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Welcome to the Blog

In case you’re new here: My husband graduated medical school in May and we moved to Gainesville for him to start surgery residency. Intern year in surgery is supposedly the worst thing ever, blah blah blah, okay now you’re up to speed.  I’ve promised to write honestly in this space about the things I know […]

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Halfway Through Intern Year: Some Honest Thoughts.

I’m not joking when I say that sometimes when I wake up in the morning and go fix a cup of coffee, it still feels like I am on vacation. I mean, it’s a vacation where I have a really long to-do list and a house to clean and I have to work, but still. […]

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7 Months a Homeowner! (And a Tuft & Needle Update)

My Favorite Things I Discovered in August.

Happy New Year! We made it! I was out shopping on NYE, and the cashier said to me,”May your best days of 2016 be your worst days of 2017.” As I went home to make resolutions and set goals (because duh, that’s what New Year’s Eve is for), I couldn’t stop thinking about that.  Every […]

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Happy 2017!

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