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My name is Cherry and my husband is just starting is third year. I am so glad I found this site because the past year has been really hard. Here is my sad little story. My husband and I have been dating since 96. During his first year of med school we had a long distance relationship. (I stayed in California to finish my teaching credentials while he went to Chicago). We got married last June and I moved out in August. Being newly married to a 2nd year med student and being away from friends and family has been difficult. Since August this year has been stressful. I started working in an inner city school which was so much harder than my previous teaching jobs. I worked there for six months and was making 1/2 the salary I was making in California because I was waiting for my state credentials. To make matters worse, I was told by the city of chicago that I could not teach because they did not recognize the alternative certification program I attended. I had to leave the school in the midst of winter and found myself jobless and away from everyone I knew. My husband felt bad but he was just trying to keep his head above water with finals and boards. Though I would call my friends back home, they could not understand what I was going through...
Anyway, to make a long story short , I have finally taken care of all that paperwork nonsense and I have signed a contract to teach 2nd grade this coming year. I am so excited and I can't wait to be around people who can talk about something outside of medicine.
I am so happy about this site because it helps me to feel like I am not alone. The people around us are all med school students. My husbands med school friends are all nice and we like to go out with them but they are all young and single (we are both turning 30). When they are not talking about hospital rotations, they are talking about going to bars and clubs. My friends back home are all moms and I can't wait to have kids. When I bring up this topic to my husbands friends they look at me like I am speaking another language.
Well I think I've rambled on enough for my first post... I think I just had a lot of pent up frustrations. Thanks for this site again!
My name is Cherry and my husband is just starting is third year. I am so glad I found this site because the past year has been really hard. Here is my sad little story. My husband and I have been dating since 96. During his first year of med school we had a long distance relationship. (I stayed in California to finish my teaching credentials while he went to Chicago). We got married last June and I moved out in August. Being newly married to a 2nd year med student and being away from friends and family has been difficult. Since August this year has been stressful. I started working in an inner city school which was so much harder than my previous teaching jobs. I worked there for six months and was making 1/2 the salary I was making in California because I was waiting for my state credentials. To make matters worse, I was told by the city of chicago that I could not teach because they did not recognize the alternative certification program I attended. I had to leave the school in the midst of winter and found myself jobless and away from everyone I knew. My husband felt bad but he was just trying to keep his head above water with finals and boards. Though I would call my friends back home, they could not understand what I was going through...
Anyway, to make a long story short , I have finally taken care of all that paperwork nonsense and I have signed a contract to teach 2nd grade this coming year. I am so excited and I can't wait to be around people who can talk about something outside of medicine.
I am so happy about this site because it helps me to feel like I am not alone. The people around us are all med school students. My husbands med school friends are all nice and we like to go out with them but they are all young and single (we are both turning 30). When they are not talking about hospital rotations, they are talking about going to bars and clubs. My friends back home are all moms and I can't wait to have kids. When I bring up this topic to my husbands friends they look at me like I am speaking another language.
Well I think I've rambled on enough for my first post... I think I just had a lot of pent up frustrations. Thanks for this site again!
I am originally from Oregon but we did med school in Arizona and now we are in San Antonio for residency. We have no idea where we will end up but we would like to live somewhere in the west to be closer to family. 
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