I now pronounce you Dr. Jody

The first weekend of June was a whirlwind: medical school graduation, a rare and lovely visit with my brother, packing and cleaning our home of 5 years, many tearful goodbyes, and the start of our move back to Madison.  Kind of alot of transition for a few short days.

Look, they let me become a doctor!  And they even let my crazy friend Anna through too!

 With dear friends and future Family Physicians Emma and Karl

The Fam

I'm honored to have received the Dean's Medal (AKA "Smarty Pants of the Year Award")
with one of my classmates

This one should be in a yearbook somewhere

So sweaty, so proud 

Proud Pappy

Final words of wisdom from one of my most thoughtful and inspiring teachers, Dr. Lahey

 

Bro!

My mentor in Family Medicine, Cathy Morrow

Crown Jewel: Financial Aid Boss Dino pretending to pay off our student loans.

I cannot really describe how deeply thankful I am to Jeremy and my parents for sticking with me through this long and occasionally brutal process and sharing so much of the burden of parenting.  I really could not have done it without them.

  

Now onto residency!

Boston Aquarium

During spring break Marcy and I took the boys to the Boston Aquarium.  I have flashes of memory of this place from my childhood (the smell, the blueish glow of the tanks, the angry bellowing of the sea lions).  So happy to share this awesome, overwhelming place with Ethan and Dono.

Ethan's favorites:
Playing with the iPad in the car (despite requiring utilization of a barf baggie)
Leafy Seadragons
Poisonous Lionfish (no natural predators!)
Jellies

My favorites:
Penguins in the shower
Gimpy penguin wriggling/swimming through the water
Huge freaking sea turtle
Jellies, always

Also, doesn't Marcy take amazing pictures?

Hogan Holiday Hangouts

These boys love each other and I love these boys.

Snow

It snowed a ton this winter.  As I was on the easy schedule of our fourth year classes (AKA talk about your feelings, learn how to do quality improvement and relearn pharmacology), I got to go XC skiing alot.  Sliding along in the snow and sunshine in the middle of the day was AWESOME.  I don't think I will have this treat again for many winters to come, so I tried to savor it.

I also snowshoed to the hospital a bunch.  On one epic commute, I was the first one to walk in through 2+ feet of fresh powder.  I got mighty sweaty before school!  

Turns out, tramping through snow is way better than trying to stay upright on a sheet of ice, which had been my standard commute for the past couple of winters.  I love snow!

Hallo Jermy Hodiday!

To Sam, everything small and flat is a phone.  Ipod, mouse, remote control, whatever.  

He walks around the house holding his "phone" to his ear and shouting "Hallo Jermy Hodiday!"