Waiting...

Yep, here we are, it is December and we are waiting to hear back from med schools. It kind of feels like deja vu :). Back in October, Trey interviewed at the U of Iowa. He also interviewed there last year. He felt really good about it this year. It's a great school, we love the town, and my bro and his fam live out there (huge factor for me, I would LOVE to live by them). The interviewer told Trey they would let him know if he was accepted between then and January and if he didn't hear back from them by then, that means he has been moved into a different pool of applicants and won't hear back until March. Ugh! I wish they could just tell us so we're not waiting for so long. I know I know, I just need to be more patient. It's kind of a weird feeling not knowing where you're going to be 8 months from now, especially now with a baby on the way. I like to know these things so I can start planning, ya know?
Trey also recently interviewed at the University of Vermont. He loved the way they have their curriculum set up and I'm pretty sure he fell in love with the town of Burlington. I wanted to find out what was so dang cool about the place and here are a few things I found out about it...

• Healthiest City in the USA - The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported that Burlington, Vermont, ranks highest in exercise and lowest in indicators of ill health...that's pretty cool right?
• Burlington’s famed pedestrian mall has won a national award! The Church Street Marketplace, located in the heart of downtown Burlington and a unique blend of shops, boutiques, restaurants, and performers, has been named one of the 10 Greatest Places in America by the American Planning Association.

This is Church Street. Quite charming.

• The City of Burlington and the surrounding areas have generated international publicity as one of America's most desirable places to live and visit.
• The Burlington, Vermont region offers outdoor activities from lake-based kayaking, fishing and sailing to mountain-based hiking, cycling and skiing- and everything in between.

And it's only an hour away from the Canadian border! Good old Canada...we'll have to renew our passports! Anyway, it sounds like a nice place to live, far away, but nice. It definitely is outdoor friendly so I'm sure there is a plethora of tree-huggers up there, which is nothing different from Logan. It would make me feel right at home actually. They told Trey they would let him know if he is accepted in January. Thank you for being specific U of V, on behalf of anxious wives everywhere! None of this "wait until March if you don't hear from us in January" nonsense... :) Trey has one more interview set up for the middle of January, the University of Toledo, which is in Ohio. I'll have to read up on this school and town because I've never heard anything about them. We'll let you know how it goes and if we receive good news back from U of I or U of V in the near future. In the meantime, we'll continue to play the waiting game...gotta love it.