So I’ve never really written a blog before, but seeing as how I’ve been so busy with life recently, I just wanted to share some updates with everyone. Here goes:

1.  So my sister just had twin baby girls!! It’s actually really exciting.  She’s got two boys already running around and causing trouble, but now they’ve got two babies on top of that. It’s actually kinda scary in my opinion, but I guess there’s balance now that there are two girls.  Now she’s got 2 boys and 2 girls and she feels less lonely now that the numbers stack up more evenly.  Twice the feedings, sleepless nights, dirty diapers, barfing, pooing, and complaints…but I guess it’s always twice as fun!

2.  Just finished applying for residencies and am anxiously awaiting to hear from programs for interviews.  Haven’t been really in a position where I needed to prove myself in a really long time, but I feel like everytime I interview, I have to impress the interviewers so they’ll accept me.  Pretty much what I’ll be doing is tricking people into thinking I’m worthy (even though I’m a complete mess).  Hopefully it’ll work and I’ll get into residency somewhere in LA!  If not, see you in Alabama.

3.  I’ll be doing a dermatology externship at UCI (awesome to be back in SoCal).  I’m super excited to find out about the program while also taking the opportunity to spend time with my family.  Should be fun!

4.  Lots of thinking/contemplating/life-planning to do.  Really important things have happened in my life recently; things I realize now that I can’t change no matter how hard I try.  It’s tough because I’m so used to being in control of situations…and to not be able to control/fix/remedy this situation is really affecting me.

PS – Meet the new twin nieces…Katie and Alyssa.

And a bonus:

Ethan and Aaron