Match Day

I can't believe it already came and went. Trey said it was by far the best day of med school. It was such an exciting and emotional day.
This is how it went down. We told Lucy we were going to find out where we'll be moving and she said, "Oh I already know. We're going to Ketucky!" Not Kentucky, Ke-tucky. I think she just likes saying it. It was pretty funny. We just said, "We'll see..." It was on our list so it was a possibility. :) So we dropped Lu and Ru off at our neighbors house and drove to the Hershey Country Club. We got there and came into a huge banquet hall filled with tables. A bunch of our friends greeted us and we chit chatted as everyone showed up. The Niehoffs were even there, which made it all the sweeter. We took a bunch of pictures.

Trey and Kate

 Us and the Bakers

 Trey's boys

 Ma ladies

Then they began the program. Fred talked for a minute, then one of Trey's classmates Kevin gave a speech which had everyone laughing pretty good. Then they showed a slideshow that our friend J-Wal made that highlighted the past four years. It was so perfect. She did an amazing job. Trey and I both got choked up as the picture came up of our family in the hospital the day after Ruby was born. Such a tender moment. Betsy Niehoff looked back at us with her hand on her heart.
After that a few other people spoke and then they started handing out the envelopes. It was 11am. They started naming people's names off to come get their envelopes. Trey got his closer to the beginning. I think it was like 11:20am. When they read his name off he jumped up out of his chair and yelled "YEAH!" and gave everyone high fives like it was the Price Is Right. I snapped a not great picture of him getting his envelope.

We had to hold on to it for 40 minutes while all the other names were read and we clapped and cheered for everyone else.

The anxiety in the room was palpable. They finally read the last name, which happened to be J-Wals, and then this is what happened...

I love how after they finished the countdown all you can hear is the sound of rustling papers as everyone is trying to tear that letter open as fast as they can. Trey opened it up and I had to scan the paper for a minute to see where they put the location. And there it was...Cleveland Clinic! Trey had been hoping for that one and I had a feeling it was going to be Cleveland so I wasn't too surprised. But it was so great to finally know!

Woohoo!

All that anxiety melted away and I felt like I could breathe again! It was fun talking to everyone and seeing where they all were headed. Most everyone in the crew is staying east. Fred is heading to Cali. The Bakers, Kate, and Chang are staying here. Everyone seemed to be pleased with the places they were going.

The crew. Sure gonna miss these peeps.

After all the excitement died down a little they served lunch, which was delicious! Penn State knows how to host an event. After enjoying some divine chocolate peanut butter cake we decided it was time to go back and get the babies.
I told Luce we were going to live in Cleveland, Ohio and she said "Okay, but then we'll go to Ke-tucky." This girl really is set on living in Kentucky. Ha ha! I know my friend Ashlee would appreciate that.
We were so tired after the big celebration. I couldn't believe how emotionally draining it was, all the anxiety and then all the excitement after. We relaxed and put the kids to bed and went to the Appalachian Brewing Company for an after party that Penn State also put on. It was fun to go hang out in a relaxed setting and chat with our friends. They had free food and free booze so we only hung around for a little while before people started getting too crazy. We were beat.
It was such a great day though. I'm so glad Penn State is awesome and put together such a fun-filled day to celebrate getting to this point in med school. We're almost finished!!! I'm so proud of my man and all the hard work he has put in to get where he's at. He sure deserves it. :)

 

Now on to finding a place to live in the next 2 months! Oy! Wish us luck.