Can we do a quick roll call?

[PrincessFiona]

Sally, I was always reading it mom max. lol

1. Kris
2. Region. Frozen tundra i.e. Minnesota
3. DH has been out of training enough years that I've stopped counting now
4. 5 kids aged 19 to 8 and 4 cats, 1 dog, 2 gecko and 3 fish

[Ladybug]

1. Erica, Ladybug was my first daughter's initial nickname, but it faded. She's commonly known as Goose now (Lucy-Goosey). Close family friends refer to her as Goose too. I still haven't told her about Top Gun and Goose's demise. Heartbreak.

2. We live in upstate NY. We're native Texans so this is a big climate change. After living in Texas I get extreme weather and seasons though.

3. DH is an endocrine surgeon and we've been out of training pain for 8 years now.

4. We have four kiddos, three girls and one little guy, 10, 8, 5, 4.

[spaz]

That was my nickname in college. I was and still am a ball of happy energy in my real life. People say they are tired looking at my life.

2. The South

3. He is an orthopod who has been out practicing for almost 20 years.

4. We have three children: 19, 17 and 12.

[Michele]

Michele

Florida

No spouse

Three kids (8, 5, 4), one dog and two cats

[ides]

Username - ides - Shakespeare "beware the ides (the middle) of March"

Living: Oklahoma City

Training: 2 years out of training, hand surgeon

Family: Son, Oscar, 6 years; 2 Cats, Luther (7) and Isis (1); 1 dog, Zef 1.25 years.

[OrionGrad]

OrionGrad

PNW

PGY-5, Ortho

Two boys and a rambunctious French Bulldog.

[TulipsAndSunscreen]

Most people in real life call me "E" which is the first letter of my name. And here I'm usually T&S. Screen name is a quote from my mom when something was awesome "it's a miracle! Like tulips and sunscreen!" She apparently thinks those are miracles.

Carolinas which we LOVE after college in the northeast and med school in the Midwest.

PGY-3 Uro

Two girls C (2.75) and D (10 months). We are also non custodial parents of a beloved Springer Spaniel we had to re-home (he became aggressive), he lives where we did med school.

[Amiens]

1) I too changed my name back in the mass exodus change to Amiens. It was unique, and mine. I did a study abroad in Amiens, France during dh's 3rd year of medical school
2) Northwest Potato Fields
3) 9 years attending hood, in gas (anesthesia)
4) 4 kids: girl 12 (7th grade), boy 11 (6th grade), boy 8 (3rd grade), and girl 7 (2nd grade). We have 10 chickens, and 3 kittens. The boys play soccer, and cross country. We all mountain and road bike, and ski. The girls have tried various sports, and my oldest asked to stop being put into competitive sports, because "I don't like to compete, I just like doing it on my own time and to have fun." We are the Von Trapp musical family: all 4 kids play piano, E (the oldest) played percussion and flute, and B (#2) plays violin but wants to eventually move to viola.

I ride my bike A LOT. I set a goals this past year to do my 1st century (100 miles), metric century (60 miles), and do at least 2 events one being a multi day event. Dh and I did a road tour event called Cycle Oregon. This year was 34,000 feet of climbing (elevation gain) and 480 miles in some amazingly beautiful scenery. We ended up doing 540 miles, and 36,000 feet of climbing. It was quite fun. The camping that is another story. I also volunteer here and there in the kids' schools: A STEM school, and public middle school. Volunteerism seems to decline the older the child gets- I find other ways to help the teachers. I like to give back to the community by working with a hospice company as a volunteer. So far it is rewarding, and you definitely have to check any reservations about death and dying at the door. I love seeing the relief the family receives just from 1-2 hours of reprieve to run errands or the smile on the patient's face that someone is there to see them, even if it means I do a puzzle with them for an hour or learn how to play Rummy.

[MrsC]

1. MrsC

2. We're in PA

3. DH is an Anesthesia/Critical Care attending.

4. We have a 1 year old boy and two cats.

[Thirteen]

Thirteen, from the character "Red XIII" on Final Fantasy 7.
Originally confused with Olivia Wilde's character on "House" -- she's great, but I don't identify on a personal level with her.

We're pretty nomadic, and have moved a lot. Currently in Florida.

FM: the shortage allows us the privilege to basically live wherever we'd like. There will always be a need, and a job - rural or urban. DH is a jack of all trades, master of none attending.

2 unruly Siberian Huskies - one that's an Aspy, and another that's a klepto/attention-seeker.


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[Bittersweet]

1. Bittersweet. Taken from a Big Head Todd & The Monsters song.

2. CO

3. PGY6 cards fellow (four more years left before the bon bons)

4. We have two boys: a 3 year old and an almost 2 year old. We also have a dog and cat.

[civilspouse]

I'm Meghan. Civilspouse because I'm a civil engineer but when we moved for residency I became a SAHM.

PNW

PGY1-Anesthesia

DS is 4 and DD is 15 months. We have a black lab mix who is 5.


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[ballibeg]

I'm pretty sure there's a roll call around here somewhere, but I'm always on my phone and way lazy to search.

I would love a quick roll call- feel free to change what you share but I'll start with

1) name if you want to share or explain your username if you'd like
2) region where you live
3) stage of training your SO is in
4) kids or pets or both? If you want to share

Thanks all!!!

1) I'm Dave. Ballibeg is the name of my first croft. It means place of the small hollow. We moved 7 years ago but name has stuck.

2) I'm in the west of Scotland. 2 hours from Glasgow. Live on edge of small town of 2000.

3) dw is a General Practitioner, that's a family doctor but she also runs a 20 bed community hospital with a fully fledged ER.

4) 3 kids, 13,11 and 9. We're small scale farmers so loads of stock! Pet dog and chinchilla.

[MDPhDWife]

Can we do a quick roll call?

1. Charlene, but most people call me Charly. My user name is pretty self explanatory, my DH did a hellaciously long MD/PhD program.

2. Grew up in NM, currently live in AZ, looks like we are headed to TX next year though.

3. DH is in his final year of Ophtho residency, PGY-4

4. Two daughters, ages 13 (8th grade) and 10 (5th grade). Kids and DH are all seniors this year! 😉

ETA: Forgot about my Baby boys! We have a dorkie Yorkie and a loudmouth lazybones Lhasa Apso. Both are rescues.

[LynnAlicia]

1. Lynn - I was thinking oh I should be an adult have have a screen name that is actually my name - ha no one has that here. OPPS.

2. We grew up in Washington (state), just moved to Ohio for med school.

3. MS-1

4. We just adopted a big black cat!