to those who have gone before me...

Kelly -

Even though we were not in the same state for PGY1&2, I felt a **huge** sense of relief when we hit PGY3. It's almost at the halfway mark! Or, if you are in my head, it IS the halfway mark. I like to trim a good six months off of the months and years left calendar because I figure we will be busy with moving, etc! I'm with you, though! I think we will most definitely have to celebrate this June when we hit the PGY4 mark!! Hey, if you've done 2-3 years, what is another 2-3?!

[mommax3]

I felt like we were going to make it when we were sitting at the end of the year banquet for the class ahead of my husband -- so that was at the end of year three, of a four year program.



There were several months during fourth year where I had so much pent up resentment and rage that I thought I might burst -- but I think that was due to the fact that my husband really got the shaft assignment-wise (military) and because we had a week of leave yanked away from us the day it was to start because it would be too hard on the second year that he was doing a rotation with, since she had just had a baby. Never mind that my husband spent several weeks ALONE on the same rotation as a second year..... I was livid -- but I'm not at all bitter! b:



Sally

[houseelf]

Was there a point in your residency when you finally felt that even though it was very tough going, you just might make it through from the place that you were at?



I guess that it just dawned on me yesterday that we're soon to be PGY-3. Essentially, we have a lot of water beneath us. Even though this is damn difficult, I feel like we have survived the hardest two years and that there may be an end ***someday***. I guess that I'm starting to feel ....hopeful(?)



Kelly

[DCJenn]

I was just thinking as we are in the process of planning the "we survived 2nd year" party- we only have one more year! and given the way my job has gone this week- I CAN"T WAIT to have a reason to leave!



I love my house and I love the part of San Antonio where we live but I can't wait to be done! If the Army wants to send us to PoDunk, I'll be happy (but unlike Sally- I don't have kids so I have a bit more freedom to go anywhere). I told my husband we can go anywhere except Ft. Irwin California because it's only 2 hours away from my mother-in-law and the rest of his insane family.



Jenn