Nicole's Adventure!: I made it home!!

Nicole, MD

I'm no longer an expatriate. I started my 3rd year of medical school in Miami and have finished my first set of medical boards, which I passed! I've been to the little island of Dominica and Miami. I completed my Family Medicine, OB/GYN and Internal Medicine clerkships while living in the beautiful city of Miami Beach, FL. I moved to New York City in the beginning of August 2011, passed my second set of boards and finished rotations in Astoria, Queens in December 2011. I have not been posting as much as I have been extremely busy. It is hard to believe that I finished medical school, landed a pediatrics residency and that I'm finally Nicole, M.D.

Thursday, December 25, 2008

I made it home!!

It took me six flights, four trips through customs, two cab rides, two days and one overnight stay in Ft. Lauderdale, but I made it home last Friday at 3:30 pm! It was a long trip and I am so lucky that I was only thirty minutes late and all of my luggage arrived with me. I read an amazing book on my way home: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. If you need an excellent, exciting book with a happy, uplifting ending, this is the book for you. Little did I knowthat when I got home, I was going to walk into a winter wonderland! I have a few pictures from a couple days ago, but I believe we have another six inches or more of snow.

Mom and I put up the Christmas Tree after I got home and I got busy on wrapping presents on Saturday and doing some baking. It was nice to sit by the fire and be with the family. On Sunday, we went to lunch with some of my favorite people in the world: Aunt Molly and Uncle Albert. I haven't been to the Davenport in such a long time, so it was nice to visit. Here are some pictures:

Here are some great pictures of some great parents:

2 comments:

AnonymousJanuary 5, 2009 at 3:58 PM
I can't believe you were home for Christmas and didn't even call me once! OK, I realize it was a shrt visit so I will let it slide, this time! And your mom didn't even tell me when I saw her this past weekend! Well, anyway, I heard things are going well for you! Hurry up and become a doctor so you can heal all of us.

Carol
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NicoleJanuary 12, 2009 at 9:03 AM
Carol,
I thought you knew I was home. I meant to call and remembered on the plane to Barbados! I can't wait to get done and back home as a doctor. I'll be half way done with my doctorate in August! Can you believe it???
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