March Madness

It was so amazing to be in the auditorium with my classmates today.  Matt was with me.  The room quiet at first, electric with excitement, and then all at once, a ripping-open of envelopes.  Smiles, and tears, and phone calls, oh my!  (Matt wondered if cell phone networks get clogged every Match-Day at noon, just like in some sort of catastrophic event.)  In my envelope was a dream come true -  my first choice: Cleveland Clinic.  That had been the program I fell in love with back in September, back when I submitted my applications, and today, here I am, pulling their name out of my envelope.  I felt like singing, "I've got a golden tiiiicket!"  Matt and I did our happy dance.   I called Mom and Dad.  Cue waterworks.  25 years of their support, 4 years of medical school, and I've finally got myself a real job ... as a doctor.

{ so shiny! }

So Matt and I will trek off to sunny Cleveland, OH next year, and we couldn't be more excited! The Cleveland Clinic is a world renowned hospital, and I am honored to train in a setting of such excellence.  Meanwhile, the housing market is really affordable there, and Matt has already begun finishing the basement of our first house in his mind ... something about a "man den."  

Now you may be thinking, wait a minute, you said "next year," but I thought you were graduating this May.  Before radiology residency training, I have to complete a one-year Internal Medicine internship, which I also learned today will take place at Beth Israel Medical Center here in NYC.  So before any "man den," there will be a cramped Manhattan studio. But only for a year, and then it's Cleveland .... ROCKS!  (You knew I'd say it eventually.)

By now you've noticed that my "March Madness" title was not referring to basketball.  Au contraire!  The other excitement for us today - our alma mater, Binghamton ... versus Duke in the NCAA tourney!  Off to watch the game now!  Gooooooo Bearcats!