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Loading ...My daughter turns one year old this weekend and I’ve come back to Texas to celebrate with the family. It seems so long ago that I saw my daughter born, so much has happened in between. I’ve gone from being a 1st year med student to a second year med student which is no big whoop, but compared to the upheaval in my personal life with baby, changes in marriage, sleep and study patterns, it seems like a lifetime ago. There is only one first birthday, though, and I had to come in, even though the party will be a small one with just family on both sides.
I need this trip badly. I need to hold my daughter once again, to remind myself of why things are worth it in spite of things seeming to be too hard. I need to spend time with Claudia in person instead of long-distance on the phone, where things always seem to be misunderstood and where it’s all too easy to say something insulated by distance that you’d at least think twice before saying in person. I need re-centering without all the stress caused by Claudia’s surgery and immediate recovery, the bullshit stressed imposed by school the last time with Kaplan–what a joke. It’s a fucking review course, people. If I’m not there for this lecture or that lecture, who cares? I sure don’t–not when family is involved. This isn’t coursework or patients, it’s lecture time that I paid for; I’ll do what I want with my time.
So here I am, waiting for the get-together soon. I’ve already spend some sorely needed time with the Niblet. She’s gotten two more teeth coming in and has progressed from “cruising” to full-out walking. (then squatting like an African bushman before standing back up and taking some more steps) Things with Claudia are going well so far, and I hope that the weekend continues to be one of healing for the marriage, and for me if I’m to go back for the home stretch before Step 1 with the motivation needed to succeed. There might be a light at the end of the tunnel yet.
Fatherhood, Medical School, Personal, Travel | enrico | 
May 19, 2007 11:46 am
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By Jess, May 20, 2007 @ 10:29 pm
Happy Happy Birthday Ariella! Woohoo, 1 year old! Only 24 more before Daddy will let you date boys!
Hope you enjoyed your weekend with the fam…
By Monica, May 21, 2007 @ 9:10 pm
Yay!!! Good for you!
My daughter was a full-on booty-dancer before she could walk, she would pull herself up on furniture and shake it to any kind of music at all–she could even get down to like, the NPR intro music. So you wait–that bushman squat could turn into some seriously funky dance moves any day now…
By Sid Schwab, May 23, 2007 @ 10:48 pm
Here’s hoping it all works out. And happy b.d. to the little one. I remember worrying that my kid wasn’t walking at 18 months, and my wife saying “be thankful. Once he does, it’s all over.” He did. It was. And he turned out to be a major jock.