Round two...

And the drama of Match Day continues. I can't even tell you all the things I did today to keep busy as Eric was "scrambling" to find an intern year! What a stressful day, but the house is clean!

What was supposed to be just a few phone calls to find an open intern spot turned into an all day event. The in the past, scrambling has been calling places where there are open spots, faxing your board scores and curriculum vitae (resume) and being told if the intern program will let you have a spot. Well, lucky for Eric, this year has been a year of transition to an online application process. This meant that each program was really doing their own thing. Some places weren't answering the phones, some wanted the application sent through ERAS (the online program), others wanted all the paperwork faxed. It was a mess. Oh, and ERAS would only allow 30 applications to be sent.

Eric sent out applications EVERYWHERE and in the end, he got a contract with St. James Hospital in Olympia Fields, IL!!!! It was kind of on a whim that he submitted his application because there was only 1 spot. We are so excited to go back to Chicago for the year where we have family and friends.

What a testament to our faith! Eric and I left the Match to the Lord knowing wherever He wanted us to go would be the best for us and we would have never thought we'd get to go back to Chicago for a year. How AMAZING!

Now to wait until Thursday when we find out where Eric matched for the anesthesiology program....