I’ve been trying to find blogs and other evidence of current medical students’ day to day and week to week lives as they navigate medical school and while I’ve managed to find some anecdotes, there’s not much out there that really paints a good picture of what I’m in for.  Especially in my situation.  And by situation I mean a full time job, husband, and three kids. What I did find is these exact words SEVERAL times; “it’s like drinking from a firehouse.”  Okay I get it- it’s information overload.  I knew this when I signed up.   I’ve searched through forums looking for evidence of people working while attending medical…

I’m still trying to figure that out myself.  I mean, I certainly didn’t have any kind of fairytale vision of my life when I was younger, but I never thought I’d get married…. And have three kids… THREE.  I love them dearly but if you have multiple young children, you also understand how much they suck the life out of you, as much as they smother you with their love and energy.   My kids are 9, 7, and 1.5.  Nine and seven were very much planned.  And when I say planned, I mean we didn’t plan on having kids when my husband and I got married but about five years…