2010 May: North

I’m free!! We took our last final on Friday. Now I have 2 months of relative freedom ahead of me. It’s a good thing I’m done too, because my brain was just about full. Going in to the last test I was really burned out, my study time wasn’t as effective as normal, my motivation was gone. I felt like a little kid, looking out my window at the sunshine and the trees and wanting to go out and play. Instead of a mother making me stay in I had a wife…and it’s probably a good thing I did. Medical school is a team effort and I have a great teammate! Rumor has it that about 10% of our class will have to retake the year. I ache for them. This has been a challenge that I would not want to relive. With the help of a wonderful wife and the Lord, I did well in my studies. One of my teachers told me that he hopes that if he ever has to go to the emergency room I am the doctor on call. I think that is just about as high a compliment as a faculty member can give. I have given my best and feel that I’ve succeeded.

Becky and I learned that we are having a little girl. We are very happy. We’ve decided to name her Sophie Lucille North. I keep hearing again and again that she will have me wrapped around her little finger as soon as I hold her in my arms. I also keep hearing that she will be fun to be around until she turns 12 or 13. Well I guess we’ll see, but Becky and I are very happy.

This will be my last monthly email. These emails started when I came home from my mission and moved away to college. A lot of things have changed since then, and I have decided to stop these. If you want to keep in touch with Becky and I, and I hope you do, drop me a line, I still respond to emails and am always happy to hear from you. Also you can check our blog at http://stewandbeck.blogspot.com/. Becky does a great job there, and you get to see pictures of our adventures too. I’m also on Facebook. (Rob, I will still contribute to the Freakish Four blog)


I hope things are going well for you all,

Love,
Stewart