Eric started his 4th year of medical school two weeks ago (yay!). We won't even go into how crazy that is to me, how quickly time seems to have gone by, or how I can hardly believe that a year from now we will be gearing up to move yet again (I'm sure plenty of nostalgia is coming, though, so be prepared!).
In planning his final year, we knew he would have to have 3-4 really hard months, and the rest should be awesomely easy. And, being the wise people that we are, we decided he should get the worst one OVER WITH. So, he is. He's working in the MICU for 13-14 hours a day, 6 days a week, and, while he likes what he's doing, him working 80 hour weeks is just no fun for either of us.
This week, Eric had to work nights. I hate it when he works nights. I don't sleep as well, and we only see each other for maybe an hour a day. We're both sleepier and thus grouchier than normal.To make matters worse, one of the tires on my car went flat Monday night. Since he was working nights, we had no opportunity to go get it fixed. So we shared his car all week. That meant me taking him to work and picking him up between 4:30 and 6 every morning. Then getting ready for work myself.
To top it all off, I've been sick since Thursday with some lovely flu-like symptoms (minus the fever) that basically made me a zombie for two days. I even had to miss Race for the Cure yesterday, and I was really excited about getting to run in it this year.
We finally got four new tires on my car yesterday. But not before Eric hurt his ankle changing my tire and cut himself on the spare which apparently had a slash in it too.
Needless to say, I woke up this morning SUPER grateful to start a new week. I know things could have been a lot worse, but weeks like that are enough to make me appreciate our "normal" life! And I am SO glad that we've got this part almost over with!
This week also impressed upon me our great need for a VACATION. We get a grand total of 4 days in June for "vacation" this year (and a short stint in Atlanta in July when Eric has to go take a clinical exam). We really really want to go to the beach. The problem is that we had an AWESOME beach experience last year and now we are finding ourselves being hotel snobs.
You see, last year we took our vacation at the end of August. School had already started most places, so we got an awesome deal on our ocean front hotel on Hilton Head Island. We could lay in bed and see the waves crashing on the shore. We could relax in hammocks by the beach. We opened the door to our balcony and smelled the salty ocean air. The pools were top notch. Our resort gave us $100 credit that paid for a fancy dinner and all-day bike rentals. We also had a free night booking through hotels.com, so we ended up spending a very reasonable amount for a very AWESOME time at the beach.
The problem with going to the beach in June, however, is that the same hotel is $100+more per night than last time. And we do not have a free night. And they are not offering $100 in resort credit with booking. And no affordable hotel can possibly compare.
I know I shouldn't complain. We really have been blessed beyond measure. Just the fact that we are able to take a vacation at all is a testament to that! So we'll figure something out and be grateful for what we get. But if anyone knows of any great resorts on the east coast overlooking the ocean for less than $200/night, feel free to let us know. :-)
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