hi all...yes i am still alive. very alive. Here is what's happening:

I am in the middle of a Pediatric Surgery elective, which means lots of fun and lots of time in the hospital. I am seeing cute kids and interesting surgeries and pathology.

Still trying to study for Step 2 of the boards- I'm not finding a lot of time to study- but I need to.

Then, there is residency applications... I am definitely going to do surgery. Pediatric surgery is awesome (it requires another 2 years of training after the 5 year general surgery residency). Anyway, I am working on my application and interviews will be coming up this fall. It is a pretty time-consuming, exciting, and stressful process...