Step Prep

For the month of May, Brett is spending 90% of his time studying for his big Step exam. It's been a sad realization that I will be seeing much less of him during this time than when he was just getting through classwork but we know it's the most important thing right now. I can tell the Brett is really stressed out and nervous and frustrated all at the same time so we're doing our best to make it through and looking forward to our upcoming vacation.

It's hard to know why it happened, but about a month ago Brett and I just decided to book tickets to visit my parents on their mission in Trinidad after STEP. I guess we just figured there probably wouldn't be another opportunity to visit the Caribbean with free room & board and food, we miss my parents, and even though we're a poor medical school family right now, life is meant to be enjoyed in the journey of it. We don't want to wait until we have a salary to do anything fun. We're excited!

On another note, as I've hinted, Ellie and I have had a plethora of time to ourselves lately so I've been getting my crafty on. It's yard sale season with everyone moving in and out for residency so I bought Ellie a craft table and chair. (the chair had SO many layers of paint to take off haha)

BEFORE

AFTER

She's enjoying them for sure ;)

Yard sales are the best!!! It so fun to come home with all your treasures knowing that you only spent a few bucks. I do have to be careful to buy things because they *spark joy and not just because they are cheap. I'm also working on some baby blankets because it seems like everyone is pregnant and some home decor stuff.

*just finished reading Spark Joy by Marie Kondo and it was fabulous just like her first book. I also just read 12 Years A Slave and would recommend it to anyone who likes historical type books like that. 

Oh and I think we could all use a little extra SUPER ELLIE in our lives :)