiting for my news, here's the scoop:  

I got a letter Northeastern yesterday, and I'm on their wait list.  I think wait lists are my destiny.  No instant gratification here!  I don't know where I'm ranked, I just have to tell them I want to be on the list for now, which I do.  I guess.  But really, I do.

I called the U of U today after not hearing and not being able to wait.  The details are:

Three people (out of 36) declined their seat in the program. (The real question here is: Are they on crack?!)  So they move to the wait list (Doris was a great help to me here).

#1 - accepted a seat

#2  - accepted a seat

#3 - hasn't responded yet

#4 - accepted and put deposit down somewhere else (doesn't mean they wouldn't still accept)

#5 - probably would accept

#6  - never RSVP'd to remain on the list, but will still be offered a seat (lame, I know)

#7 - me!

So, I could be a little as two seats away, if #3 doesn't accept.  Doris also told me that two years ago three people backed out even after paying their deposits.  So, there's still hope!  And it's better than one in a million!

Happy Valentine's Day to me!

Michael and I decided that because we went to Boston together last week and ate a couple great restaurants and did sightseeing and all that, that would count as our Valentine's Day celebration.  Then on Wednesday night, when I finally got home through the storm, Michael told me to eat and jump in the car, we were going to get my present.  I was surprised!  Then he told me I was getting new ski boots!!  I've had the same ones for about 10 years and they are a little bit for me, something that has really started to bother me lately.   So a few hours later I came home with these:

And even more amazing, was I also came home with these!:

HOW COOL IS THAT!  You can't really see the colors from this picture, but the skis are red and an orange color, not light pink like it looks.  Everything in the store was 40-70% off.  I got a great deal, which makes them even sweeter!  I have the best husband!  I love you Babe!  I can't wait to go skiing this weekend!  YEAH!

And, our adventures coming home were something else.  The freeway was closed because a semi-truck jack-knifed on I-15 northbound.  We got off in Lehi and tried to take a side road.  Hello.  That was interesting.  The wind was blowing so hard we couldn't see.  Then there was a car stuck in the feet of snow in the snowbank, and Michael, my macho, kind-hearted man, stopped to get him out.  After 25 minutes we were on our way.  He was that guy's hero that night!  He's my hero, too!

Boston, Part II

I had a great time in Bahstin as they say it. On the day of my interviews there were several books out about Boston for us to read in our down time. One was the Boston Dictionary. It was hilarious! The author was "Bahstin Dryvehs" or "Boston drivers" in regular English.
So, my second day was my interview day. I had three individual interviews. The first was with a physician that precepts students in the second year (year of rotations). He was an interesting guy. Kind of akward, so the interview was akward, but good. My second interview was sith a woman who graduated from the program several years ago. She was really nice and we got along great. Hit it off. The interview was more of a relaxed conversation. That went really well also. The third was with the program director, and again it was a very relaxed, very good interview. To make it simple: MY INTERVIEWS WERE FANTASTIC! I felt really good about my responses. There were no trick questions, nothing crazy, just talking. I was able to point out that I'm now one of the chief MA's in my clinic, that I order all the medication for my clinic, and that I have EIGHT years of experience. I pointed those things out in all three interviews, I think. They said most interviews would be done by 12:00 (starting at 8:00), but I finished at 9:45, so Michael and I had extra time to sight-see! When I was done interviewing, Michael and I both felt positive about the way things had gone, so we'll see!

First, we decided to walk the Freedom Trail. We started at Boston Commons and walked about 1/2 way through it (about a mile), saw 11 of the 16 sites, then walked back to the car and drove around to the end. Then we decided to drive out to Cape Cod for dinner. It took about an hour to get there, and when we got to the restaurant we were referred to, they were out of lobster! But they made a lobster casserole for Michael and I had crused sole with pinenuts and shrimp covered in an orange butter sauce. It was delectable! And the place was so quaint. We sat by the fireplace, and it was mostly lit by candles. It was very romantic. =) Happy Valentine's Day to us!

The next day, Ken and his girlfriend Sanjeeta came with us into the city. We saw the two sites from the tour we missed and had lunch at a great little (and I mean small - there were like 10 tables in there and that was too many) Italian restaurant in the North end of Boston. It was really fun. Ken and Sanjeeta are the nicest people. We stayed with them all but the first night we were there. He let us have his car to drive around (which had GPS, thank heavens!) and were just really fun to be with. Thanks guys!

Then we came home to our wonderful boys, and my wonderful parents who watched them while we were gone!

Now, we play the waiting game again. I will hear from the U of U on Tuesday if anyone declined the seat and how many in the waiting list have gotten in. Then I should hear from Northeastern U. by the end of the month, which is only two more weeks!

We made it...Bwoston

Yeah, that's the closest I can get to spelling it phonetically to match the accent. We arrived last night at 6:00 pm and a friend of my sister's, Ken (whe has been wonderful to us), picked us up at the airport, took us to our hotel (the John Hancock Hotel & Conference center, which isn't nearly as charming as the pictures on their website), then took us to find a restaurant. We walked around Copley Square mall and saw stores I've only heard about. To name a few, we walked past Saks Fifth Avenue, Tiffany & Co., Neiman Marcus, Gucci, Ralph Lauren, Kenneth Cole, and Hugo Boss. We didn't do any shopping around in those places because we were hungry and just looking for food. But I did get a really cute pair of red stone earrings to match my necklace I got in Mexico. Cool. Then we ate at Vinny T's, an Italian restaurant.
We made it back to the hotel, unpacked a little read a little and called it a night.

