A little of this and that

On the way home from church we saw an ambulance and a man being carried out on a stretcher. Ethan asked if the man was dead and we said no but they were transporting him to the hospital for help. Ethan said, "He needs a candy cane." I said, "What would a candy cane do for the man?" He said, "He would hold onto the curved part and the long part goes to the ground." We then knew he was talking about a cane. We got a laugh out of it and told him he was referring to a walking cane and he said, "Oh yeah, I thought it was a candy cane."

The last few weeks Jared has been working nights from 5pm-7am. It is painful for both of us! It's hard for him to work all night and sleep in the day and my biggest fear is being alone and scared in the night. I have never slept alone and this was the first time I tried it for a night. I only got two hours of sleep because I was too tense to relax enough to fall asleep but I made it through the night! Jared gave me a blessing which gave me great peace. I had been mentally preparing for weeks before. I had faith that Heavenly Father would protect us and that He did. It turns out while Jared was working nights we had two brake-ins on our street during the day which didn't do much to help my situation but we are past that rotation until next year.

Jared is going be the third year chief resident next year which means he will be an assistant to the main Chief Resident. This will look good on a resume and he will basically help put schedules together for moonlighting and do various administrative work. Many people want him to be chief resident after next year but it tacks on an additional  year and we just can't do that. This summer Jared will start applying for different programs throughout the United States for his fellowship in Infectious Disease. There is usually two spots per program which makes it relatively competitive. Kaiser does not have the fellowship program so we will be leaving, which has been one of the main drawbacks about doing an Infectious disease fellowship. Kaiser has been good to us but we know this is the step we need to take.

Molly is getting baptized on February 11!  It's amazing that just a few months ago we were sitting together at Mormon night at Angels Stadium when we first started talking about our faith. We have had countless talks since, which led to missionary discussions and finally a baptismal date. She has asked me to speak on the Holy Ghost. Jared will be confirming her a member of the church. We are excited she is taking this important step in her life.