My long neglected thoughts...

When I first brought up this page again, I had every intention of explaining how busy I have been and promising to do better with updating. (One update in 3 months is pretty sad- even for me). BUT... I don't want to lie to you, my ever faithful reader. I say "ever faithful reader" because if you manage to find your way to this blog after a lay-off that long you are far more faithful and loving than I would even expect my own mother to be (unless you are my mother- in which case I love you).

I will however give you a quick update on my life and the movement of God through it.

Since our last encounter I have managed to find a wonderful group of twenty-somethings from Blackhawk Church to share my Tuesday evenings with. It was completely by chance that I met up with the leader- but things just magically fell into place and I have a new "life group" friends group which has provided me with a lot of the things I have been missing about ONU. In addition one of the girls in the group knows my friend Punk and when I get to talk to her I am reminded how small a world we really live in.

My work continues to be tough. My hours are long and the work bounces between overwhelming and nonexistent depending on the minute. I feel like the residency world is a lot of expectations and plenty of the hurry up and wait mentality. Currently on my to-do list is finish a CE, write a hemodialysis case for UW, write a hepatitis lecture for UW, and catch up on all the readings that I neglected over Christmas.

I have finished all of my residency applications for next year. The final cut of programs are:

Temple University, Philadelphia

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Midwestern University, Chicago

Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St Louis

University of Texas, Austin

I am now (not so) patiently waiting to hear about interviews. Wake Forest took 27 applications for one spot so prayers about my future next year are appreciated. There are no guarantees in this line of work anymore.

Lastly, I just got back to Cheese Land from a week in Ohio. While I do my best to live in the present and not worry about "missing" home- it sure was nice to be surround by family. I don't think I do a good enough job staying in contact with loved ones. Had I been thinking I would have made that my New Years Resolution.... but I didn't. However I think I will make an attempt to be a better son and keep my mom in the loop regarding my life. (When your mom joins twitter just to know what is going on in your life there is something wrong). I miss all my friends, miss my family, and miss feeling "at home". I guess that means that I just need to make here my home. I'll add that to my to-do list...

As always, God is great. He is moving in my life and I am excited to see where he is leading me.

I love you all!

In Him,

Kyle (Gus)

PS. I have a list of topics to write about- perhaps I will try to ink one of those here in the near future :)