So I’m back. Had to involuntarily withdraw this semester. With my wife’s furlough and now her mom having emergency surgery and requiring two more surgeries we are on the fence about moving down to Florida to help her convalesce. There is never a perfect plan and as OPM’ers life gets in the way more than our traditional colleagues. Trust me I was not prepared to have all that’s happened to me these past six months to happen. Unemployment, putting our dog down, fire in our condo, MIL sx (possible cancer), furlough…and the hits just keep on coming. Ah well. It is what it is, and it ain’t what it aint.
always a silver lining? Plenty of personal statement material?
Hope everything works out!
Hang in there Crooz, Florida has a TON of med schools when you’re ready! And the tuition ain’t that bad either!
- pathdr2b Said:
Hang in there Crooz, Florida has a TON of med schools when you're ready! And the tuition ain't that bad either!
We're still working on whether or not to move. That would involve a foreclosure which won't help if I need to borrow money for med school. lol...I said "if"...lol
Anyway things just seem to be piling up. Our refrigerator went yesterday as well. Not sure why they don't just stop working but they seem to burn themselves out filling the house with smoke. My wife's excited because now she has an excuse to buy new stainless steel appliances.
Now where is the money coming from.... 
This is not a pity party. Just giving a heads up that once we set down this path it ain't all A's and perfection. My progress with Chemistry let me know that I needed to step things up. I realized that with Chemistry at least with me all the concepts start to make sense the more problems I do. It's not just getting the right answer but understanding how I got it and what it means in terms of multiple choice questions...AND that having a spouse crying her eyes out every night is not conducive to learning. There has to be peace at home and a mom writhing in pain 750 miles away is worse than if she were right next door.
We're still trying to decide what's next, whether stay here and stay the course or move to Florida. Not leaning toward the latter because we would move only to move once again, so we'll see. I need the rest of the family to step it up but they're under the impression that since my wife is the eldest that she is responsible. Inlaws...can't live with them, can live happily without them....those would be the brother & sister in law.
So we'll see. Tomorrow the new refer comes and we're one day closer to making a decision. It really comes down to whether or not my MIL has cancer. Life will change if she does but she and my wife have made it clear that the dream of medicine will not change. I might have to go to med school alone but I will go. However that is a while from now and I'm going to spend the time preparing for a summer of intensive biology.