YAY!!

HE DID IT!!!  
St. George's University in Grenada has accepted him into their Charter Foundation Program, a precursor to their medical school.  He will take a series of classes this semester, then start med school classes in the fall.  I am SUPER DUPER proud of him!!  Love you, Babe!

This blog is my version of what life is like as we start this new phase of med school.  I wanted to stay in touch with some really awesome friends and family while we're gone living on a tropical island, eating fresh fruit off the trees, going swimming on some of the most beautiful warm beaches whenever we want, learning a new culture and lifestyle, and...oh yeah living in a 3rd WORLD COUNTRY!  What?!?  Sounds really awesome until then, huh?  I'm really excited to live there.  I want to know what it's like to be totally immersed in a completely foreign country/culture and have to learn from them and learn about their priorities.  I'm excited to meet the LDS members there and serve with them.  I'm looking forward to my children to having to experience this and be part of a new culture (can you tell I like the culture part?).

Of course there's lots of things that aren't really that exciting about the lifestyle (ie: the lack of an electric dryer, 10" caterpillars, millipedes, centipedes, other strange gross creatures, figuring out school for the kids, having to ship anything we need that we can't get there and then paying taxes on receiving that package, living in a 3rd world country, adjusting to the lifestyle, I'm sure I could go on, but I really can't complain too much).

Thanks to an awesome friend from college, Abbie has helped me know a few things to expect from having a husband in med school.  She has used a mantra that I really have come to appreciate and use/remember often:  I CAN DO HARD THINGS! (really, I can do hard things, I can do hard things, I can do hard things....)  I've already had to use it a number of times, but boy, there's strength in reminding yourself that!  D's gone for the next 3 months, we have no money, no furniture, a limited amount of kitchen supplies, one bed, and a computer.  It's hard!  But we chose this, and I can do hard things!  This is gonna be great, I just know it!!!