First Week of Medical School

Jake’s first week of medical school was a piece of cake…literally! He took a cake decorating class where he learned how to make gorgeous flowers out of icing. So gorgeous in fact that he would not let us eat it right away I had to admire it and when I accidentally knocked it over in the container I thought he was going to cry because his beautiful flowers were ruined! But luckily then we got to eat them and it was way yummy! He also went fly fishing and got to know the people in his class better. The best part of the week was when he finally agreed to let me give him a hair cut!! I have been begging him since we got married to let me cut his hair but he has never trusted me. Now that we are out here and there is no hair schools he has decided to let me become his barber. I was really nervous because he was glaring the entire time lecturing me on things I had no idea about- I had never cut someone’s hair before besides freshman year and both of those hair cuts were HORRIBLE so pretty much I was clueless. But luckily it turned out amazing! I found a hidden talent that may turn into my side job ha! Here is the new hair cut!!On Friday they had the oath ceremony. Jake was really nervous it was going to fill up quickly so we walked up there about an hour early only to find out the doors weren’t even opened yet. By the time they opened the doors it was me and one other family so I had my pick of seats- good thing we went so early! It was a really cool ceremony awarding each student with a new stethoscope symbolizing the weight they now will be carrying as a med student. Then each student signed their name in the oath book promising to be the best physician they can be. I was so proud of Jake this ceremony pointed out again just how cool it is to be accepted to medical school! When they announced Jake’s name they also said the university he graduated from and when they said Utah State the whole crowd gasped! They couldn’t believe how far he came to go to WVU. Most students were locals or from neighboring states so it was pretty cool to be the student from the farthest state.

Here are his new friends...On Saturday our neighbor invited us to his lake house in Maryland. It was only a forty five minute drive and we were up in a beautiful mountain with a ski resort and a huge lake. We went on a really fun hike by a river and we were able to try some natural water slides on the rocks and jump off some high rocks.

Yes we climbed up on that stable rock!

It was crazy how warm the river water was compared to Utah river water. It was like swimming in bath water -we loved it! We then went to the “cottage” (I got in trouble because I kept calling it a cabin but I was always corrected that it’s not a cabin! ha) and had hot dogs and corn on the cob. It was such a fun night! I think we are really going to like it out here!