It has been a wee bit crazy in our house the last few months. We aren't totally out of the woods but we have crossed the biggest hurdle. We finally have all our applications in for the various residency programs that we are applying to, 23 to be exact. It was an excruciating process, they truly make it much harder than needed, but I went to work full time as Brad's executive secretary and I figured everything out. So if anyone needs to hire a personal assistant to help them apply to school I'm here for you. I'm available 11:00am - 2:00pm and in the evenings after 8:00pm (aka when Finley is asleep - let's just say that she amounted to negative work completed every time I attempted to get things accomplished while she was awake). Now comes the hard part, waiting to hear which schools would like to interview him. He already has two interviews but we are crossing our fingers for at least a few more. After the interview process is over at the end of December selections will be made around mid January. We rank our schools from least to worst and then the highest choice on our list that picks Brad will be the winner. We will be committed to that program and that is where we will be moving next summer. It's a lot to take - but we've been preparing for this for a long time. I'm more anxious than anything to just know where we will be a year from now. Each program only takes 1-3 residents so this is quite the rat race. But we feel like Brad has done everything possible to make himself a very attractive candidate. We keep saying that if we don't get in, then it just wasn't meant to be.
So if we seem a little on edge it's that our life is about to change dramatically and we aren't sure how or in what way. Isn't that what they call the "spice of life?" Either way it seems we will pretty much be holding our breath until mid-January. Yeesh!
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I know! Don't hold your breath! Live it up! You have a cute family, a cute house, fun friends, have a good time! It will be fun to find out where you'll be! Any residencies in Dallas????
I know the feeling! P's MBA program here is only 18 months long, so we roll outta here December 2012. USUALLY the options are out about 12 months in advance so we can start negotiating for orders to our next duty station, but with the budget issues we've had recently, that can always get pushed back.... We didn't have orders here until March and we moved in June! So yes, we're waiting with baited breath as well...ugh!
We're applying to one in Dallas and it will probably one of our top choices if we get an interview.
Good luck! And i must say yet again that finley is so adorable!
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