We got up this morning, got ready and after finding a cab (that the hotel was supposed to have ready for us) showed up late to the first session of the interview. Luckily, our first session was sitting in on a pharmacology class with the first year PA students for 2 hours.
After that we went to a small room and were introduced to some of the program's directors and such and were also given a financial aid info session. Session is a big word for the 5 minute spill we were given. It was the shortest info session I've received so far.
Michael was with me up to that point, but then he had to go as we split into groups and were paired off with 4 interviewees, a first year student and a second year student to ask questions. We had an hour for this and we were done in about 15 minutes.
Then Michael found us and we had lunch with some first year students who were great. After that, Michael again had to find his own way as I went to a "group activity" which is some kind of wierd code name for written test. We were given a "mini GRE" of 50 questions such as: "Do these two words have a. the same meaning b. opposite meanings or c. no relation to one another?" and "If a plane travels 75 feet in 1/4 second, how far does it travel in 5 seconds?" The questions are easy enough to figure out, but, you have 12 minutes to complete the test. The we had 20 minutes to complete two short essays. First was a 62 year old man diagnosed with advanced colon cancer. He asks the attending physician not to tell his wife. The next day the wife calls in and asks how his appt went. What do you tell her? The second was discuss the role of the pituitary gland. For the record, I answered the first one well and bombed the second one. I had to google 'pituitary gland' when I got out. Nice.
Then another question and answer period with a graduate of the program who has been working for 20 years as a PA. I've never had so many opportunities to ask questions. Every session started and ended, or was entirely made up of, asking questions.

Overall, today was an unimportant day. Tomorrow are my interviews. I did learn a few things today. I am terribly unlucky. There was a girl I talked to today who interviewed and was accepted to two of the other programs I applied to. She graduated with a 3.7 (I graduated with a 3.6), she has been a CNA for 1 1/2 YEARS!! I have been an MA for 8 YEARS! YES, 8 YEARS! AND SHE WAS ACCEPTED TO TWO TOP TEN PROGRAMS IN THE NATION THAT I DIDN'T EVEN GEN AN INTERVIEW WITH! WHERE'S THE JUSTICE? Okay, I'm done *yelling*, and I'm getting over it. Kind of. Of the other 2 people I talked to, one has been an OR tech for 1-2 years (doing EKG's and drawing blood, which I've done for 8 years, if I may remind you) and the other is a massage therapist, with NO MEDICAL EXPERIENCE. Yeah, I know, I'm over it. Let's just say if I don't get in here, or anywhere, I'm calling schools and throwing tantrums.

Okay, it's late, this is long, and I'm going to bed. Tomorrow I have interviews until 12 then sight seeing in Boston! Yeah! Wish me luck!

You guys are awesome!

Well, I'm feeling much better today. I just want to say thanks to all my friends and family....you guys rock! After putting up my last post on a day that I was feeling a little down, I got a lot of positive feedback from everybody. I LOVE READING YOUR COMMENTS! Even if you think you don't have anything to say, I love knowing that I'm important enough for you to read about! The first thing I look on when I open my blog is if I have any new comments!

Anyway, all your fun comments helped me feel more positive, and I also received emails and phone calls to help cheer me up. And I am. Now I just have to figure out a way to get 7 people to decide the the U of U is not for them. Hmmm......

Yesterday we went skiing at Snowbird with my parents, my cousin and her husband. Nothing like a GREAT day on the slopes to clear your mind and lift your spirits. The snow was awesome! But I was beat at the end of the day. We skiied hard all day, on all blacks and almost all moguls. Also, it was freezing! It was so cold that at the end of they day my behind was HURTING sitting on the chair up because of how cold it was. But it was still great. And it helped that we had an awesome babysitter. A girl from Michael's work came over and watched they boys and she was so good with them! That always helps make the day a little better for us. Thanks Malena!

All-in-all I'm feeling better and it's mostly due to your love and support, and especially the patience of my sweet husband!

My life in limbo

I feel like I'm destined to live my life in limbo. I've been doing it since October when I submitted my applications to PA school. Then I heard I had an interview in Seattle. I was so excited. I waited to get there. I interviewed well, then I waited to hear. I didn't get in. Then I was on the wait list to interview at the U of U. I interviewed well, and now....

I heard from the U of U today, and I'm on the wait list to get in. I guess it's better than not being accepted, but I was hoping they loved me. I was hoping to just be accepted. BUT, I was on the wait list to interview and that happened, so who knows. So, now I'm going to Boston next Thursday to interview at Northeastern U., and I'll wait to hear from them. In the email, they did say that last year, there were 9 people from the wait list accepted. This year those accepted have until February 14th to accept or decline. However, some were accepted as last as right before classes started in May. If (and that's a big if at this point) I'm accepted elsewhere (like NU) I won't be able to wait until May to hear. Whatever.

I'm starting to feel more than nervous. I'm feeling really stressed about it. I have a short temper lately, get my feelings hurt easily, basically I've probably not been much fun to be around. It's a very trying process to live in limbo for so long. Such is life, I guess.

Sorry about the downer post. Maybe next time I'll have better news!