Leap Day and Core's End!

It will be four years before I have another opportunity to post on February 29th, so I didn't want to miss out today!

Today is Leap Day, but, more importantly for us, today is the day that....

CORE IS FINISHED!

Our "Core" rotations are a set of four rotations during our third year that are considered to be our most demanding - two months of internal medicine, a month of surgery, and a month of OB/GYN.  Aaron did Core 1 (July to October), and I did Core 2 (November to February), which were different by design.  Since you have to work super long hours and a lot of weekends on Core, we wanted to make sure there was always one of us NOT on Core, so that person would have more time to spend with Julia.  That arrangement worked out well for our family, but it made for a looooonnnnngggggg eight months.  Most people rejoice when they get done with their four months of Core, but today, we rejoice because our family has been through a collective eight consecutive months of Core! 

We have plenty of challenging months ahead, but the end of Core is nothing to sneeze at!  

So, Happy Leap Day and Happy Core's End! (Maybe I can make "Core's End" an official family holiday...we'd only have to remember to celebrate it every four years!)

Julia and I danced like madwomen in the streets* as we celebrated the end of a dark era of boring work weekends, piled up dishes, and ghostly pallor from going into work before sunrise and leaving after sunset. Hooray for Leap Day and Core's End!  *Okay, okay, we didn't dance in the street, but a triumphant jubilant photo was needed to mark this special occasion, so we obliged.