Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Another Medical School Exam Complete

Good news!! I am officially on vacation! Ivan and I came up to Chicago on Sunday and spent the night with our friends Luke and Jaymi Raad. They have been great hosts, helping us find our way around the city.

We woke up bright and early on Monday to take the train to the testing center. The exam I took was based on the students seeing "fake" patients. We had 15 mins with each patient and had to take a history, do a physical exam, and then write a patient note. It went better than I excepted, it was much nicer than taking a written exam. I am very glad it is over, so now I can focus on getting to Bulgaria.

After my exam we spent the evening catching up with Luke and Jaymi. They are going to have a baby in a month so their lives are going to be changing. They are both super excited about the adventure that lies ahead. We had a wonderful dinner and all went to bed pretty early because of our crazy busy day.

So today Ivan and I are getting together the final preparations for our trip. A snow storm is blowing into Chicago this afternoon so I am keeping my fingers crossed that we will be able to get out of the city. We fly out this evening at 5:40pm. We are going to take the train to O'Hare and leave our car here at the Raad house.

So the next time you here from me we should be in Bulgaria. I miss you all already! I am getting super excited and super nervous about spending six weeks in a country where I hardly speak the language. But I keep telling myself that the purpose of the trip is to learn Bulgarian. Have a great day, and stay WARM!

2 comments:

  1. stay warm ... blah! i'm glad that you had fun with luke & jaymi! i'm sure they are getting excited for their little boy to show his cute face. :-)

    good luck with your travels - i'll look forward to reading your posts from BULGARIA!!!

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  2. Talked to Mackenzie last night in the Chicago airport. Their flight was delayed about 3 1/2 hours!! Ivan had already read his book that he brought for the flight. I told them when they get on the plan to have a glass of wine and relax! So they will be spending a little time in the Paris airport trying to make connections. But they both sounded excited and ready to go.

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