Moving to North Carolina

I never know what to blog about, so I did some thinking today. I decided that I will blog about moving to North Carolina. I'll just keep you up to date on what we are doing now to prepare and what happens in the future. Here's how it all began...

On Sept 5, 2008 at 8:08am I received an email from the Duke University PA program extending an interview offer. I read it 10 times before I believed it was real. Up to that point I had not received any other interview offers. Duke started the PA profession in 1966, and has been the best program in the country ever since. Needless to say I was shocked to hear anything other than "we regret to inform you that you have not been selected..."

From Sept 5 to Nov 3 I spent hours researching the program, from it's history to learning about each individual faculty member. I spent even more time on my knees praying for help and guidance. On Nov 3, 2008 I woke up early drove to the corner of Trent and Erwin Dr. in Durham, NC, said a prayer, and wished for the best.

At the time, I didn't think I stood out during the interview. I was worried when I was finished and had a chance to think back on what I had said. They said we could expect to hear back in one week. I spent the afternoon buying Duke t-shirts from the Duke bookstore (I failed to mention that I am a huge Duke fan).

On Monday Nov 10, I had spent the day in work training meetings in San Diego. That night, back at the hotel I called Ashley, opened my email and prayed for good news. When Yahoo mail finally opened, there it was, an email from CFM_PAAdmissions with the subject line "Congratulations on your admission to the..." I opened it and saw the rest of the good news. Ashley was still on the phone with me and I read the email to her. I think we both cried and were both shocked.