NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL in Columbus, Ohio (the front addition is currently being built)
2 weeks ago- Joel threw me a curve ball- he says out of the blue, "I've got something to tell you. I've been getting nudgings that maybe we should rethink Pittsburgh as our top choice for residency." Once I picked my jaw off the floor I asked, "And how long has this 'nudging' process been going on?" He had been feeling that way for a while, but thought he was making that up. Well! Curve ball indeed! I told him the next time he got a "nudging" of any sort I would like to know about it a little sooner - pretty please (I had pretty much found real estate in Pittsburgh and was just biding my time until match day until this surprise came along).
For some reason I was having a hard time regrouping and thinking of us in Ohio. Mostly, I think I was upset that it would be a lot further to both sets of grandparents. We talked about both residency programs again (it was a hard decision the first time around and this time was no different). This past weekend we ventured to Columbus, Ohio to get a feel for the area. I looked up a bunch of real estate, so we could get a sense of neighborhoods in our price range and we headed off to the Buckeye State. I was just praying I would feel something, because up until that point I wasn't feeling one way or the other about which place we should live. We drove to the temple that's just outside Columbus and that's when I felt it- that warm fuzzy sensation when you know that something is just, well - RIGHT. I knew this was the place we needed to be.
The funny thing about this is that we could still end up matching with our #3 choice and it really wouldn't matter the order of #1 & #2. I realize that by saying what we are ranking it leaves us up for embarrassment if Joel matches with the very last program, but I feel like living life dangerously :)
Our residency list is officially submitted as follows:
2. Pitt
3. Rainbow Babies (Cleveland)
4. Rochester, NY
5. VCU (Richmond, VA)
6. Syracuse, NY
7. duPont, DE
8. Penn State
(not ranking Akron)
This just got me all nervous about our list again. Crossing my fingers for you (and us).
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