Here goes it!

So, while procrastinating on Facebook, I was looking at a friend's blog and thought why not procrastinate by creating a Bauer Blog! I especially thought it was a good idea because it will improve my typing speed and skills and keep family and friends up-to-speed on our challenging CO life:) The improved typing skills will be necessary for keeping my job as a physician someday (I will need to type fast to get patients in and out per hospital/clinic quota...lol)!

Welp, Josh is at work right now and I am at home trying to stay on task and study. If you are reading this, you know I am not studying right now. I just saw a witty caption under a picture of a girl studying, "Notice how they include the word DYING in studying." I really do. I REALLY feel like I am dying most days from studying so much. But, I am not. So that means I can keep studying. Ugh.

Josh and I had a great, and rare, date night the other day at the Macaroni Grill. Lucky for us (or me), it was half off bottle of wine night! We had a delicious pesto and basil build-your-own pasta, chocolate cake, and wine. Then we went home and watched a movie. The hardest thing about these nights is that it always gets us 'thinking.' We think about the fact that if I were not in med school we could be doing this more frequently, own a house in MN, and be starting a family. So, they are bittersweet occasions. We BOTH make a choice each and every day. Josh makes a choice to stand by my side and support me emotionally and financially. I make a choice to study my butt off to someday help sick people. It gets rough b/c it is far too easy to get caught up in the future and forget about living in the moment. It also gets real easy to live vicariously through friends and family that are at stages in their own lives that we 'could' be at.

Have I mentioned how amazing Josh is? The role of a spouse of a med student is very tough. He puts up with a lot. My hair has smelled like formaldehyde since September and I am ALWAYS stressed out. ANY extreme emotion makes me cry...lol! I even bawled my eyes out watching the Bachelor on TV. Josh has been working 60+ hr work weeks to make sure we have enough to make ends meet. He uprooted his life for a 3rd time to be with me, regardless of the circumstances, in a 1 BR apartment. Smaller than the place he lived in during college. I think he loves me;)

So, this blog will follow the ups and downs we have on this journey. Little things and big things. Because we both are very busy, we have long gaps between conversations with family. My intent is to help close some of those gaps with this blog.

We love you all and hope this will make you feel a little closer to us here in CO!