Where I am at the beginning of my third year
Where I am at the beginning of my fourth year

age: 24
age: 25

residence: Boston, MA – medical school dorm
residence: Brookline, MA – apartment with a roommate

relationship status: four years seven months, and engaged
relationship status: five years seven months, and still engaged (twelve more months to go…)

exam status: USMLE Step 1… passed, I hope
exam status: USMLE Step 1 passed (plus Surgery, Medicine, Pediatrics, Ob-Gyn, Neurology, and Psychiatry shelf exams), Step 2 CK and CS on the horizon

expected date of graduation: May 2010
expected date of graduation: May 2010

future career: physician, academic medicine in a large urban area, mostly clinical and some education (student and resident levels)
future career: physician, academic medicine in a large urban area, mostly clinical and some education (student and resident levels)

front-runner for future specialty: Child Neurology
front-runner for future specialty: Child Neurology

other possible specialties: adult Neurology, other Pediatrics subspecialties, Ob-Gyn?
other possible specialties: other Pediatrics subspecialties, Ob-Gyn

outside activities: … (when I can: yoga, meditation, jewelry-making, cooking)
outside activities: TV, gym/running, jewelry-making and other craft projects, cooking, wedding planning, NYTimes Sunday crossword puzzles

vices: chocolate, online bead stores with free shipping, Target, shoes, Target shoes, jewelry, kitchen stuff, a very messy room, RSS feeds, cuteoverload.com
vices: chocolate, Second Time Around (that’s nothing new), kitchen stuff, a usually messy room, wedding-related RSS feeds, cuteoverload.com

listening to: Tammany Hall NYC, The Weepies, or anything else from the Scrubs/Garden State soundtracks; misc. alternative/indie rock, soul, Ella Fitzgerald
listening to: Bic Runga, Ingrid Michaelson, lots of mixes

with me at all times: keys, HMS ID, wallet, cell phone, migraine meds, makeup, my Nalgene
with me at all times: keys, hospital ID, pager, iPod Touch, wallet, cell phone, migraine meds, makeup, my stainless steel water-bottle, NYTimes crossword puzzle

last time I read a book: last night
last time I read a book: umm… uhh… does Martha Stewart Living count?  [edit: I technically just got back from Spring Break, during which I read about 1.3 books, but before that...]

last time I went out to a movie: I truly can’t remember…
last time I went out to a movie: I truly can’t remember…

average hours of sleep per night: seven
average hours of sleep per night: six and a half (very variable)

coffee consumption: one per day, usually drip made at home
coffee consumption: one per day, usually drip made at home, then a cup from the cafeteria at lunchtime, and sometimes Starbucks when I think I deserve it…

All in all, not a lot has changed… at least not a lot that is captured on this list.  Stay tuned for a post on how things have.