step one

Step 1. Completed.

 

In the meantime, life kept going on. Ian completed a couple translations and his first syllabus; my sister threw the shot put for 4th place at nationals, graduated from college and got a job back in Houston (I'm so proud & happy for her!); my grandmother got a new aortic valve (!); Egypt had elections; France has a new president.

I'm so happy to re-join the rest of the world again. Well, at least until my surgery rotation begins...