M Day has come!!! The anticipation is OVER!!

[twinsmom]

WAHOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

After a horribly grueling 'pre-envelope' opening ceremony (through which I was physically shaking with anticipation ), the envelopes where opened, and We are going to......... The Mayo Clinic in Rochester!!!!! It was our first choice. We both started crying - it was like all of the blood, sweat, and tears all melted away and every second of stress and agony was worth it. (Okay, so I'm just a WEE bit melodramatic, but hey, it was a HUGE deal for us!! DH is the first - along with his brother - from his whole extended family to even go to college, let alone get an advanced degree... it was a huge milestone for his whole side of the family).

Before we move there, however, we will be doing a preliminary year at Yale - another top choice - needless to say, we are both out of our minds with giddiness right now. I am so excited to get to know some new cities and new cultures. We have both wanted to live on the east coast, even if for just a few years. We came home and started looking things up on New Haven - I was ready to jump in the car and go scope out housing over the weekend.

So, are any of you familiar with the northeast? Any and all suggestions of where to start would be wonderful!! Also, for next year, if you see any great houses or know of residents that are planning to move away from Rochester next year, keep us in mind for the housing market.

WOW - I am so excited I can hardly sit still. Adventures on every side!!

Congrats to all of you who have matched also - Let me know where!!

Jen B.

[Amiens]

Congrats!!! You must be excited!

Crystal

[SuzySunshine]

Jen,
Congrats - definitely look us up while you're looking into Rochester next year! Also, one of my DH's classmates matched at Mayo for his derm residency - they are doing their prelim year in Wisconsin!

Congrats again!

[Sheherezade]

Congratulations! I have a good Yale connection or two. My FIL has taught at the med school for the last 15-20 years (retired now) and he used to own a couple of small apartment buildings in New Haven. DH grew up around there (Trumbull CT). We also know a young family that is just finishing up their gyn onc fellowship at Yale. My impression was that downtown was iffy, although I'm sure there are some nicer areas. Plenty of suburbs. Let me know what you are interested in and I will try and get you some info. As for Rochester....I know nothing!!!

Angie

[migirl]

A hearty congratulations to you and your husband! That's wonderful that you got your first choice. New Haven and Rochester seem like completely different places (from each other, that is), that should be quite the experience! Good luck with the packing and moving.

Congratulations, Jen!
You did it! And even sweeter that you got your top choice. We have heard great things about the derm training at Mayo.

Yeah!!

[fluffhead]

We're at Yale. PM me with any questions.

Congratulations! I lived in nyc for 7 years, so if you go to nyc when living in CT and want some insider scoops, let me know. I also lived in Buffalo (1 hour from Rochester) for two years. The winters are hard, the countryside is beautiful and Rochester has a small and nice openminded educated community. I don't think housing is expensive either.

Congratulations again!

r

[Auspicious]

Re: M Day has come!!! The anticipation is OVER!!

So, are any of you familiar with the northeast?

Familiar enough to know that New England is gorgeous! New Haven is along our usual drive from NYC to Boston, and it's a drive that always makes me think "Wow, this is a beautiful part of the country." I think there are a lot of things about New England that appeal to midwestern sensibilities (I forget if you said you were a native midwesterner), but at the same time it's different enough that it's still a definite learning experience. I suspect you're going to love it.

Congratulations!

[Flynn]

Congrats! I'm really happy you are happy!!!

[houseelf]

Congrats. Enjoy year year in CT and then welcome to the Minnesota 'hood. We have a regular posse growing up here!

Kelly

[twinsmom]

Cheri -
Is your dh's friend named Phil?? My dh did his away rotation with Phil at Mayo and they really clicked. They also interviewed the same day and were both saying how cool it would be if they both got in there - the called each other yesterday and were both excited out of their minds!!

I will definitely be emailing you and looking you up when we get ready to head out that way next year!!

Jen B.

[SueC]

Congratulations!!!

[peggyfromwastate]

congratulations! We did a cross country move with 24 month old twins, so it CAN be done (but is a bit painful at times!) I know how anxiously you've been waiting and how cool that you all got the #1 choices! And look at the resources for you from other people on this site (although I have nothing to add...)

BTW, does anyone out there know why they call Michigan midwest, yet everything west of the Dakotas is considered way out there west? I know it's totally off topic, but this has always puzzled me.... Why do "easterners" get so many zones?

[Auspicious]

BTW, does anyone out there know why they call Michigan midwest, yet everything west of the Dakotas is considered way out there west? I know it's totally off topic, but this has always puzzled me.... Why do "easterners" get so many zones?

Because it's more heavily populated and was settled first, I guess.

Do westerners really think of people from Michigan and people from, say, New Jersey as just two different kinds of "easterners"? That's funny.

It's always amazed me that Northwestern University is in Chicago--interesting to think that that was the northwestern frontier at one point. I guess it would have shown more foresight to wait until the country was fully settled before determining all their terminology.



[PC disclaimer: of course this is all from the Eurocentric viewpoint, as the country was already settled by Native Americans, yadda yadda yadda]