Holiday Card

Merry Christmas everyone! Its been a busy year for us and I'm sure its the same for most of you! We feel like this year went super fast which was ok with us cause we are looking forward to graduation for Steve this June. We can't wait for Steve to officially be able to put that M.D. behind Smith. Some highlights from this year are; Steve decided what kind of doctor he wants to be and has applied to the Radiology program. We have already matched for our first year of residency down in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. Its actually one of the nicest areas of Detroit so we're excited for that move. I landed 2 different jobs this year. For the summer I worked for Mosquito Control and then the director hired me to stay during the day with his handicapped daughter. Its definitely been helpful to have an income this year. 

We got a few fun trips in this year. One and probably the most fun was our trip to the upper peninsula of Michigan. We hiked between a series of waterfalls and camped right next to the Mackinac Bridge. Another fun trip was to Syracuse New York where Steve had an interview. We were able to visit Palmyra briefly on the way back and see the hill Cumorah and the Sacred Grove. We also had some fun family events this year. We had a family reunion in Colorado in which we also celebrated Steve's parents 50th anniversary. We were also able to go to Utah for Thanksgiving to see family. 

We feel very blessed to have so many wonderful friends and family and are grateful to share our lives with so many wonderful people. We hope you all have an amazing christmas as we celebrate the birth of our saviour. 

Love Tamara and Stephen Smith.

The sky keeps falling

So now back to real life again. I work and work and work and work (which is really code for falls asleep in uncomfortable places, my indian name) seriously this is the first job, no wait second, that i fall asleep at. At least its sort of acceptable at this one. The last one was an office job and data entry couldn't be any more boring. This time there just isn't anything to do and its so boring.

So for the last few weeks steve had a break so he could do interviews clean the house an catch up on sleep. Why is it that i'm fine when i stay up late and he goes to bed early but when he's the one staying up late i have this need to stay up too even though it means i'll be a zombie tomorrow. Me and no sleep equals banging head on wall and other assorted objects laying around. I once banged my head on the roof of my car. I think it was for a cause though. Probably fast food.

Steve has now done 3 of the 4 radiology interviews he got i personally want Syracuse but my desperate desire to live somewhere people would be motivated to visit plays a huge part in that. Also it would just be so cool. Fyi the pictures with this post are of our trip there for the interview. Pretty much all at the sacred grove and hill comorah.

Steve has given the most positive feed back on the flint program he interviewed with. They were awesome i guess. One of the perks for him and reservations for me is that there's a lot of crime in flint. Great! Which means he'll very experienced after its over. I'm not too worried if we end up there cause we can live in grand blanc and be safe. And i guess being in radiology is much safer than being in the flint er so its not bad and could actually be a really great residency. The place in detroit he interviewed at was the moat encouraging toward us but its hard to say where we'll be so. I'm trying not to think about it. Which you can totally tell from this post. So thats where we are. Good luck deciphering this.