We were both worried about living in a small town after living in Austin. It has it's ups and downs but we are finding little things to do. It does have a mall (not a good one) and a movie theatre. We discovered Lake Belton yesterday and took Boss. We really enjoyed that.
The only time I think to myself "Oh my gosh, I'm living in a small town!" is when we are trying to decide where to eat out and we realize our limited choices. Also, in a packet he received from the school was a list of advise from previous med students. One's advise was "BJ's has a great happy hour." BJ's is like a Chili's, but a little more upscale. That was another "Oh my gosh, we're living in a small town!!" Another downfall, is the job search. I haven't heard good things from other spouses and haven't had much luck so far. I will definitely be having to open my search.
We find ourselves riding in the car making jokes with heavy Texas accents... "Busier than a one-eyed cat watchin two mouse holes." The funny thing is we've been making jokes so much that sometimes the heavy accent comes out when we aren't making jokes... Ooops! I wouldn't be surprised if we "tawked" funny when we left this place.
Because we decided to attend A&M last minute, we've been playing catch up this past week. We weren't able to attend Welcome Meetings and Pre-Orientation days to get our feet wet on what to expect. To my surprise there were a few things that were different from school to school... medical insurance for students (TCOM was covered by the tuition and TAMUHSC you have to seek out on your own and show proof of), ordering laptops, books, and equipment, schedules, and so forth. It's do-able to play catch up but a little pain doing it last minute. With all these Type-A student doctors running around, I'm sure their staff has their work cut out for them.
This past week we also attended a good friend of ours' wedding out in Marble Falls. It was a good weekend away from the week of chaos we are currently living and was a great time to visit with old football friends.
For July 4th, we were brave and went to a party hosted by 2 ER Drs at their lakehouse with other students and residents through a local church. We didn't know a soul but knew it was something we could only benefit from. We had a lot of fun meeting everyone and they were all kind and very welcoming. Most of them were in their residencies. We walk in and the room was filled with 5 month old babies! Someone mentioned that all of their babies were due around the same 6 weeks. Pregnancy pact?? Most of the couples were both doctors. I cannot imagine being a resident, as well as my husband, being pregnant, giving birth, and having a new born to take care of. They all looked so tired! haha. I think we will be taking on a few babysitting jobs soon. One piece of advise I received from a spouse about our new small town was it really is the people (and no traffic) that makes the town great. Being there and meeting all of them really did make that true.
Small town's aren't that bad,
B
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