Next weekend (23rd), my sister is graduating from Weber State in Utah. And I want to be there! My plan was to fly down for the weekend, leaving John here with the kids. Then, we found out he is going to D.C. that weekend for a conference, and won't be back until Saturday - a day too late for me to go. Still determined, I just changed the plan - I'll drive down. Just me and the kids, 12 hours, and 12 hours back. Driving to Ogden from Seattle is do-able. But by myself with 3 kids, and trying to make it a quick trip so as not to miss too much school, might be a little trickier. Now I found out Olivia has her school's annual "walk-a-thon" that same day, plus she'd miss a t-ball game, and at least 3 days of school . . . I don't feel like I can take her. But how can I leave her? I thought about seeing if I could find some charitable person to keep her until John's back (don't worry, I'm not asking for a volunteer) - but that still leaves me with two more than we could buy a plane ticket for, so I'd still have to drive . . . making it longer that I would have to leave her for . . . Can't I just be in two places at once?

Oh, how nice it will be to be done with residency, when John can have a schedule that's more his own! Right now, (and for the next 3 months), he works late at least 3 days a week. He leaves every morning before the rest of us are up, and then won't be home until after kids are in bed on all his late days so probably won't even see them. And he'll be at a conference in Florida for a week, and in D.C. for 4 days, and a few other work-related things on Saturdays. He'll have to miss all but about 3 of Olivia's t-ball games. ): This should be fun getting ready to move. But, we're almost there! Residency doesn't last forever afterall. (And it hasn't all been as bad as this rotation).

Tammy - I'm still trying to make it - somehow!